Old post office accounts?

jadelois

I did a quick search but I still couldnt see a topic that seemed to cover the question.
My parents put some money away when I was younger into a post office savings account (National Savings Bank), used to be sent off every couple of years for the interest to be added on but as far as I am aware the accounts no longer exist, it hasnt been touched since about 2003 or so and as it was accidently rediscovered during a clear out I was wondering how I would go about getting any interest added on, if there is any to be added, and then transferring to an ISA or some such (unless it would be wiser to leave it wherever it currently is)
So just wondering if anyone else has any ideas or has had the same situation to deal with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Fill_7

hi jadelois.

the account you are refering to is either an investment account (grey book) or an ordinary account (blue book). the ordinary account has been withdrawn, so if u pop into your local PO, tell them u have an old ordinary account that u'd like to close, they'll give u the appropriate form to do so. if its an investment account, these are still on the go. u could send the book off for interest and they will send u a nice new updated book.

post office instant saver, offering 6% to new customers is a better option than either of these 2 accounts tho, the only draw back being a £500 initial deposit.

hth

RichyRich

If you're just looking to get your book updated, you can send it to

National Savings & Investments
Glasgow
G58 1SB

Gism0

Yup just pop in and they can give you the form and envelope you need to get it all sorted

able2cope

Hi,
My dad has came to me saying that he had a Post Office Account dating back over 50 years ago - but no longer has a passbook or any details about it - does anyone know how to find out more about this please?

dzug1

able2cope wrote: »

Hi,
My dad has came to me saying that he had a Post Office Account dating back over 50 years ago - but no longer has a passbook or any details about it - does anyone know how to find out more about this please?

http://www.nsandi.com/help/tracing_service.jsp

should help

able2cope

Hi,
Many thanks, I've completed the form and sent it away - just got to wait now

Thanks again.