Article: published on 1 May 2026

On Monday 4th May, Laura Pomfret spoke about Child Trust Funds.

There's potentially a lot of unclaimed money sitting in old Child Trust Funds - government‑set accounts for children born between 2002 and 2011 that now hold an average of £2200. If you or someone you know was born in that period, it's worth checking whether an account exists using the government's Child Trust Fund tool, HERE, external, as hundreds of thousands remain unclaimed.