Welcome to Bona Vacantia

"Bona Vacantia" literally means vacant goods and is the legal name for ownerless property that passes to the Crown. We administer the estates of persons who die intestate without known kin and collect the assets of dissolved companies and failed trusts.

One Kemble Street, London WC2B 4TS
  • Website of the UK government - http://www.direct.gov.uk
  • Business support, information and advice - Business Link, http://www.businesslink.gov.uk
  • Law at the heart of Government - Treasury Solicitors Department, http://www.tsol.gov.uk

Are You...

  • An entitled relative?

    Click here to see our current list of advertised estates and make a claim using our online form if you are entitled... 

  • Referring an estate?

    Click here to refer a deceased's estate to us using our new online referral form... 

  • Referring a company?

    Click here to refer a dissolved company asset to us or make an initial request for a discretionary grant using our new online referral form...

Notices

  • CalculatorHeir Hunters - the TV series.

    Information regarding estates featured in the 3rd series of the BBC's Heir Hunters television programme which begins broadcasting from 29th June.

  • Image of our Annual Report

    Information Awareness Notice

    Information notice concerning monies held in accounts of dissolved companies for banks, building societies and solicitors...