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To ask if you’ve ever come across money you’d completely forgotten about?

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BusyPearlCritic · 05/06/2026 18:56

Have you ever come across some money you’d completely forgotten about or neglected? I actually found an account last year which I thought I had closed - it had £35k in it!!

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Mountainsandhuts · 05/06/2026 19:59

I moved out of a rental property and the EA contacted me to say the cleaner found 250£ in a drawer.

Thirteenblackcats · 05/06/2026 19:54

🙄

TigerRag · 05/06/2026 19:54

£50 in a coat pocket

DilemmaDelilah · 05/06/2026 19:52

We forgot about a load of Euros we had stashed away to take on holiday several years ago, but then covid hit and we haven't been to Europe since. We cashed them in and got about £230, which was nice.

Dweetfidilove · 05/06/2026 19:40

When I grow up, I wanna be un a position to not miss £35k 💭

Vanillaicelatte · 05/06/2026 19:37

Yeah years ago I lost 3k in cash in my house
I ripped the house apart screwed over it for ages

I thought it might have been my son’s friends as they were often in and out of my house as teens. But I never said anything

few years later Im was moving a standing corner unit and the drawer fell out and behind the drawer was the money 😂

Ive also got money from a bank account that I had forgot about had about 2k in it

I’ve also found vouchers like Christmas ones for 100 -50 that I meant to use and didn’t

Ilovemychocolate · 05/06/2026 19:30

A forgotten pension I had in my 20s…it now has £30k in it!
I cried when I found out.
(from happiness)

Hotafternoon · 05/06/2026 19:24

£80 in an old purse kept at the back of a drawer in the dining room.

£35k though, wow! 😄

CaptainBeefheartspal · 05/06/2026 19:23

How can you forget about £35K?! What are you going to do with it?

bohnerific69 · 05/06/2026 19:21

What a brilliant brag that you can just forget about £35k😂😂😂😂

WaltzingWaters · 05/06/2026 19:20

I wish I could say I found £35k!! I was happy that I found £35 in my coat pocket last week! (But now that seems much less exciting!)

MrsPapillon · 05/06/2026 19:19

No but I did recently find an old purse with a £5 Woolworths voucher in it. Unfortunately Woolies had long since gone bust but I often think of the big bag of foam shrimps and liquorice torpedoes that got away.

Hedgehoggin · 05/06/2026 19:18

I found a fiver in my dungarees the other week - it made my day! £35k+ is wild - how did you forget that?!!

Besidemyselfwithworry · 05/06/2026 19:17

Batties · 05/06/2026 19:02

£35K! 🤣🤣

I was thinking that I found £10 in a going out handbag once I was excited by that but £35k - wow!!

singthing · 05/06/2026 19:17

I've got little bits and pieces stashed in a few places outside of my "proper" savings:

  • Hidden savings accounts (as in hidden on the app and/or in web-only accounts I don't check) - I probably have 4-5 of these
  • £300 from an elderly family friend who gave it to me for helping him. He died in 2017, but I haven't yet found the nice thing I want to spend it on.
  • £200 in cash in my house that I took out during covid, just in case (of what I don't know)!
  • About £500 spread across a couple of cashback accounts, which accumulates as I continue to use the sites.
  • An emergency tenner in my car + a pile of coins
  • About £100 in other currency
ChupacabraIsReal · 05/06/2026 19:16

I've been sorting out bits to sell on Vinted. Checking pockets, inside shoes and handbags has resulted in an amazing £76.37!!

LittleMerrymaid · 05/06/2026 19:10

Yes. 2000 rials I’d forgotten about in an account I’d set up for reasons I’ve forgotten. At the time it’s was worth approx 4000 pounds and it came in very handy.

Tonissister · 05/06/2026 19:09

My BiL found about £15k in cash stashed in various places in his parents' house after they died. Most of it was no longer legal tender, so couldn't be exchanged for real money. Heartbreaking as they had lots of bills to pay.

AsparagusSeason · 05/06/2026 19:07

TheCurious0range · 05/06/2026 19:02

When my gran died we found envelopes with cash in all over the house in some very strange places. I don't think she trusted banks

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God, that was my mum. She’d always have thousands in her wallet. Paid cash for everything.

elliesmummy19 · 05/06/2026 19:05

I was going to tell the story about how my husband sold something on EBay just before Covid lockdown, “quarantined” the money in the gas meter cabinet then forgot about it till a year ago.

But that was only £30 so…

Inthezone5578 · 05/06/2026 19:03

Yes. Partner forgot about a pension. Nice money to find

Silverbirchleaf · 05/06/2026 19:03

Come across £10-£20 stuffed as ‘emergency money’ in hand bags.

JasonTindallsTan · 05/06/2026 19:03

I don’t even have 35k in the bank accounts I know about, I can’t imagine ever forgetting about that 😂

JillThePlantKiller · 05/06/2026 19:03

I was thinking €20 in a coat pocket. It’s one of the lovely benefits of adhd. I’ve never misplaced €35k, no. 🤣

Batties · 05/06/2026 19:02

£35K! 🤣🤣