ISA when not UK resident?

[Valeriane]

I logged into my UK bank the other day and realised I still have a help to buy ISA!

I am british, currently living in the EU but moving back to UK next year. The bank has my EU address on its records.

I thought ISAs were only for if you're resident so clearly they never automatically shut mine down. It has nothing in it. Should I put some savings in there in preparation for coming back to the UK?

You cant pay into it if you are not UK resident. But you can keep old ISAs.
I'm not sure if the help to buy is different.

You're right, they are for residents only, but what that means in practice is that you can't pay in or take out if you're not resident.

If you had funds in there already they could be left there to do their thing, but since it's empty then technically it should stay that way until you're back.