Dormant account holders will always be repaid – with any interest due – if they later remember the accounts. Accounts can’t simply be re-opened but once a dormant account reclaim form has been completed the money can be transferred into a different one. A Barclays spokesman said: ‘We are sorry for the difficulties our customer experienced when wanting to transfer funds from their dormant account. I recommend readers who think they might have a dormant account to wake it up and get their savings working harder. Parents can make private arrangements or, if they can’t agree between them, ask the Government’s Child Maintenance Service to do the sums and manage the payments.

Source: Daily Mail April 08, 2026 19:40 UTC