There are currently 123 unclaimed estates in Wales on the UK Bona Vacantia list, with dates of death ranging from 1996 to 2025. The most common surnames are Thomas, Williams, Evans, Davies, Lewis. If you believe you may be related to one of the people listed below, you could be entitled to claim their estate under the rules of intestacy.
123
estates
1996–2025
years of death
105
distinct surnames
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Margaret Hilda Hansford
Died: 14 October 2025 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Roy William Irvine
Died: 5 September 2025 · Bridgend Glamorgan
Hurbert John Williams
Died: 18 August 2025 · Neath West Glamorgan
Shirley Harris
Died: 10 June 2025 · Penarth Vale of Glamorgan
John Parry Rowlands
Died: 15 February 2025 · Llantrisant Mid Glamorgan
Lisabeth Rose Fairland
Died: 26 November 2024 · Bangor Gwynedd
Alan Thomas
Died: 14 February 2024 · Criccieth Gwynedd
Evan Brian Allen
Died: 7 January 2024 · Swansea West Glamorgan
John Griffiths
Died: 3 December 2023 · Rhondda Cynon Taf Mid Glamorgan
Theresa Marie Barrett
Died: 19 August 2023 · Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan
John Evans
Died: 14 October 2022 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Anthony Colin Hill
Died: 19 September 2022 · Swansea West Glamorgan
Robert Henley
Died: 24 May 2022 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Mary Theresa Bradley
Died: 14 May 2022 · Swansea West Glamorgan
Keith Perkins
Died: 11 January 2022 · Swansea Glamorgan
Dudley Hendy
Died: 17 November 2021 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Paul Terence Goding
Died: 9 November 2021 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Leon Sean Roper
Died: 27 April 2021 · Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan
Colin Carter
Died: 6 April 2021 · Rhondda Cynon Taf South Wales
Nathaniel Krisstoffer Whitehouse
Died: 3 January 2021 · Swansea Glamorgan
Kenneth Miller
Died: 21 November 2020 · Port Talbot West Glamorgan
Jacqueline Jane Davies
Died: 19 October 2020 · Rhondda Cynon Taf South Wales
Sheila Mary Thomas
Died: 9 July 2020 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Philip Lewis
Died: 14 June 2020 · Bridgend Glamorgan
Gillian Champ
Died: 4 March 2020 · Taffs Wells Mid Glamorgan
Leslie John Hankerd
Died: 20 November 2019 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Barrie John
Died: 13 November 2019 · Bridgend Mid Glamorgan
Caroline Ann Brown
Died: 9 November 2019 · Bangor Gwynedd
Nicholas Sharma
Died: 18 August 2019 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Anthony James Coursey
Died: 11 May 2019 · Swansea Glamorganshire
Anthony Frederick Vella
Died: 1 May 2019 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Barbara Winifred James
Died: 7 July 2018 · Swansea South West Wales
John Reilly
Died: 5 May 2018 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Malcolm John Howard
Died: 27 December 2017 · MerthyrTydfil Glamorgan
Anthony George Hades
Died: 21 November 2017 · Penarth Glamorgan
Lawrence John O'Dell
Died: 4 October 2016 · Tremadog Gwynedd
Ronald Morland
Died: 26 May 2016 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Charles Henry Bryant Hawker
Died: 30 January 2016 · Swansea Mid Glamorgan
Janet Broomfield
Died: 3 February 2015 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Cyril Morris
Died: 28 November 2014 · Newport South Wales
Thomas Isaac Martin
Died: 1 April 2014 · Bangor Gwynedd
Michael O'Loughlan
Died: 23 February 2014 · Anglesey Gwynedd
Pawel Kazimierz Kalinowski
Died: 29 November 2013 · Bangor Gwynedd
Teresa Mary Llewelyn
Died: 1 October 2013 · Carmarthenshire West Wales
Robert Vivian Thomas
Died: 31 May 2013 · Bangor Gwynedd
Ishak Ali
Died: 17 May 2013 · Cardiff
Margarita Annelise Sander-Long
Died: 12 May 2013 · Bangor Gwynedd
Ashley Charles Howell Williams
Died: 23 February 2013 · Pontardawe West Glamorgan
Mair Eluned Owen
Died: 2 November 2012 · Bangor Gwynedd
James Jordan
Died: 14 July 2012 · Cardiff Wales
Peter Ronald Staples
Died: 19 April 2012 · Penarth Vale of Glamorgan
Raymond Davies
Died: 21 June 2011 · Penarth Vale of Glamorgan
Joan Lewis
Died: 26 May 2011 · Cardiff
Stefan Hrynyk
Died: 19 May 2011 · Pwllheli Gwynedd
Leonard Baker
Died: 10 April 2011 · Grangetown Cardiff
Cameron Cassidy
Died: 2 August 2010 · Cardiff
Stephen Mark Timothy Duggan
Died: 27 July 2010 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
William Ivan Bell
Died: 30 June 2010 · Ely Cardiff
Frederick Thomas
Died: 18 April 2010 · Cardiff
Richard Desmond Walters
Died: 26 November 2009 · Llangennech Wales
Lionel Harris Williams
Died: 22 September 2009 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Robert Taindag
Died: 24 June 2009 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
William Walsh
Died: 3 February 2009 · Cardiff Glamorgan
George Mitchell
Died: 9 January 2009 · Newport South Wales
Boleslaw Wozniak
Died: 5 January 2009 · Bangor Gwynedd
Henry Thomas Lindo
Died: 13 July 2008 · Bridgend South Wales
George Brennan
Died: 21 May 2008 · Neath Glamorgan
Peter Mitchell
Died: 13 May 2008 · Swansea Glamorgan
James Sheehan
Died: 27 April 2008 · Bangor Gwynedd
Antoni Wojtaniec
Died: 25 April 2008 · Bridgend Wales
Michael Park
Died: 27 February 2008 · Llandudno Penarth Vale of Glamorgan
John Matthews
Died: 8 July 2007 · Penarth Glamorgan
James Edwards
Died: 14 March 2007 · Penarth Vale of Glamorgan
Patrickson Anthony
Died: 31 December 2006 · Penarth Vale of Glamorgan
John Shiels
Died: 18 August 2006 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Marian Wilczynski
Died: 1 April 2006 · Porthmadog Gwynedd
John Jones
Died: 4 March 2006 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Leslie Smith
Died: 10 February 2006 · Swansea Glamorgan
Frank Spiteri
Died: 21 September 2005 · Cardiff
Vivian Michael Brownray
Died: 27 August 2005 · Bangor Gwynedd
Glyn Jones
Died: 27 August 2005 · Dolgellau Gwynedd
Gwilym Meurig Roberts
Died: 20 March 2005 · Bangor Gwynedd
Charles Down
Died: 20 January 2005 · Canton Cardiff
Carol Golden
Died: 2 November 2004 · Mountain Ash Mid Glamorgan
George Aubrey Lewis
Died: 28 September 2004 · Swansea Glamorgan
Herbert Michael Miller
Died: 22 May 2004 · Caerphilly Mid Glamorgan
John Phillips
Died: 21 April 2004 · Llantrisant Mid Glamorgan
Josephine Mary Oakley
Died: 29 January 2004 · Penarth South Glamorgan
Roger John
Died: 5 June 2003 · Bridgend Glamorgan
Wladyslaw Polchlopek
Died: 23 April 2003 · Cardiff
Mohammed Abdi Quorshill
Died: 20 October 2002 · Butetown Cardiff
Rashid Osman Magan
Died: 11 August 2002 · Cardiff
Aloke Kumar Dutta
Died: 18 July 2002 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Francis John Hookham
Died: 9 March 2002 · Bangor Gwynedd
Elizabeth Peters
Died: 23 August 2001 · Dolgellau Gwynedd
Hugh Ravenau
Died: 31 July 2001 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Nicholas Daniel Gabrilenko
Died: 30 March 2001 · Cardiff
Megan Gwyther
Died: 19 February 2001 · Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan
Rushford Gordon
Died: 17 December 2000 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Bernhard Tallmeister
Died: 16 September 2000 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Noel George Rodriques
Died: 27 August 2000 · Cardiff
Ahmed Nasser Ali
Died: 18 August 2000 · Swansea West Glamorgan
Emanuel Bigeni
Died: 20 June 2000 · Heath Park Cardiff
Henrique Santos
Died: 13 June 2000 · Cardiff Glamorgan
Brian Davies
Died: 2 January 2000 · Cardiff Wales
Christopher John Packer
Died: 20 December 1999 · Bangor Gwynedd
Franciszek Parda
Died: 21 August 1999 · Bridgend Mid Glamorgan
Griffith John Griffiths
Died: 12 June 1999 · Bangor Gwynedd
George Gray
Died: 24 March 1999 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Carlton Willis
Died: 21 March 1999 · Bridgend Mid Glamorgan
Jozef Mocarski
Died: 10 January 1999 · Gwynedd
Eluned Evans
Died: 13 August 1998 · Gwynedd
Iris Florence Hayes
Died: 10 August 1998 · Swansea West Glamorgan
Richard Parry Evans
Died: 25 May 1998 · Gwynedd
Stanislaw Osiak
Died: 3 March 1998 · Pwllheli Gwynedd
Betty Annie Tuck
Died: 18 February 1998 · Swansea Glamorgan
David Reginald Mather
Died: 10 September 1997 · Merthyr Tydfil South Wales
Arthur Smith
Died: 24 July 1997 · Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan
Margarita Christina Millard
Died: 11 May 1997 · Llandudno Gwynedd
Stanislawa Jakim
Died: 1 January 1997 · Pwllheli Gwynedd
Neede Poder
Died: 15 December 1996 · Cardiff
Myra Christine Mills
Died: 5 October 1996 · Cardiff South Glamorgan
Margaret Mary Bennett
Died: 12 July 1996 · Bangor Gwynedd
When someone in England or Wales dies without a will and without known relatives, their estate passes to the Crown. The Government Legal Department publishes a list of these unclaimed estates — the Bona Vacantia list. If you can prove you are a blood relative of someone on the list, you may be entitled to claim their estate.
Claims can be made up to 30 years after the date of death. FindMyLegacy is a free service that helps you search the list and understand your potential entitlement.
Data sourced from the UK Government Legal Department Bona Vacantia Division. This service is for information only — always seek independent legal advice before making a claim.