Overview
- Martin Lewis told ITV viewers that more than £30 billion in pensions is unclaimed in the UK, with a typical forgotten pot just under £10,000.
- People often lose track after moving home, changing their name or job, or when pension providers merge or rename.
- The Pension Tracing Service on GOV.UK helps people find the right contact details and lists about 200,000 pension schemes.
- Gretel offers a free soft credit-file search that matches old addresses to lost assets and repeats checks every 14 days.
- Real cases show the stakes, with one viewer recovering £45,000 and another finding more than £100,000.