Overview

• More than 2.5 million Premium Bond prizes remain unclaimed across UK accounts.
• Among these are eleven £100,000 prizes, 19 at £50,000, 38 at £25,000 and 75 at £10,000.
• NS&I imposes no deadline on prize claims and offers an online number check, a tracing service and a 'My Lost Account' option.
• In the 2024–25 financial year, NS&I used its tracing services to return over £166 million in prizes to savers across 52,000 accounts.
• Financial advisers advise bondholders to update their address after moving and to set up automatic payment or reinvestment to avoid missing future winnings.