Residual Client Balances

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Like many charities, Cancer Research UK benefits every year from the generosity of firms gifting residual client balances. 
 

What is a residual client balance?   

Firms sometimes end up holding money in a client account at the end of a matter, such as an estate administration, which they are unable to return to the client or third party legally entitled to it. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) sets guidance for firms where this occurs, enabling the balance to be gifted to charity in certain circumstances.

How can we gift our residual client balances to you?   

Should your firm wish to gift residual client balances to Cancer Research UK please follow the steps outlined on our website for paying in a legacy gift.  

Our mission is to create a world where people live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. By gifting your residual client balances to Cancer Research UK, you’ll help us develop new life-saving treatments that will protect future generations.   

Please follow the steps outlined for paying in a legacy gift. Our payment details can be found below.  

Bank transfer 

Natwest 
Fleet Street Branch 
156 Fleet St 
London 
EC4A 2DX 

Bank details:  
Account number: 22994289 
Sort Code: 56-00-13 
Account name: Cancer Research UK (Legacies) 
Reference: 92203 Donation 
 

Amounts over £500 

Please note for any amounts over £500 in residual client balances we will ask if this relates to a single matter. If it does, we will also ask you to confirm that you have obtained SRA approval for the distribution in accordance with the SRA Account Rules. 

Find out more about gifting residual client balances in our blog post. 

Further information 

We are happy to agree to indemnify your firm for the donated balance in accordance with the SRA Accounts Rules. Please get in touch with our Legacy Partnership Managers at LPMs@cancer.org.uk for further information. 

You can read more about our Will-Writing Service on the Legal Professionals Hub. 

Every step we take towards beating cancer relies on every pound donated. Thank you to every firm that has supported us with residual client balance gifting over the years and the continued difference all our partners make to Cancer Research UK.