# Law firm donates unclaimed balances to four charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/09/13/law-firm-donates-unclaimed-balances-four-charities/
- Published: 2011-09-13T10:45:02+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Specialist law firm Rollits has donated unclaimed client balances in its legacy 
bank account to four charities, including Charity Bank. It hopes this will inspire
other legal firms to make similar donations.

The company, which has offices in Leeds and York, contacted as many of its former
clients as possible and returned any claimed funds. After that, with permission 
from the Solicitors Regulations Authority, it donated the remainder to its selected
charities.

Rollits managing partner, Richard Field, said: “Unclaimed balances are common in
our profession and can accumulate over the years. We were pleased to clear the backlog
of unclaimed funds in such a positive way and wanted to donate the funds to charities
that were making a tangible impact.

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“[Charity Bank](http://www.charitybank.org)‘s mission to transform saving into an
ethical action that supports other charities and community organisations definitely
met this criteria.”

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