Public Sector
Finders International work with councils, coroners, hospitals, housing associations and care homes across the UK and Ireland. We assist with tracing heirs to property, estates, assets and unclaimed funds, as well as locating next of kin to arrange and attend funerals.
Services
No Known Next of Kin?
Research undertaken free of charge to trace next of kin to register the death, make funeral arrangements and apply for probate.
Empty Homes Services
We can help trace missing owners to empty properties and assist with getting them back to use.
Family Tree Verification
An essential best practice service to check all heirs are accounted for and to make sure you are passing estate information to the correct people.
Finders International Funeral Fund
When our research ascertains there are no next of kin, our charitable fund can contribute to the funeral costs.
Meet the Team
Katie Watson
Katie is a highly experienced researcher and leads the public sector case management team. She is a registered Paralegal, a Dementia Friend and has taken the Cruse Bereavement training course.
Dave Lockwood
Dave worked in several diverse local authorities undertaking the statutory role of providing funerals under the Public Health Act. He was responsible for registering deaths, making funeral arrangements, liaising with next of kin and all other duties falling into this sphere.
Elaine Ridley
Elaine has extensive public sector experience having worked in both the Coroner’s Service in England and Ireland, and for a large NHS Trust in England. She also previously volunteered with Cruse Bereavement Care providing support to the bereaved for many years.
Muhammad Uddin
Muhammad has over 17 years experience in Public and Private Sector Housing, most recently dealing with empty homes and bringing them back into use.
What we do
Finders International is best known for tracing missing heirs and identifying lawful and entitled next of kin, with local authority deputies & appointees, public health act funeral officers, empty homes officers, hospital bereavement services teams, coroners, the police and others since 1997.
We support the public sector and understand that our research will form part of a legal process. Therefore, we always work efficiently and with the best interests of the council, or the referring body, the administrator and beneficiaries at all times. Reputation is critical, and we will safeguard yours as closely as our own.
We have permanently fully staffed offices in London, Edinburgh and Dublin enabling us to complete searches quickly across multiple jurisdictions. When complex estates need to be dealt with, we have a proven track record of tracing beneficiaries overseas in numerous countries. Many of our partners abroad are exclusive to us.
Data protection and standards issues are critical when working with the public sector. We are an award and tender-winning firm and our standards exceed those of any other firm in our industry. We have ISO accredited standards in Information Security, Quality Management systems and, uniquely in our industry, the highly praised environmental standard, ISO 14001. Our dedicated Public Sector Team Case Managers have received training from Mind, Cruse Bereavement Care and Dementia Friends, to ensure that we deal with our clients as sensitively as possible.
Missing Document Services
Use our services to obtain missing documents for your deputyship/appointeeship clients.
Statutory Will & Deputyship Services
Identify a client’s family members prior to Statutory Will or Deputyship applications.
Asset Reunification
If you hold any unclaimed Funds, we can assist with tracing the owners and offer bespoke solutions to suit most requirements.