Bank limits · From National Counties’s own website, 4 November 2026
National Counties probate limit
National Counties may ask for probate if the money in the person’s name alone is over £5,000.
“If the account balance, including accrued interest, has under £5,000 we can close it upon receipt of an acceptable Statutory Declaration…”
Its page also still mentions a higher limit for the coronavirus period. The most common limit is £50,000, at 21 of the 95 banks and building societies we list, so National Counties’s is lower.
Will National Counties ask for probate?
Type roughly how much was in their name alone at National Counties. Add their other banks too if you like.
Questions about National Counties and probate
How much can National Counties release without probate?
National Counties may ask for probate if the money in the person’s name alone is over £5,000. In its own words: “If the account balance, including accrued interest, has under £5,000 we can close it upon receipt of an acceptable Statutory Declaration…” From National Counties’s own website, checked 4 November 2026.
Do joint National Counties accounts need probate?
Usually not. A joint account normally passes straight to the other account holder, so it doesn’t count towards National Counties’s limit. Only money in the person’s name alone does.
Is the National Counties limit per account?
No, banks look at the total. Add up every account in the person’s name alone at National Counties. Money at other banks is judged against each bank’s own limit.
What if the National Counties balance is over the limit?
Apply for probate (or letters of administration if there’s no will), then send National Counties a copy of the grant. One grant works at every bank, so if any one bank needs it, it covers the rest too.
Other banks’ limits
- Al Rayan Bank no published limit
- Aldermore £35,000
- AIB £25,000
- Atom bank no published limit
- Bank of Ireland UK £50,000
- Bank of Scotland no published limit
- Barclays £50,000
- Bath Building Society £20,000
- Beverley Building Society no published limit
- Buckinghamshire Building Society no published limit
- Cambridge Building Society £20,000
- Charter Savings Bank £35,000
- Chase no published limit
- Chip £10,000
- Chorley Building Society £15,000
- Close Brothers Savings £20,000
- Co-operative Bank £50,000
- Coutts no published limit
- Coventry Building Society £50,000
- Cumberland Building Society £30,000
- Cynergy Bank £20,000
- Danske Bank £50,000
- Darlington Building Society £30,000
- Dudley Building Society £15,000
- Earl Shilton Building Society £15,000
- Ecology Building Society £15,000
- Family Building Society £5,000
- First Direct £50,000
- Ford Money £35,000
- Furness Building Society £30,000
- Gatehouse Bank no published limit
- Halifax no published limit
- Hampshire Trust Bank no published limit
- Handelsbanken £20,000
- Hanley Economic £30,000
- Hargreaves Lansdown £50,000
- Harpenden Building Society £30,000
- Hinckley & Rugby Building Society £15,000
- HSBC UK £50,000
- Investec no published limit
- Kent Reliance £35,000
- Kroo £10,000
- Leeds Building Society £50,000
- Leek Building Society £30,000
- Lloyds Bank £50,000
- Loughborough Building Society £15,000
- M&S Bank no published limit
- Manchester Building Society £30,000
- Mansfield Building Society £20,000
- Marcus £20,000
- Market Harborough Building Society £25,000
- Marsden Building Society £15,000
- Melton Building Society £20,000
- Metro Bank £35,000
- Monmouthshire Building Society £35,000
- Monzo £25,000
- Nationwide £50,000
- NatWest £50,000
- Newbury Building Society no published limit
- Newcastle Building Society £30,000
- Nottingham Building Society £50,000
- NS&I £5,000
- Oxbury Bank no published limit
- Paragon Bank £20,000
- Penrith Building Society no published limit
- Post Office £30,000
- Principality Building Society £40,000
- Progressive Building Society £25,000
- Revolut no published limit
- Royal Bank of Scotland £50,000
- Saffron Building Society £15,000
- Sainsbury’s Bank no published limit
- Santander £50,000
- Scottish Building Society £36,000
- Scottish Widows £50,000
- Secure Trust Bank £50,000
- Shawbrook Bank no published limit
- Skipton Building Society £50,000
- Stafford Railway Building Society no published limit
- Starling £30,000
- Suffolk Building Society £25,000
- Swansea Building Society £20,000
- Tandem Bank no published limit
- Teachers Building Society no published limit
- Tesco Bank £50,000
- Tipton & Coseley Building Society £15,000
- Triodos Bank £25,000
- TSB no published limit
- Vernon Building Society £25,000
- Virgin Money £50,000
- West Brom £30,000
- Wise no published limit
- Yorkshire Building Society £50,000
- Zopa no published limit
Not sure you need probate at all? Use the 3-question checker. Spotted a change at National Counties? hello@probatechecklist.co.uk