I found £23,000 forgotten cash that was sitting in a lost account – it was so easy and quick to do

Many of us dream about stumbling upon a small fortune but for one dad, these hopes turned into reality this year when he was reunited with three pension pots worth thousands of pounds that he’d forgotten about.

Ben Russell, 31, lives in Harrogate with his two daughters, aged four and two, and had a niggling feeling he had retirement savings somewhere that he’d lost track of.

Ben Russell was reunited with savings worth thousands

However, he had no idea he’d find three different pots of cash, totalling a huge £23,000.