Missing Cheque

[catswhiskas]

I sent a cheque to a funeral home (160miles away), made out to Cancer Research, as per the wishes of our friends widow three weeks ago ,it has still not been cashed, I emailed the home to see if they had received it , but they would only say that all cheques received had been passed on to Cancer Research. After all this time I have not had an acknowledgement nor has it been cashed, I don't like to ask the widow, what do you think I should do now ?

[barry1010]

Wait another couple of weeks.

[ubasses]

I would leave it a bit longer, the Funeral Home probably held on to it for a while to see if they got any more. Once sent off to the charity they may well need extra time to bank it in the current climate. I am still sitting on a cheque sent to me for charity in my Mum's memory received nearly 3 weeks ago as I have not been anywhere the town.

[jack daniels]

As already said by ubasses, some people hang on to cheques so they can bank them when they have more. Cheques have 6 months validity on them. You can still check to see if the cheque has been cashed.

[catswhiskas]

Okay thank you folks ,I will give it a bit longer and see how things go.

[Hopkirk]

The person who has to take the cheques to a bank might be waiting for lockdown to end.

[Peter Pedant]

I wd cancel the cheque which you can do without cost
as lost - which it is

then give direct to ca research under gift aid - which grosses up 25%
( 20% tax relief means there is a 25% up lift on the amount on the cheque - £80 becomes £100)

The funeral directors should NOT be anal about your own information - you wanted to know about a document wiv your name on it. You have a legal right to it
(clearly if a funeral directors burner doesnt work they can ring me up and .... )