To avoid the unnecessary upset that can be caused by people receiving communications addressed to their deceased loved ones, it is essential to regularly screen your database against the available industry files. We use a number of Deceased Suppression files to maximise our ability to identify such addresses:
Mortascreen
The Mortascreen file is predominantly sourced from the UK probate registries and contains approximately 4.9m records. A person’s estate goes into probate when the value is over £5,000 in England and Wales, and over £15,000 in Scotland.
The file is further supplemented with insurance data, funeral directors’ information, freepost forms that are issued to the deceased person’s family for completion at the time of death registration, and mail returns marked as deceased.
The Bereavement Register
A database consisting of recently deceased people, allowing users to screen mailing and customer data. It is compiled by a FREEPOST registration scheme. When someone dies, the local government registrar has to be notified within 7 days to officially register the death (irrespective of the deceased person’s financial value), at which point the bereaved family has the opportunity to register the death via this scheme.
This information is then screened against a UK residents’ database to ensure the integrity of the data. The file is updated on a monthly basis although the data is processed on a daily basis.
Upload your files for your FREE Data Audit
Upload your datafile now and we will analyse it for free and without any obligation. We will give you a report on what amendments and enhancements we can make to your data and how much it will cost (this varies depending on the quantity of records being processed) – If you don’t wish to proceed at that point, you don’t have to and it hasn’t cost you anything!
