What counts as 'capital'.
Your benefit will probably be affected if you have any of these:
- Savings in banks, building societies or the Post Office and in cash
- Money in current accounts
- Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
- Tax Exempt Special savings Accounts (TESSAs)
- Tessa only ISAs (TOISAs)
- Premium bonds and income bonds
- National Savings Certificates
- Stocks, shares, unit trust holdings, Government securities and bonds
- Lump sums such as redundancy payments, insurance payments and back payments of Social Security benefits
- Tax refunds
- Money invested in a business and business assets
- Property, such as a house you own but don't live in
- Land
- Money held in trust
- Money you have borrowed
This is not a full list.
You must tell us about any capital you and your partner have. You will also have to provide evidence.