Source-of-Funds Document Guide

Two questions that are often confused: where this money came from, and how the owner came to have money at all.

Source of funds is the origin of the specific money entering the account. Source of wealth is how the beneficial owner accumulated their assets overall. Providers ask both, and answering only the first is a common reason a file comes back for more information.

What satisfies the question is traceability, not volume. A chain that runs from an identifiable origin — employment, business profits, the sale of an asset, an investment return, an inheritance, or a documented loan — through statements and into the account is worth more than a thick folder of unconnected records. Where funds have passed through several accounts or jurisdictions, expect to evidence each step.

Prepare it early. Documents that are straightforward to obtain while you are still resident, still employed, or still in contact with a former accountant can be genuinely difficult to reconstruct a year later, and a gap in the chain holds an application regardless of how legitimate the underlying money is.

Checklist

Evidence, by where the money came from

01Employment incomePayslips, the employment contract, and bank statements showing the credits arriving.
02Business profitsManagement or audited accounts, dividend resolutions, and the corresponding tax filings.
03Sale of an assetThe sale agreement, the completion statement, and the receipt of proceeds into your account.
04Investment returnsBroker or fund statements covering both the acquisition and the disposal, not just the exit.
05Inheritance or giftGrant of probate, the will, or a signed gift letter — with the donor's own source evidence where asked.
06Loan or credit facilityThe loan agreement, the lender's identity, and evidence of the drawdown reaching you.
07The connecting statementsEvery account the money passed through between its origin and the application, in date order.

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