About
Established in 1981, we have provided research services for over 40 years
Worthington Clark is a professional genealogy and asset research firm. Our unique data and world-class research services assist individuals and businesses to locate and reconnect with lost or unknown people, property, and assets.
We actively monitor more than $2.5 trillion worth of assets, of which an estimated $10 billion are lost or unclaimed, and return over $50 million of lost or unclaimed assets to customers all over the world each year.
We have over 30 staff located in Australia.
History
Founded in Australia in 1981, we have provided research services for over 40 years. Probate genealogy is the first service we offered to market more than 40 years ago, and for the last 20 years we have also provided asset reunification services.
In July 2023, Worthington Clark was acquired by investors including Chief Executive Officer, Simon Bligh. Significant investment in data, technology and processes enables us to continue to increase our impact and reunite more customers with lost or unclaimed assets.
Timeline
June 1981
Founded
Founded in Sydney, Australia.
May 2003
Product launch
Launched asset recovery service.
April 2013
Professional membership
Joined the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG).
July 2014
Brand launch
Launched asset reunification brand Rightful Claims.
April 2019
Technology enhancement
Telephone system migrated to VOIP.
July 2019
Technology enhancement
Business systems migrated to cloud.
May 2022
Product enhancement
Completed full digitisation of records.
June 2023
Customer milestone
$15m of customer funds recovered in a year.
July 2023
Acquisition
illion’s former chief executive, Simon Bligh, teamed up with investors to buy Worthington Clark. Read more
August 2023
Product enhancement
Commenced recovering assets for businesses.
September 2023
Product enhancement
Electronic exchange of information with share registers. Time to recover assets reduced from 12 weeks to 2 weeks.
October 2023
Product enhancement
Robotic process automation and AI introduced.
December 2023
Data milestone
Data sources expanded to $1 trillion of assets monitored.
March 2024
Launched Trustpilot
Started collecting reviews via independent review platform, Trustpilot.
May 2024
Product enhancement
Commenced helping customers recover unclaimed bank accounts.
June 2024
Customer milestone
$43m of customer funds recovered in a year.
March 2025
Data milestone
Majority of the ASX 200 share registers acquired. $2.5 trillion of assets monitored.
May 2025
Customer milestone
500 Trustpilot reviews with an average score of ‘Excellent 4.8’. Read more
June 2025
Brand consolidation
Asset reunification brand, Rightful Claims, rebranded as Worthington Clark.