My advice to you is to come off benefits right now and register with Inland revenue for damage limitation.

In fairness depending on what sort of sex work the OP offers she could have a illness/ health issues and would be able to still claim universal credit and work a bit

If she mainly did camming  / phone chat & online stuff  and the occasional escort job she would be able to get help via universal credit depending on what her health issues are

Hi so I am a  sex worker and I am on viva and aw and I dont pay my taxes and I do get Public funds I wanted to know what's the safest bank account to deposit escort money if anyone who deposits money which bank do they recommend

So far Lloyd's and Halifax closed my accounts down without reason

As it’s been said here by others. Aw are sending our details to hmrc next year, Universal credit have put in place to catch out people working while claiming by banks and reviews.
But even before this Adultwork always had your ID and at any given time hmrc could have requested it.

Let me get this right .
The op called over £40k without paying tax and is claiming benifits

Wow !

Totally foolish and so morally wrong in actually angry

OP:
Someone may "get away" with earning some small amount of cash and not declaring it for tax - and when i say small I am thinking of like £1,000 or less in a year -- so its a hobby income!
But if you are living on benefits, then it isn't worth taking risks.

And if you are earning a substantial sum - that is enough to pay your bills, you have to register as self-employed, keep records.
There is no way to keep this income secret from the Inland Revenue over the long term.

Really - the easiest way to manage it is to speak to an accountant.

* End the benefits ASAP - if they are MEANS TESTED and you aren't really entitled to them.

* Contact the inland revenue and tell them you will be self-employed as --- some kind of therapist - or have the account ant do that for you.
* When you contact the Inland Revenue they will ask you to estimate what your income will be and when you are starting this business so think about your answers - although you should be honest and go back to whenever you started... perhaps you might decide to say you have just started it now- ty and get yourself straight going forward and hope no one looks into the past -- IDK if that will work but it is better than carry on hoping to get away with it - you could face prison.

I would suggest you underestimate your income because they ask you to pay Income Tax in advance, so that's a big tax bill straight away - eventually, the tax will even itself out.

You  say you get public funds so I’m assuming benefits / universal credit of some sort
Next year AW will be sending your details to HMRC along with any earnings you have cashed out from there in credits under a new EU Law for digital platforms

If you get Universal credit they are also doing reviews of millions of peoples bank accounts so if you get money into an account that you have benefits paid into then they will see this money

They want to know all bank accounts you have and will often check your credit file to see what accounts you have in your name

I posted about the HMRC reporting almost a year ago or more and was side eyed by a few others I believe.  What many civvies do not understand is that information is freely shared once it is electronic and what they tell you is not what actually happens.  THEY = AGENCIES

What that poster needs to do is get an accountant to sort out her finances and open a few accounts to spread out her income deposits.

LLoyds bank is a good bank and once you have a "legit" source of income, they will leave you alone and happily take your deposits.  Only problem is that they are closing so many branches it is hard to deposit cash.

Maybe you should read the OPs posts? Or even just the thread title.

I did. I stated my opinion.  She doesn't have a "legit" source of income that is why they are "possibly" closing her account and asking to prove her income because she doesn't pass the smell test banks use to mitigate risk.  They've looked at her banking history - income and expenditure and "computer says no".

Banks are using a sophisticated new software nowadays that are a precursor to the universal currency that will be implemented.  OP (speculation of course) probably shows deposits but no expenditure with regards to taxes or other payments that would "regularise" her account.

Most workers have clearly stated that the banks have their employment details, or tax info or other proof of "legitimacy"  - OP's title stated the bank wants to know where her money is coming from,so obviously she doesn't have that info attached to her account.