Merge cells in a column based on values in other columns

Chimeara

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I have a spreadsheet with thousands of rows from bank statements. The description of some transactions have been split over 2 or 3 rows and I need to merge them into a single row. The XXXXXXXXX needs to merged into row above it. So any row with a value in the description column that is without a value in the balance column the value in the description column needs to be merged into the description cell in the row above it.
The result for the first row below should be:
02/08/2022Inward Remittance XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX999,999,999.0009,999,999.000

Current sheet
DateDescriptionDebitCreditBalance
02/08/2022Inward Remittance999,999,999.0009,999,999.000
XXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX
02/08/2022Online Acct to Acct transfer99,999.000999.000
03/08/2022Salary Received999.00099,999.000
05/08/2022Debit Card Purchase
Card number
9999999.000999,999,999.000
XXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX
 

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Try:
VBA Code:
Sub CombineData()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Dim v As Variant, i As Long, arr() As Variant, lRow As Long, x As Long
    lRow = Cells.Find("*", SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row
    v = Range("A2:A" & lRow).Resize(, 6).Value
    ReDim arr(1 To WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))), 1 To 6)
    For i = LBound(v) To UBound(v)
        If v(i, 6) <> "" Then
            x = x + 1
            arr(x, 1) = v(i, 1)
            arr(x, 2) = v(i, 2)
            arr(x, 3) = v(i, 3)
            arr(x, 4) = v(i, 4)
            arr(x, 5) = v(i, 5)
            arr(x, 6) = v(i, 6)
        Else
            arr(x, 2) = arr(x, 2) & " " & v(i, 2)
        End If
    Next i
    ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Offset(1).ClearContents
    Range("A2").Resize(x, 6) = arr
    Columns.AutoFit
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
 
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