Savings For Good

Ethical 33-Day Notice Cash ISA

Saving in a tax efficient way while making an impact across the UK

Your eligible deposits with The Charity Bank Limited are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the UK’s deposit guarantee scheme. Any deposits you hold above the limit are unlikely to be covered. View and download the Charity Bank Deposit Guarantee Scheme: Information Sheet here. For further information visit www.fscs.org.uk.

Key benefits

Access

Open an account with just £250 or transfer an existing ISA to us.

Flexibility

Add to your savings at any time during the current tax year up to the ISA allowance of £20,000.

Social Impact

Your money will be used to support charities and social enterprises.

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Number of account holders

One.

Number of accounts

You can put money into one Cash ISA held with Charity Bank each tax year. Payments into multiple issues held with Charity Bank will not be permitted.

Payment of interest

Interest is paid gross without the deduction of income tax and doesn’t count towards your Personal Savings Allowance.

Notice period

33 days.

Minimum initial deposit

£250.

Maximum deposit

The maximum deposit for this account is the 2024/25 ISA allowance of £20,000. You may transfer existing ISA balances from other providers into this account up to our published cap of £500,000. Applications to transfer existing ISAs can only be made when applying online.

Paying money in

Initial deposit(s) can be made by cheque or electronic transfer from your nominated account only or ISA transfer. From the day we confirm your account is open you have 14 calendar days to fund it with one or multiple deposits up to a maximum account balance of £500,000 or in excess of this limit if pre-approved by us. If your account is not funded to the minimum account balance of £250 within this period, it will be closed, and any funds returned to you, unless you have sent us a completed ISA transfer request, in which case we will allow time for your existing ISA provider to send us the funds in accordance with the terms of your account with them. If not fully funded to the 2024/25 tax year ISA allowance of £20,000, or the maximum account balance of £500,000 if transferring previous/current years’ funds, additional credits are permitted and can be made by cheque, electronic transfer, direct debit or standing order from your nominated account up to these limits.

ISA Transfers In

You can transfer previous and current years subscriptions to your Ethical 33-Day Notice Cash ISA. However, partial transfers of current year subscriptions are not supported. If transferring current years subscriptions to us they must be in full.

Withdrawals & Closure

If you wish to withdraw funds or close your Cash ISA, where funds are repaid to your nominated account, you have the choice to do so by either serving 33 days’ notice, or if you wish to receive funds sooner, you will be subject to pay an early withdrawal fee, refer to the Ethical 33-Day Notice Cash ISA Additional Terms for further information. Please be aware this is not a Flexible ISA.

ISA Transfer Out

As long as you give us 15 days’ notice to transfer your account to another ISA manager, we will transfer your account, with all rights and obligations of the parties to it by the date you request in accordance with the ISA regulations. Once the transfer instruction is received, we will provide the new ISA manager with the funds and information within 5 working days of the date you specify.

How we calculate interest

Interest is calculated daily and paid annually to your account on the last business day of December. There is no bonus interest payable.

What would the estimated balance be after 12 months based on a £1,000 deposit?

Based on an interest rate of 3.01% gross, the balance on a £1,000 deposit after 12 months would be £1,030.10. This illustrative example assumes no withdrawals, no changes to the managed interest rate over the period and interest is paid and compounded annually. (The illustrative example does not take into account the individual circumstances of a customer).

Can Charity Bank change the interest rate?

The interest rate is managed and may be altered in accordance with Section 9 ‘Changes to interest rates’ of our Terms for personal savers.

Managing your account

All accounts are operated by post. We can answer any questions directly by email or over the phone. Currently we do not offer online services once your account is open.

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