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Gross/AER*
*Gross is the interest rate without tax deducted. AER stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and compounded once each year.
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.
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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.
Interest is paid gross without the deduction of income tax and doesn’t count towards your Personal Savings Allowance.
33 days.
£250.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Interest is calculated daily and paid annually to your account on the last business day of December. There is no bonus interest payable.
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).
The interest rate is managed and may be altered in accordance with Section 9 ‘Changes to interest rates’ of our Terms for personal savers.
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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View Personal Savings AccountsAre my savings protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme?
Charity Bank benefits from its own banking licence and is a member of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
A. Yes, your eligible deposits with Charity Bank are currently protected up to the £85,000 limit of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK’s deposit guarantee scheme. Any balances above £85,000 are not protected.
For joint accounts eligible deposits for each account holder are protected up the £85,000 FSCS limit (making a total of £170,000).
Deposits from large companies and small local authorities are covered by the FSCS deposit protection from 30 January 2017 up to the FSCS limit of £85,000.
Please refer to our Deposit Guarantee Scheme: Information Sheet
You can visit the FSCS website for more information and check whether your covered.
How do I operate my account?
All accounts are operated by post. We can answer any questions directly by email or over the phone, with our friendly UK based Savings Team, who are always willing to support you. Currently we do not offer online services once your account is open.
How does Charity Bank support vulnerable customers wishing to apply for an account?
We understand that challenging situations, whether temporary or permanent, can make it more difficult to apply for and maintain your account with us. Please refer to our Customer Support guidance or contact us by phone: 01732 441944 or by email: [email protected] should you need any support before completing your application.
How can I make my initial deposit into a new savings account?
Once we confirm to you by email that your account is open, you will have 14-calendar days to fund it. During this window you can make one or multiple payments by any of these methods.
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Once this period has ended, if your account hasn’t been funded at least to its minimum account balance, it will be closed, and confirmation will be issued to you. We will send you a reminder to fund your account after 7-days to ensure such cases are kept to a minimum.
We partner with NatWest as our clearing bank. From 3 May 2024 we were live on the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service. You can read more about how it works and what this means to you on our dedicated CoP webpage. We continue to encourage you to please take due care and diligence when making payment by electronic transfer. Your confirmation of account opening email, will provide your unique 8-digit account to be used with our sort code: 60-83-16 and you are welcome to contact us by phone: 01732 441944 or email: [email protected] to double-check anything.
Please always quote your application reference number* and/or surname as a payment reference and ensure your bank correctly quotes the reference when they are making a payment on your behalf, otherwise it may be rejected and returned to you without interest. You’ll earn interest from the business day on which the payment was received.
*If you completed your account application online, you will have been given an application reference number.
For the latest Charity Bank savings accounts documents, please click on the button below.
Savings Document LibraryPlease click the links below to download an application pack:
Ethical 33 Day Notice Cash ISA – Additional Terms and Summary Box
Charity Bank Terms for Personal Savers