- The top fixed term savings bonds over different time periods
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- Compiled by savings expert Sylvia Morris
- Unlike other tables, providers do not have to pay to appear
Accounts featured below are independently selected by This is Money’s specialist journalists. If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We do not allow this to affect our editorial independence.
| Type of account (min investment) | 0% tax | 20% tax | 40% tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONE YEAR | |||
| Cynergy Bank (£1,000+) | 4.65 | 3.72 | 2.79 |
| Birmingham Bank (£5,000+) | 4.6 | 3.68 | 2.76 |
| Secure Trust (£1,000+) | 4.6 | 3.68 | 2.76 |
| Vanquis Bank (£1,000+) | 4.6 | 3.68 | 2.76 |
| Access Bank (£5,000+) | 4.58 | 3.66 | 2.75 |
| Close Brothers Savings (£10,000+) | 4.58 | 3.66 | 2.75 |
| Hodge Bank (£1,000+) | 4.58 | 3.66 | 2.75 |
| Shawbrook Bank (£1,000+) | 4.58 | 3.66 | 2.75 |
| Chetwood Bank (£1,000+) | 4.58 | 3.66 | 2.75 |
| MBNA Bank (£1,000+) | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| Zopa Bank (£1,000+) | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| EIGHTEEN MONTHS | |||
| Cynergy Bank (£1,000+) | 4.57 | 3.66 | 2.74 |
| Chetwood Bank (£1,000+)(4) | 4.5 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Oxbury Bank (£1,000+) | 4.53 | 3.62 | 2.72 |
| United Trust Bank ( £5,000+) (4) | 4.35 | 3.48 | 2.61 |
| TWO YEARS | |||
| Cynergy Bank (£1,000+) | 4.57 | 3.66 | 2.73 |
| Vanquis Bank (£1,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Birmingham Bank (£5,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Secure Trust (£1,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Oxbury Bank (£1,000+) | 4.53 | 3.62 | 2.72 |
| Hodge Bank (£1,000+) | 4.53 | 3.62 | 2.72 |
| Close Brothers Savings (£10,000+) | 4.52 | 3.61 | 2.72 |
| Access Bank (£5,000+) | 4.51 | 3.61 | 2.71 |
| Chetwood Bank (£1,000+) | 4.51 | 3.61 | 2.71 |
| RCI Bank (£1,000+) | 4.4 | 3.52 | 2.64 |
| THREE YEARS | |||
| JN Bank (£100+) | 4.6 | 3.68 | 2.76 |
| Birmingham Bank (£5,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Cynergy Bank (£1,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Secure Trust (£1,000+) | 4.54 | 3.63 | 2.72 |
| Hodge Bank (£1,000+) | 4.51 | 3.61 | 2.71 |
| Access Bank (£5,000+) | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| Vanquis Bank (£1,000+) | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| Oxbury Bank (£1,000+) | 4.48 | 3.58 | 2.69 |
| United Trust Bank (£5,000+) | 4.46 | 3.57 | 2.68 |
| FIVE YEARS | |||
| Secure Trust (£1,000+) | 4.56 | 3.65 | 2.74 |
| Birmingham Bank (£5,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| JN Bank (£100+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Close Brothers Savings (£10,000+) | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 |
| Oxbury Bank (£1,000+) | 4.53 | 3.62 | 2.72 |
| Vanquis Bank (£1,000+) | 4.48 | 3.58 | 2.69 |
| * If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We do not allow this to affect our editorial independence nor will it impact the interest rate you receive. | |||
| * (R) Deal is exclusive via savings platform, Raisin UK. | |||
| * (H) Deal is available via Hargreaves Lansdown’s savings platform, Active Savings. | |||
| (3) This rate is the ‘expected profit rate’ under Sharia compliant accounts. The bank monitors the target profit on a daily basis to ensure it is achievable. | |||
| (4) 15-month term | |||
| Type of account (min investment) | 0% tax | 20% tax | 40% tax |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIX MONTHS | |||
| Cynergy Bank (£1,000+) | 4.6 | 3.68 | 2.76 |
| GB Bank (£1,000+) | 4.46 | 3.57 | 2.68 |
| United Trust Bank (£5,000+) | 4.45 | 3.56 | 2.67 |
| NINE MONTHS | |||
| Shawbrook Bank (£1,000+) | 4.50 | 3.60 | 2.70 |
| United Trust Bank (£5,000+) | 4.42 | 3.54 | 2.65 |
| Aldermore Bank (£1,000+) | 4.35 | 3.48 | 2.61 |
| (1) This rate is the ‘expected profit rate’ under Sharia compliant accounts | |||
| (R) Deal is exclusive via savings platform, Raisin UK. | |||
| (P) Deal is exclusive via savings platform, Prosper.co.uk |
* Note: From April 2018, tax conversions will apply only to taxpayers living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scottish taxpayers are subject to different income tax rates after this date.
Dear Reader,
These tables are unique on the web. They are independent and providers are not forced to pay to appear, which is typically the case at big comparison sites.
Independent savings expert: Sylvia Morris
They are completely unbiased – we simply show the best rates around and don’t do ‘featured deals’.
We’ve gone a step further, too. To feature in the best buys on variable rate accounts in our savings tables, an account must give you easy access to your money and come with no hidden catches.
In the past we have refused to include accounts where the rate is boosted by a short-term bonus or those with over-restrictive conditions so you only earn the advertised rate if you make three or less withdrawals a year.
But with interest rates so low, most of today’s best deals have some sort of clause built in, whether that’s a bonus or a restriction on withdrawals.
For that reason, we’ve included decent bonuses as long as they last for at least 12 months. This is to avoid you having to switch your account too often when short-term bonuses run out.
If there is a restriction on withdrawals we have made this clear in the notes on each account.
We also ignore old-style ‘notice’ accounts where the bank or building society can demand you give up to six months’ notice that you want to take our money out while it can change the rate at any time without warning.
All banks and building societies are registered with the Financial Services Authority and signed up to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, either directly (protecting up to £85,000) or via its passport scheme (where the compensation limit depends on the bank’s home country. In Europe it is €100,000).
If you have a question about the tables email sy.morris@dailymail.co.uk and editor@thisismoney.co.uk
Sylvia Morris
This is Money savings tables expert
