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Best current interest rate for a charity account

Hallo All. Please could someone suggest where the charity I am involved in can get the highest rate of interest. We want to save some for later projects, while keeping some that we can use straightaway. At present we have a charity account with Leeds offering 2% with no notice of withdrawal needed.

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  • Mark_d
    Mark_d Posts: 2,748 Forumite
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    2% sounds like a good deal to me
  • wmb194
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    Hallo All. Please could someone suggest where the charity I am involved in can get the highest rate of interest. We want to save some for later projects, while keeping some that we can use straightaway. At present we have a charity account with Leeds offering 2% with no notice of withdrawal needed.
    MoneyFacts has a page for charity savings accounts:

    https://moneyfactscompare.co.uk/business/charity-account/
  • Cold_comfort
    Cold_comfort Posts: 222 Forumite
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    wmb194's moneyfacts link is really useful.

    Best rates over the last couple of years have consistently been from
    - Cambridge & Counties for term deposits (eg fixed 4.6% for 6 months, min £10k)
    - United Trust Bank for term deposits and notice accounts (eg currently 4.5% for 180 day notice, min 5k)
    - Saffron Building Society Community Saver for instant access (currently 3.85%, min £1).

    Beware the application process for charities can be rather tortuous.
  • BestInterest
    BestInterest Posts: 3 Newbie
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    lCold_comfort said:
    wmb194's moneyfacts link is really useful.

    Best rates over the last couple of years have consistently been from
    - Cambridge & Counties for term deposits (eg fixed 4.6% for 6 months, min £10k)
    - United Trust Bank for term deposits and notice accounts (eg currently 4.5% for 180 day notice, min 5k)
    - Saffron Building Society Community Saver for instant access (currently 3.85%, min £1).

    Beware the application process for charities can be rather tortuous.
    Could you say what the tortuos process is, please?
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