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Best current interest rate for a charity account
BestInterest
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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.
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2% sounds like a good deal to me0
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MoneyFacts has a page for charity savings accounts:BestInterest said: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.
https://moneyfactscompare.co.uk/business/charity-account/
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Have you looked at CAF? https://www.cafonline.org/services-for-charities/charity-banking-investments/savings1
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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.
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lCold_comfort said:
Could you say what the tortuos process is, please?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.0
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