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The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread

Bridlington1
Bridlington1 Posts: 4,662 Forumite
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edited 31 March at 6:34PM in Savings & investments

Welcome to this thread

The main purposes of this thread are two-fold:

  1. To provide a list of the top regular savers currently on offer
  2. To provide a place for all forum users to discuss regular saver accounts and ask any questions about them that you may have

This thread is intended to complement Martin Lewis' article which you can read here: Regular Savings Accounts.

Structure of this thread

The first few posts shall contain a continually updated list of the top regular savers currently on offer and shall be regularly edited by myself to ensure it remains up to date.I have included a summary of the terms and conditions of each account as these can be complicated with regular savings accounts. I would advise you to look at these terms and conditions to check that the account is suitable for you.Unless indicated otherwise, you can only open one of each account.Key updates to this thread are added to the The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***, thread, which runs parallel to this thread.

I am only adding accounts where the interest rate is 4.15% or better, or 3.95% if the account has favourable conditions. For an account to be deemed as having favourable conditions it must:

  • Allow at least 3 penalty free withdrawals per year at any time without notice and meet at least one of the following criteria:
  • ○ Allow you to pay in £500 per month or more
  • ○ Mature after at least 2 years

Thresholds for regular savers to be included in this thread are regularly reviewed by myself and may be altered at any point, if they are changed I shall post an announcement in both this thread and The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***.

I have divided up the information here into the following sections:

  1. Regular Savers Open To All  - Regular savers that can be opened by anyone over the age of 21 and has no maximum age, with no postcode/regional restrictions, is not restricted to new customers only and does not require you to have been an existing member for any length of time. Note the account must be available to residents in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to be included in this list. This section does include accounts which require you to hold another current/savings account in order to open it so long as opening the other account immediately makes you eligible for the regular saver. This section has been split over 3 posts due to character limits on the forum.
  2. Local/Loyal/Beta/Age Restricted/New Member Only accounts - Regular savers that are not restricted to those under the age of 21 but has a maximum age to apply and/or postcode/regional restrictions and/or requires you to have been an existing member for any length of time or excludes existing customers from applying. This section also includes regular savers that have only been offered to selected customers including those which are in their beta phase.
  3. Children's regular savers - Regular savers that are restricted to those under the age of 21.
  4. Recently No Longer Available accounts - These are accounts that have been withdrawn since the start of this calendar month but which people may be in the process of applying for. 

How this thread operates

I am happy for people to use this thread to discuss the regular savers that appear on this list as well as any regular savers that have since been withdrawn but which continue to be held by some, this includes details of people's experiences of the maturity process of regular savers. Feel free so share details of your regular saver collections, but please try and limit discussion on this thread to regular savings accounts.

Whenever I make any changes to the first page of this thread I shall make a post detailing the changes in The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***, this includes but is not limited to a new account being added to the lists, an account being removed due to interest rate reductions or being withdrawn, interest rate changes and changes to the thresholds I set for inclusion to the lists.

Updates shall be made as and when it comes to my attention that new accounts have been launched, been withdrawn or have had their interest rates changed so in most cases both this thread and the no chat thread should be updated the day a change is reported in this thread. 

If you notice a regular saver account that meets the criteria for being included on this thread that isn't already listed, you notice an account listed on this thread has just been withdrawn or an interest rate change is announced affecting any of the regular savers on this list then please feel free to post a message on this thread detailing the changes.

Regular saver ISA accounts are not included in this thread as these have been included in Kazza242's long running Cash ISAs: The Best ISAs Currently Available List.

On the final day of the month I post a summary of all the accounts which have been added and/or removed within the last month, when this happens the Recently No Longer Available Accounts Section is emptied. The monthly updates are posted in this thread and a link to these posts is included on the first page of The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***.

Points to note

If you'd like to bookmark a link that takes you to the post after the last one you've read (or the latest post if you've read all of them) then use this:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6652858/the-top-regular-savers-discussion-thread/#latest

If you wish to receive automatic alerts when new posts are added to this thread then use the following instructions. Login, go to the top of any page in this thread and click the bookmark icon.

If you are not sure whether the best place for your money is in a regular savings account or another type of savings account then look at the article How to Start Saving

Whilst children's regular savers have been included I would strongly recommend that you read the section about the tax implications for interest from children's accounts in MSE's article Best Child Savings.

For those with a lump sum they wish to drip-feed into regular savers, please see the the MSE list of the best current accounts that pay interest . Alternatively you could place a lump sum in an easy access account and move money across to regular savers. See @soulsaver 's existing Top Easy Access acs Ranked: Top of The Pots - **No Chat** thread for a regularly updated list of the top easy access accounts.

You may also be interested in the following threads:

The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***

How can regular savings accounts offer such good interest rates? 

Are Regular Savers still worth it? (Calculations and discussion regarding drip feeding lump sums into regular savings accounts) 

Is there a best time of the month to deposit in Regular Savers?

The Faster Payments Cut Off Times List

Sometimes you can earn cashback for opening one of the accounts on this thread. If you wish to discuss these offers, please use The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread, where a list of these offers is also maintained.

Many people use spreadsheets to manage their regular saver collection. If you wish to discuss spreadsheets including help with setting them up, please use The Banking & Savings Spreadsheet Discussion Thread.

Many people use regular savers as a way to save some money aside each month whilst simultaneously benefitting from earning a higher rate of interest for doing so, if this is you then I would strongly recommend having a look at the Save £12k in 2026 challenge (or any other amount to challenge yourself!).

In addition I maintain the Regular Saver Timeline Spreadsheet,

Common abbreviations and terms you may see used in this thread

  • Account Month - This is a month beginning on the day of the month you opened a regular saver account as opposed to a calendar month, e.g. if you opened a regular saver on 20th January, the first account month would be 20th January - 19th February, the second account month would be 20th February - 19th March etc. 
  • Refresh/renew (an account) - Close an account to reopen the same account.
  • NLA - No Longer Available, usually used in reference to a regular saver that has been withdrawn to new applicants.
  • Var - Variable
  • Fix - Fixed
  • RS - Regular Saver
  • P.A - Per Annum
  • AER - Annual Equivalent Rate
  • N/A - Not Applicable
  • BS - Building Society
  • EA - Easy Access 

History & background of this thread

Thanks to numerous forum users for their contributions to this and previous versions of this thread over the years.

This is the 6th version of this thread. The first four versions were maintained by @Special_Saver2 for over 17 years (due to technical issues, the thread has had to be re-started three times). The first version was before 2007, the second version lasted from 2007 to 2018, the third version was from 2018 to 2020, the fourth version was from February 2020 to December 2024, the fifth version was from 28/12/24-29/1/26. 

Previous threads run by @Special_Saver2 took the form of an introduction to regular savers with a list of the top regular savers with summaries of their Ts&Cs on page 1 of the thread, with the remainder of the thread devoted to discussing the accounts on the first page of the thread.

After the arrival of a baby daughter @Special_Saver2 took the decision to hand over the running of this thread to me in December 2024 in order to spend more time with their family and I have maintained it since 28th December 2024.

Upon taking over the thread I restructured the first page of the thread, halving the number of sections from 8 to 4, relaxing the scope of what can be discussed in this thread to include accounts that have been withdrawn and their maturity processes.

I also took the decision that the existing ``An Archived List Of Regular Saver Ts&Cs" thread should become an archive of any changes that happen to the top regular savers and be renamed to ``The Archived History Of Regular Savers Thread *** NO CHAT***" thread.

For a full summary of the changes I made on 28/12/24 see the link below:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81187240/#Comment_81187240

On 31/8/25 I added a new section, the ``Recent Additions" section to give a snapshot of which accounts have recently been added to the main regular savers lists.

The rollout of a new text editor in January 2026 caused formatting issues when transferring listings from the archived thread to p1 of the 5th version of the thread and vice versa. To counteract this I took the decision to transfer the listings to excel, formatting them as tables and then launching a new version of this thread (the version you are reading).

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  • Bridlington1
    Bridlington1 Posts: 4,662 Forumite
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    edited 31 March at 6:39PM

    Children's Regular Savers:

    Halifax Kids' Monthly Saver

    Interest rate

    5.5% gross p.a. fixed

    Monthly payment

    £10-£100

    Miss any payments

    Yes, as many as you like

    Penalty-free withdrawals

    No withdrawals permitted except for early closure of the account

    Age of applicant

    Aged up to 15 years old (but the account can continue beyond the child's 15th birthday)

    How to open account

    Branch or online (but account can only be operated in branch)

    Length of account term

    12 months from account opening

    Maximum balance

    N/A

    Deposits on non-working days

    Treated as having been received the same day.

    Special conditions

    You can only open one account per child.

    Penrith BS Junior Affinity Regular Saver - Red Squirrel Group

    Interest rate

    4.45% gross p.a. variable from 16/6/25

    Monthly payment

    £5-£100 per calendar month

    Miss any payments

    Yes, you can miss as many as you like

    Penalty-free withdrawals

    As many as you like

    Age of applicant

    Under 16

    How to open account

    Branch and post only

    Length of account term

    5 years from account opening

    Maximum balance

    None stated other than the Society’s total limit on combined savings should not exceed £250,000

    Deposits on non-working days

    Treated as having been received the next working day.

    Special conditions

    N/A

    Penrith BS Junior Affinity Regular Saver - RUFC Juniors

    Interest rate

    4.45% gross p.a. variable from 16/6/25

    Monthly payment

    £5-£100 per calendar month

    Miss any payments

    Yes, you can miss as many as you like

    Penalty-free withdrawals

    As many as you like

    Age of applicant

    Under 16

    How to open account

    Branch and post only

    Length of account term

    5 years from account opening

    Maximum balance

    None stated other than the Society’s total limit on combined savings should not exceed £250,000

    Deposits on non-working days

    Treated as having been received the next working day.

    Special conditions

    N/A

    Coventry BS Young Saver

    Re-added 31/8/25

    Interest rate

    4% AER variable from 19/1/26

    Monthly payment

    £1-£200 per calendar month

    Miss any payments

    Yes, you can miss as many as you like

    Penalty-free withdrawals

    As many as you like

    Age of applicant

    Aged 7 - 17

    How to open account

    Branch only

    Length of account term

    Matures when the child turns 18

    Maximum balance

    £5,000

    Deposits on non-working days

    Treated as having been received the same day.

    Special conditions

    N/A

  • Bridlington1
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    edited 30 January at 5:12AM

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