18 Month Fixed

Provider Rate Min/Max Deposit Opening Account Accessing Account Interest Options SG Verdict
Al Rayan Bank
4.57% £5,000 / No Maximum

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Quarterly

This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.  Those savers comfortable with this are likely to be attracted by the rate and variety of channels to open and manage their account

 Brown Shipley - Raisin
4.19% £1,000 / £85,000

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  • Paid On Maturity

Founded in 1810, Brown Shipley is a UK authorised private bank with over 200 years of experience, and is regulated by both the PRA and FCA.  It is headquartered in London with offices in seven other UK cities, offering fully integrated wealth planning, investment management and banking services.

This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here

 Hampshire Trust Bank
4.20% £1,000 / £250,000

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Annually

London based Hampshire Trust Bank launched in 1977 but was acquired by a new management team in 2014 and now look after in excess of £1.63bn of deposits.

You can read more about them here

 HL Active Savings - Charter Savings
4.30% £1,000 / £1m

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  • Paid on maturity
  • annually or compounded

Active Savings is a savings platform, provided by investment giant Hargreaves Lansdown, which offers savers access to a range of products from its partner banks and building societies.

 HL Active Savings - Paragon
4.00% £1,000 / £1m

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  • Paid on maturity
  • annually or compounded

This product is provided by Paragon Bank on Active Savings, which is a savings platform, provided by investment giant Hargreaves Lansdown, which offers savers access to a range of products from its partner banks and building societies.

 Paragon - Raisin
4.00% £1,000 / £85,000

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  • Paid On Maturity

This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here

BLME
4.10% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Away

This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.  

You can find out more about them here

Coventry Building Society
4.10% £1 / No Maximum

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  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually
  • Paid 31st December
  • Monthly interest paid the last day of the month

Competitive rate from Coventry Building Society which is the 2nd largest building society in the UK looking after £38.2bn of deposits

This product has a fixed maturity of 30th April 2024

Gatehouse Bank
4.37% £1,000 / £1m

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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid On Maturity
  • Paid Away

This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.  

OakNorth Bank
4.40% £1,000 / £250,000

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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid On Maturity

OakNorth launched in 2015 and offers debt and property finance to UK small and medium size enterprises.

OakNorth change their rates frequently so move quickly if this rate appeals

You can find out more about them here

OakNorth Bank - 15 months
4.36% £1,000 / £250,000

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  • Paid Annually
  • Paid On Maturity

This account is a 15 Month Fixed Term

OakNorth launched in 2015 and offers debt and property finance to UK small and medium size enterprises.

You can find out more about them here

Paragon Bank
4.00% £1,000 / £100,000

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually

Birmingham based Paragon launched in 2014 and now look after £9.3bn of savings.

You can find out more about them in our banking directory here

Secure Trust Bank
4.15% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Annually
  • Paid 31st December

Birmingham based Secure Trust Bank look after over £2bn of deposits.  Their products tend not to be able for long so move quickly if this rate appeals.

Find out more about them here

Tesco Bank
4.10% £2,000 / £5,000,000

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  • Paid on Anniversary
  • Paid Monthly
  • Paid Annually
  • Paid Away

Tesco Bank only accept one single lump sum to fund the account so this is only suitable for savers who can fund with the entire amount in one go.    

Union Bank of India
4.05% £1,000 / £1,000,000

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  • Paid On Maturity

Union Bank of India (UK), which is a subsidiary of Union Bank of India, one of the largest public sector banks in India.

Although Union Bank does finally have an internet application, their UK website is very hard to navigate to find it and it is one of the most difficult applications to complete we've experienced.

United Trust Bank
4.35% £5,000 / £1,000,000

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  • Paid Away or Compounded
  • Paid Annually

Competitively priced 15 month fixed rate bond from London based specialist lender United Trust, who launched in 1955 and look after £1.6bn of savings.

Find out more about them here

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