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Provider	Rate	Min/Max Deposit	Opening Account	Accessing Account	Interest Options	SG Verdict
Find out more	5.35%	£1,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on maturity annually or compounded	This product is provided by Close Brothers 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.
Apply Now	5.20%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here
Apply Now	5.25%	£1,000 / £85,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	Ziraat Bank is owned by the Turkish government and was established in 1863. It serves 38 million retail, SME and corporate customers in all sectors of the economy and has a 15% market share. It is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 204705. This product is only available via the Raisin UK savings platform. You can find out more about Raisin here
Arbuthnot	5.25%	£10,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Away	Arbuthnot Direct is part of private bank Arbuthnot Latham and launched in February 2019. It has a quick application process and a 14 day cooling off period.
g Apply Now	5.35%	£5,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity	London based specialist lender United Trust launched in 1955 and look after £1.6bn of savings Find out more about them here
Birmingham Bank	5.51%	£5,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid On Maturity Added to the account	Birmingham Bank was previously known as Bira Bank, which was bought by businessman Lee Bushell in January 2020 and rebranded as Birmingham Bank. He sold his interest in April 2023 to Better, the digital home ownership platform The Bank has only just over £10m of savings in total so don't expect these rates to last long.
g BLME	5.40%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid On Maturity	This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements. You can find out more about them here
Cahoot	5.30%	£500 / £2m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Cahoot is a division of Santander, which is one of the top seven savings providers, by size, in the UK
z Close Brothers	5.35%	£10,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Away	Close Bank have been trading since 1878, are a FTSE 250 listed company and look after over £6.4bn of savings You can find out more about them here
Gatehouse Bank	5.40%	£1,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Annually Paid Away	This account pays expected profit, rather than interest, to meet Sharia law requirements.
Hodge Bank	5.30%	£1,000 / £1m	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually Annual interest paid 31st March	Hodge bank is based in South Wales and was authorised in 1987. It looks after just over £1bn of deposits.
Apply Now	5.20%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Away or Compounded Paid Monthly Paid Annually	Part of French car giant Renault, RCI are a UK licensed bank and covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme You can find out more about them here
Secure Trust	5.36%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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
Union Bank of India	5.70%	£1,000 / £1,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	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.
Zenith Bank	5.30%	£2,000 / £2,000,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid on Anniversary Paid Annually Paid Compounded	Zenith Bank UK is a subsidiary of Zenith Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading banks. Savers should note that, while this account can be opened online, it can only be managed by post
A Zopa Bank	5.31%	£1,000 / £250,000	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Branch App Internet Post Telephone	Paid Monthly Paid Compounded	Zopa started life as a peer to peer lending business in 2005 but became a licensed bank in 2019 and launched their first savings accounts in August 2020. You can find out more about them here

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