Questions and answers
View our most frequently asked questions about business savings accounts.
Here are some things you might find useful
- Who's eligible?
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Our business savings accounts have been created for small and medium sized UK-based businesses that have:
- Fewer than 250 employees.
- A total balance sheet of less than £36.5m or a turnover of less than £42.5m.
- All owners, directors, senior management and account signatories over 18 years old.
They're not designed for:
- UK pension schemes
- UK public authorities
- Charities, church bodies and places of worship
- Trusts and foundations
- Clubs and societies
They're also not for businesses that:
- Operate within sanctioned countries – Iran, Syria, North Korea, North Sudan, South Sudan or Crimea.
- Have an ownership structure of more than three tiers.
- Have bearer shares within their ownership structure.
- Are looking to use the account for money held or received for a client (often known as Client Accounts).
- Are a Relevant Financial Institution under ring-fencing rules.
- Are a shell bank, unlicensed bank, consumer credit agency or Scottish Limited Partnership.
- Undertake money services business as a primary or secondary business activity.
- Facilitate human trafficking.
- Are known or suspected of money laundering, terrorist financing, WMD proliferation or tax evasion.
- Does the account have any fees and charges?
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There aren't any account fees or charges.
- What are the minimum and maximum balances?
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The minimum deposit to open this account is £1. The account will pay an interest rate of 0.10% Gross P.A.1 until the minimum amount has been paid in. The maximum deposit limit is £2,000,000.
- What do you mean by a small or medium enterprise?
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We class SMEs as having fewer than 250 employees, and either a total balance sheet not exceeding £36.5 million or turnover not exceeding £42.5 million, based on your most recent annual accounts.
- Can I have more than one account in the same business name?
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Yes, each business group can save up to a maximum of £2 million across all of the group's business savings accounts. Each account will be subject to the interest rates at the time you apply.
- If I have multiple businesses, can I have more than one account?
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Yes, but each business needs its own account. Each business group can save up to £2 million across all of the group's business savings accounts. Each account will be subject to the interest rates at the time you apply.
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