ISAs
A Fixed Rate Cash ISA generally offers a higher rate of interest for money that you can afford to put away for a year or more.
The Fixed Rate Cash ISA is available if you wish to take advantage of your ISA allowance for this tax year, or if you wish to transfer an ISA to us. All of the interest you earn is tax free†, and it won’t count towards your Personal Savings Allowance.
Fixed Rate Cash ISAs are limited edition accounts which may be withdrawn from sale at any time without notice, so if you see one you like, don't take too long to apply as there are no guarantees it will still be available the next time you look.
To make sure it's right for you, please read through the Key product details and the Is it for me? sections, together with the General Savings Conditions and the Key Features & Summary Box document which includes the specific conditions for the ISA.
An Easy Access Cash ISA is just the thing for money that you need access to quickly. No fixed periods, no need to give notice, just a simple account where your money earns interest until you need it.
The Easy Access Cash ISA is available if you wish to take advantage of your ISA allowance for this tax year, or if you wish to transfer an ISA to us. All of the interest you earn is tax free†, and it won’t count towards your Personal Savings Allowance.
To make sure it’s right for you, please read through the Key product details and the Is it for me? sections, together with the General Savings Conditions and the Key Features & Summary Box document which includes the specific conditions for the ISA.
To make sure it's the right account for you, please read through the Key product details and the Is it for me? sections, together with the General Savings Conditions and the Key Features & Summary Box document which includes the specific conditions for the account.
Things you need to know about our Fixed Rate Cash ISAs are:
- you’ll earn a fixed rate of interest for a fixed period of time
- you can deposit anything from £5,000 up to £20,000 in the 2024/2025 tax year provided you have not subscribed to another Cash ISA in the same tax year
- you can transfer your existing ISAs from any other provider
- once you have applied for the account we must receive your deposit/transfer within 30 days
- we calculate interest daily and can pay it to you either monthly or annually
- you cannot make regular deposits into a Fixed Rate Cash ISA. Once you have applied for the account we must receive your deposit/transfer within 30 days
- you can make withdrawals or transfer your ISA to another provider. However you will lose interest on each amount you withdraw/transfer. The number of days interest that you will lose will depend on the product you choose and is detailed in the Key Features & Summary Box document
- our Cash ISAs are not flexible ISAs - you cannot take money out of your Cash ISA and replace it in the same tax year, without it counting towards your annual ISA allowance
- all payments to and from your Charter Savings Bank account must be from the same UK bank or building society Nominated Account you provide when applying for the Account (except when you are transferring an ISA to or from another ISA provider)
Things you need to know about our Easy Access Cash ISAs are:
- you can deposit anything from £5,000 up to £20,000 in the 2024/2025 tax year provided you have not subscribed to another Cash ISA in the same tax year
- you can transfer your existing ISAs from any other provider
- once you have applied for the account we must receive your deposit/transfer within 30 days
- you can then add to your savings at any time (up to the maximum ISA subscription level per tax year)
- you can withdraw your money or transfer your ISA to another provider without giving us notice
- we calculate interest daily and can pay it to you either monthly or annually
- our Cash ISAs are not flexible ISAs - you cannot take money out of your Cash ISA and replace it in the same tax year, without it counting towards your annual ISA allowance
- the interest rate is variable on balances of £5,000 and over
- if your balance falls below £5,000, your interest rate will reduce to 0.10% AER* (0.10% annual tax free†; 0.10% monthly tax free†) fixed until your balance increases to £5,000 or more
- all payments to and from your Charter Savings Bank account must be from the same UK bank or building society Nominated Account you provide when applying for the Account (except when you are transferring an ISA to or from another ISA provider)
This might be the right type of Cash ISA for you if you:
Things you need to know about our Fixed Rate Cash ISAs are:
- want to take advantage of your ISA savings allowance or have an ISA you wish to transfer to us
- want to fix the interest rate your savings earn for a fixed period of time
- want a Cash ISA you can open and manage online
- do not require access to your money for the term of the Fixed Rate Cash ISA
This might be the right type of Cash ISA for you if you:
- want to take advantage of your ISA allowance or have an ISA you wish to transfer to us
- need access to your savings quickly
- want peace of mind that you can access your savings when you need to
- do not require a flexible ISA, and understand you cannot take money out of your Cash ISA and replace it in the same tax year, without it counting towards your annual ISA allowance
- want a Cash ISA you can open and manage online
paid Balance
from Balance
to Gross
interest** AER* Online Postal
Easy Access Cash ISA - Issue 51
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AER*
4.61%
Tax Free
4.61%
Balance
£5,000 - £1,500,000
Interest paid
Annually
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- Key facts
- Account management
- Additional information
Key facts
What is the interest rate?
You invest
£5,000 - £1,500,000
£1 - £5,000
You Get
AER*
4.61%
Gross*
4.61%
AER*
0.10%
Gross*
0.10%
Interest will be paid annually on the anniversary of your initial deposit.
Interest is calculated daily at the interest rate for the balance in the Account at the end of that day. As long as you have £5,000 or more in the Account you will receive the variable interest rate for the whole balance in your Account.
You can choose to have your interest paid into your Easy Access Cash ISA - Issue 51 Account, another Charter Savings Bank account held by you (subject to the specific conditions of that account) or your Nominated Account.
Can Charter Savings Bank change the interest rate?
Yes, the interest rate is variable for balances of £5,000 and over but fixed for balances below £5,000.
This means that we can vary the interest rate for balances of £5,000 and over for any of the reasons set out in section 20 of the General Savings Conditions (for example to reflect a change in Bank of England Base Rate, a change to our costs, to reflect market conditions or for any other reason at our discretion if we are increasing the interest rate or relying on condition 20.3).
- If we increase the interest rate, because this is to your advantage, it can be made at any time and we will notify you at the earliest opportunity afterwards on our website.
- If we decrease the interest rate we will give you at least 14 days’ notice of the reduction by post, email or secure message.
What would the estimated balance be after 12 months based on a £5,000 deposit?
Initial Deposit
£5,000
Annual Interest Earned
£230.50
Balance at the end of the term
£5,230.50
The above examples are for illustrative purposes only, they do not take account of your individual circumstances and make the following assumptions:
- Your initial deposit is paid into the Account by Electronic Transfer when it is opened
- No further deposits, transfers or withdrawals are made during the 12 month period
- The interest rate doesn’t vary during the 12 month period
- The period does not cover a leap year
- Each month lasts 30.416 days (365 days divided by 12 months)
- Interest is credited to the Account
Account management
How do I open and manage my account?
- You can only open this Account in your sole name, must be aged 18 or over and reside in the UK (or be performing duties as a Crown employee serving overseas, or married to, or in a civil partnership, with such a person). The Account cannot be used by clubs or charities or held in trust for anyone else.
- You can only apply for and manage this Account online through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk.
- If this is the first cash ISA product you have subscribed to with us in a Tax Year (6 April to 5 April) then this will open your Cash ISA with us for that Tax Year. If you have already subscribed to a Cash ISA product with us in the Tax Year you subscribe to this Account then this Account will form part of the Cash ISA you already have with us for that Tax Year. You can only subscribe to one Cash ISA in each Tax Year. You can also open this Account and transfer in subscriptions made to past Tax Years’ ISAs, which will not count towards your ISA Allowance.
- The ISA Allowance for the Current tax year: 2024/2025 tax year is £20,000 which can be split between a cash ISA, stocks and shares ISA, innovative finance ISA and lifetime ISA (provided you do not subscribe more than £4,000 to a lifetime ISA).
- The minimum opening deposit is £5,000. Any deposits made in a Tax Year must not exceed your ISA Allowance. You can also transfer amounts from previous Tax Years’ ISAs to us but the maximum amount that can be deposited in total in this Account is £1,500,000.
- Deposits to the Account must be by Electronic Transfer from your Nominated Account, or your initial deposit may be by cheque from your Nominated Account.
- You can also transfer an ISA you have with another provider to us. If you wish to do this when you open a new Cash ISA, you can let us know the details of your existing ISA during the online application process at chartersavingsbank.co.uk; this can also be done after you have opened a Cash ISA with us, by downloading the relevant Transfer Authority Form from our Useful Documents page.
- Please do not withdraw the funds from your existing ISA and then pay them to your new Cash ISA, as this may affect the tax status of the funds. If you have any queries about this process please contact us.
-
If you would like to get in contact with us please use the secure messaging service by logging in to our online banking service at chartersavingsbank.co.uk or
- call us on 0800 032 9999 (or +44 330 123 1111 if calling from outside of the UK).
- email us at:[email protected]..
Can I withdraw money?
Withdrawals
Yes, you can make withdrawals from your Account at any time through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk. Withdrawals can only be made to your Nominated Account or another Charter Savings Bank account in your name (subject to the conditions of the chosen account).
Please be aware that any amounts you withdraw from this Account will no longer be held in your Cash ISA. This means that any tax benefits in respect of the amount withdrawn will be lost and the money withdrawn cannot be reinstated in your Cash ISA later in that Tax Year without impacting your annual ISA Allowance for that Tax Year.
Transfers
You can transfer all or part of the money in this Account to another ISA provider at any time. However, please note, if you want to transfer subscriptions made in that Tax Year, you must transfer all of that Tax Year’s Cash ISA with us as it is not possible to transfer only some of the subscriptions made to the ISA in that Tax Year. Charges may be payable on the transfer of any other Cash ISA products you have with us and so you should check the specific conditions for those accounts. You should contact your new ISA provider to make a transfer to them.
Apply nowAdditional information
- We reserve the right to withdraw this product from sale at any time.
- If we don’t receive your initial deposit (or funds from another ISA provider), within 30 days of your application, we’ll assume you no longer wish to save with us and not open this Account.
- The tax treatment of ISAs and your Account may be subject to change in the future and is based on your individual circumstances.
Definitions:
1TAX FREE. The contractual rate of interest payable where interest is exempt from income tax.
*AER: This stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and compounded once each year.
**GROSS:The interest that you earn on money in your Account before income tax is deducted
The definitions section of our General Savings Conditions define what Nominated Account and Electronic Transfer mean.
Please read this Summary Box in conjunction with the Specific Conditions contained in the Key Features & Summary Box document above, our General Savings Conditions and Tariff of Fees. These together with your Application Form make up our agreement with you.
For more information about our Cash ISA and ISA’s generally please read our ISA Information Booklet.
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Easy Access Cash ISA - Issue 51
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AER*
4.61%
Tax Free
4.52%
Balance
£5,000 - £1,500,000
Interest paid
Monthly
-
-
- Key facts
- Account management
- Additional information
Key facts
What is the interest rate?
You invest
£5,000 - £1,500,000
£1 - £5,000
You Get
AER*
4.61%
Gross*
4.52%
AER*
0.10%
Gross*
0.10%
Interest will be paid one month after your initial deposit into your Account and on that day in every month after that.
Interest is calculated daily at the interest rate for the balance in the Account at the end of that day. As long as you have £5,000 or more in the Account you will receive the variable interest rate for the whole balance in your Account.
You can choose to have your interest paid into your Easy Access Cash ISA - Issue 51 Account, another Charter Savings Bank account held by you (subject to the specific conditions of that account) or your Nominated Account.
Can Charter Savings Bank change the interest rate?
Yes, the interest rate is variable for balances of £5,000 and over but fixed for balances below £5,000.
This means that we can vary the interest rate for balances of £5,000 and over for any of the reasons set out in section 20 of the General Savings Conditions (for example to reflect a change in Bank of England Base Rate, a change to our costs, to reflect market conditions or for any other reason at our discretion if we are increasing the interest rate or relying on condition 20.3).
- If we increase the interest rate, because this is to your advantage, it can be made at any time and we will notify you at the earliest opportunity afterwards on our website.
- If we decrease the interest rate we will give you at least 14 days’ notice of the reduction by post, email or secure message.
What would the estimated balance be after 12 months based on a £5,000 deposit?
Initial Deposit
£5,000
Annual Interest Earned
£230.74
Balance at the end of the term
£5,230.74
The above examples are for illustrative purposes only, they do not take account of your individual circumstances and make the following assumptions:
- Your initial deposit is paid into the Account by Electronic Transfer when it is opened
- No further deposits, transfers or withdrawals are made during the 12 month period
- The interest rate doesn’t vary during the 12 month period
- The period does not cover a leap year
- Each month lasts 30.416 days (365 days divided by 12 months)
- Interest is credited to the Account
Account management
How do I open and manage my account?
- You can only open this Account in your sole name, must be aged 18 or over and reside in the UK (or be performing duties as a Crown employee serving overseas, or married to, or in a civil partnership, with such a person). The Account cannot be used by clubs or charities or held in trust for anyone else.
- You can only apply for and manage this Account online through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk.
- If this is the first cash ISA product you have subscribed to with us in a Tax Year (6 April to 5 April) then this will open your Cash ISA with us for that Tax Year. If you have already subscribed to a Cash ISA product with us in the Tax Year you subscribe to this Account then this Account will form part of the Cash ISA you already have with us for that Tax Year. You can only subscribe to one Cash ISA in each Tax Year. You can also open this Account and transfer in subscriptions made to past Tax Years’ ISAs, which will not count towards your ISA Allowance.
- The ISA Allowance for the Current tax year: 2024/2025 tax year is £20,000 which can be split between a cash ISA, stocks and shares ISA, innovative finance ISA and lifetime ISA (provided you do not subscribe more than £4,000 to a lifetime ISA).
- The minimum opening deposit is £5,000. Any deposits made in a Tax Year must not exceed your ISA Allowance. You can also transfer amounts from previous Tax Years’ ISAs to us but the maximum amount that can be deposited in total in this Account is £1,500,000.
- Deposits to the Account must be by Electronic Transfer from your Nominated Account, or your initial deposit may be by cheque from your Nominated Account.
- You can also transfer an ISA you have with another provider to us. If you wish to do this when you open a new Cash ISA, you can let us know the details of your existing ISA during the online application process at chartersavingsbank.co.uk; this can also be done after you have opened a Cash ISA with us, by downloading the relevant Transfer Authority Form from our Useful Documents page.
- Please do not withdraw the funds from your existing ISA and then pay them to your new Cash ISA, as this may affect the tax status of the funds. If you have any queries about this process please contact us.
-
If you would like to get in contact with us please use the secure messaging service by logging in to our online banking service at chartersavingsbank.co.uk or
- call us on 0800 032 9999 (or +44 330 123 1111 if calling from outside of the UK).
- email us at:[email protected]..
Can I withdraw money?
Withdrawals
Yes, you can make withdrawals from your Account at any time through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk. Withdrawals can only be made to your Nominated Account or another Charter Savings Bank account in your name (subject to the conditions of the chosen account).
Please be aware that any amounts you withdraw from this Account will no longer be held in your Cash ISA. This means that any tax benefits in respect of the amount withdrawn will be lost and the money withdrawn cannot be reinstated in your Cash ISA later in that Tax Year without impacting your annual ISA Allowance for that Tax Year.
Transfers
You can transfer all or part of the money in this Account to another ISA provider at any time. However, please note, if you want to transfer subscriptions made in that Tax Year, you must transfer all of that Tax Year’s Cash ISA with us as it is not possible to transfer only some of the subscriptions made to the ISA in that Tax Year. Charges may be payable on the transfer of any other Cash ISA products you have with us and so you should check the specific conditions for those accounts. You should contact your new ISA provider to make a transfer to them.
Apply nowAdditional information
- We reserve the right to withdraw this product from sale at any time.
- If we don’t receive your initial deposit (or funds from another ISA provider), within 30 days of your application, we’ll assume you no longer wish to save with us and not open this Account.
- The tax treatment of ISAs and your Account may be subject to change in the future and is based on your individual circumstances.
Definitions:
1TAX FREE. The contractual rate of interest payable where interest is exempt from income tax.
*AER: This stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and compounded once each year.
**GROSS:The interest that you earn on money in your Account before income tax is deducted
The definitions section of our General Savings Conditions define what Nominated Account and Electronic Transfer mean.
Please read this Summary Box in conjunction with the Specific Conditions contained in the Key Features & Summary Box document above, our General Savings Conditions and Tariff of Fees. These together with your Application Form make up our agreement with you.
For more information about our Cash ISA and ISA’s generally please read our ISA Information Booklet.
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1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA
-
AER*
4.50%
Tax Free**
4.41%
Balance
£5,000 - £1,500,000
Interest paid
Monthly
-
-
- Key facts
- Account management
- Additional information
Key facts
What is the interest rate?
You invest
£5,000 - £1,500,000
You Get
AER*
4.50%
Gross*
4.41%
Interest will be paid one month after your initial deposit into your Account and on that day in every month after that.
Interest is calculated daily at the interest rate for the balance in the Account at the end of that day.
You can choose to have your interest paid into your 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA Account, another Charter Savings Bank account held by you (subject to the specific conditions of that account) or your Nominated Account.
Can Charter Savings Bank change the interest rate?
No. The interest rate is fixed for 12 months from the date funds are first credited to your 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA (the Fixed Rate Period).
What would the estimated balance be after 12 months based on a £5,000 deposit?
Initial Deposit
£5,000
Annual Interest Earned
£225.01
Balance at the end of the term
£5,225.01
The above examples are for illustrative purposes only, they do not take account of your individual circumstances and make the following assumptions:
- Your initial deposit is paid into the Account by Electronic Transfer when it is opened
- No further deposits, transfers or withdrawals are made during the fixed rate period
- The period does not cover a leap year
- Each month lasts 30.416 days (365 days divided by 12 months)
- Interest is credited to the Account
Account management
How do I open and manage my account?
- You can only open this Account in your sole name, must be aged 18 or over and reside in the UK (or be performing duties as a Crown employee serving overseas, or married to, or in a civil partnership, with such a person). The Account cannot be used by clubs or charities or held in trust for anyone else.
- You can only apply for and manage this Account online through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk.
- If this is the first cash ISA product you have subscribed to with us in a Tax Year (6 April to 5 April) then this will open your Cash ISA with us for that Tax Year. If you have already subscribed to a Cash ISA product with us in the Tax Year you subscribe to this Account then this Account will form part of the Cash ISA you already have with us for that Tax Year. You can only subscribe to one Cash ISA in each Tax Year. You can also open this Account and transfer in subscriptions made to past Tax Years’ ISAs, which will not count towards your ISA Allowance.
- The ISA Allowance for the Current tax year: 2024/2025 tax year is £20,000 which can be split between a cash ISA, stocks and shares ISA, innovative finance ISA and lifetime ISA (provided you do not subscribe more than £4,000 to a lifetime ISA).
- The minimum opening deposit is £5,000. Any deposits made in a Tax Year must not exceed your ISA Allowance. You can also transfer amounts from previous Tax Years’ ISAs to us but the maximum amount that can be deposited in total in this Account is £1,500,000.
- Deposits to the Account must be by Electronic Transfer from your Nominated Account, or your initial deposit may be by cheque from your Nominated Account.
- You can also transfer an ISA you have with another provider to us. If you wish to do this when you open a new Cash ISA, you can let us know the details of your existing ISA during the online application process at chartersavingsbank.co.uk; this can also be done after you have opened a Cash ISA with us, by downloading the relevant Transfer Authority Form from our Useful Documents page.
- Please do not withdraw the funds from your existing ISA and then pay them to your new Cash ISA, as this may affect the tax status of the funds. If you have any queries about this process please contact us.
- Provided the 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA has not been closed to new deposits, once you have applied for this Account you have up to 30 days to make further deposits to the Account.
- Following the 30 day period you will be unable to make any other deposits into your Account and we may return any funds transferred from another ISA provider.
-
If you would like to get in contact with us please use the secure messaging service by logging in to our online banking service at chartersavingsbank.co.uk or
- call us on 0800 032 9999 (or +44 330 123 1111 if calling from outside of the UK).
- email us at:[email protected]..
Can I withdraw money?
Withdrawals
- Yes, you can withdraw all or part of the money during the Fixed Rate Period, provided that any partial withdrawal does not reduce the Account balance below the minimum balance of £5,000. This is subject to a charge, by way of a loss of 90 days interest on the amount withdrawn. This may be deducted from the balance in your Account on closure and therefore you may receive back less than you have paid in.
- You can make a withdrawal from this Account through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk at any time. Withdrawals can only be made to your Nominated Account or another Charter Savings Bank account in your name (subject to the conditions of the chosen account).
- Please be aware that any amounts you withdraw from this Account will no longer be held in your Cash ISA. This means that any tax benefits in respect of the amount withdrawn will be lost and the money withdrawn cannot be reinstated in your Cash ISA later in that Tax Year without impacting your annual ISA Allowance for that Tax Year.
Transfers
- You can transfer all or part of the money in this Account to another ISA provider at any time. This is subject to a charge, by way of a loss of 90 days interest on the amount transferred which may be deducted from the balance in your Account on transfer and therefore you may receive back less than you have paid in.
- However, please note, if you want to transfer subscriptions made in that Tax Year, you must transfer all of that Tax Year’s Cash ISA with us as it is not possible to transfer only some of the subscriptions made to the ISA in that Tax Year. Charges may be payable on the transfer of any other Cash ISA products you have with us and so you should check the specific conditions for those accounts. You can transfer all or part of any past Tax Year ISAs you hold with us to another ISA provider, provided that any partial transfer does not reduce the Account balance below the minimum balance of £5,000. You should contact your new ISA provider to make a transfer to them.
Maturity
- Your Account will mature at the end of the last day of the Fixed Rate Period. We’ll write to you before then to remind you of that date and ask you what you would like to do with the funds in the Account at maturity.
- You can either withdraw your funds into your Nominated Account or transfer them into a new or existing Charter Savings Bank account in your name (subject to meeting any Specific Conditions for that account). Please be aware that any amounts you withdraw from your Cash ISA will no longer be held in your Cash ISA. This means that any tax benefits in respect of the amount withdrawn will be lost.
- If you don’t let us know what you wish to do 2 calendar days before the end of the Fixed Rate Period then at the end of the Fixed Rate Period your Account will become a variable rate ISA without any withdrawal restrictions. We will tell you the interest rate and terms and conditions which will apply to that Account when we write to you before maturity.
Additional information
- As this is a limited issue 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA, we can withdraw it from sale at any time without notice.
- If we don’t receive your initial deposit (or funds from another ISA provider), within 30 days of your application, we’ll assume you no longer wish to save with us and not open this Account.
- The tax treatment of ISAs and your Account may be subject to change in the future and is based on your individual circumstances.
Definitions:
1TAX FREE. The contractual rate of interest payable where interest is exempt from income tax.
*AER: This stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and compounded once each year.
**GROSS:The interest that you earn on money in your Account before income tax is deducted
The definitions section of our General Savings Conditions define what Nominated Account and Electronic Transfer mean.
Please read this Summary Box in conjunction with the Specific Conditions contained in the Key Features & Summary Box document above, our General Savings Conditions and Tariff of Fees. These together with your Application Form make up our agreement with you.
For more information about our Cash ISA and ISA’s generally please read our ISA Information Booklet.
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1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA
-
AER*
4.50%
Tax Free**
4.50%
Balance
£5,000 - £1,500,000
Interest paid
Annually
-
-
- Key facts
- Account management
- Additional information
Key facts
What is the interest rate?
You invest
£5,000 - £1,500,000
You Get
AER*
4.50%
Gross*
4.50%
Interest will be paid annually on the anniversary of your initial deposit.
Interest is calculated daily at the interest rate for the balance in the Account at the end of that day.
You can choose to have your interest paid into your 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA Account, another Charter Savings Bank account held by you (subject to the specific conditions of that account) or your Nominated Account.
Can Charter Savings Bank change the interest rate?
No. The interest rate is fixed for 12 months from the date funds are first credited to your 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA (the Fixed Rate Period).
What would the estimated balance be after 12 months based on a £5,000 deposit?
Initial Deposit
£5,000
Annual Interest Earned
£225.00
Balance at the end of the term
£5,225.00
The above examples are for illustrative purposes only, they do not take account of your individual circumstances and make the following assumptions:
- Your initial deposit is paid into the Account by Electronic Transfer when it is opened
- No further deposits, transfers or withdrawals are made during the fixed rate period
- The period does not cover a leap year
- Each month lasts 30.416 days (365 days divided by 12 months)
- Interest is credited to the Account
Account management
How do I open and manage my account?
- You can only open this Account in your sole name, must be aged 18 or over and reside in the UK (or be performing duties as a Crown employee serving overseas, or married to, or in a civil partnership, with such a person). The Account cannot be used by clubs or charities or held in trust for anyone else.
- You can only apply for and manage this Account online through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk.
- If this is the first cash ISA product you have subscribed to with us in a Tax Year (6 April to 5 April) then this will open your Cash ISA with us for that Tax Year. If you have already subscribed to a Cash ISA product with us in the Tax Year you subscribe to this Account then this Account will form part of the Cash ISA you already have with us for that Tax Year. You can only subscribe to one Cash ISA in each Tax Year. You can also open this Account and transfer in subscriptions made to past Tax Years’ ISAs, which will not count towards your ISA Allowance.
- The ISA Allowance for the Current tax year: 2024/2025 tax year is £20,000 which can be split between a cash ISA, stocks and shares ISA, innovative finance ISA and lifetime ISA (provided you do not subscribe more than £4,000 to a lifetime ISA).
- The minimum opening deposit is £5,000. Any deposits made in a Tax Year must not exceed your ISA Allowance. You can also transfer amounts from previous Tax Years’ ISAs to us but the maximum amount that can be deposited in total in this Account is £1,500,000.
- Deposits to the Account must be by Electronic Transfer from your Nominated Account, or your initial deposit may be by cheque from your Nominated Account.
- You can also transfer an ISA you have with another provider to us. If you wish to do this when you open a new Cash ISA, you can let us know the details of your existing ISA during the online application process at chartersavingsbank.co.uk; this can also be done after you have opened a Cash ISA with us, by downloading the relevant Transfer Authority Form from our Useful Documents page.
- Please do not withdraw the funds from your existing ISA and then pay them to your new Cash ISA, as this may affect the tax status of the funds. If you have any queries about this process please contact us.
- Provided the 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA has not been closed to new deposits, once you have applied for this Account you have up to 30 days to make further deposits to the Account.
- Following the 30 day period you will be unable to make any other deposits into your Account and we may return any funds transferred from another ISA provider.
-
If you would like to get in contact with us please use the secure messaging service by logging in to our online banking service at chartersavingsbank.co.uk or
- call us on 0800 032 9999 (or +44 330 123 1111 if calling from outside of the UK).
- email us at:[email protected]..
Can I withdraw money?
Withdrawals
- Yes, you can withdraw all or part of the money during the Fixed Rate Period, provided that any partial withdrawal does not reduce the Account balance below the minimum balance of £5,000. This is subject to a charge, by way of a loss of 90 days interest on the amount withdrawn. This may be deducted from the balance in your Account on closure and therefore you may receive back less than you have paid in.
- You can make a withdrawal from this Account through our website – chartersavingsbank.co.uk at any time. Withdrawals can only be made to your Nominated Account or another Charter Savings Bank account in your name (subject to the conditions of the chosen account).
- Please be aware that any amounts you withdraw from this Account will no longer be held in your Cash ISA. This means that any tax benefits in respect of the amount withdrawn will be lost and the money withdrawn cannot be reinstated in your Cash ISA later in that Tax Year without impacting your annual ISA Allowance for that Tax Year.
Transfers
- You can transfer all or part of the money in this Account to another ISA provider at any time. This is subject to a charge, by way of a loss of 90 days interest on the amount transferred which may be deducted from the balance in your Account on transfer and therefore you may receive back less than you have paid in.
- However, please note, if you want to transfer subscriptions made in that Tax Year, you must transfer all of that Tax Year’s Cash ISA with us as it is not possible to transfer only some of the subscriptions made to the ISA in that Tax Year. Charges may be payable on the transfer of any other Cash ISA products you have with us and so you should check the specific conditions for those accounts. You can transfer all or part of any past Tax Year ISAs you hold with us to another ISA provider, provided that any partial transfer does not reduce the Account balance below the minimum balance of £5,000. You should contact your new ISA provider to make a transfer to them.
Maturity
- Your Account will mature at the end of the last day of the Fixed Rate Period. We’ll write to you before then to remind you of that date and ask you what you would like to do with the funds in the Account at maturity.
- You can either withdraw your funds into your Nominated Account or transfer them into a new or existing Charter Savings Bank account in your name (subject to meeting any Specific Conditions for that account). Please be aware that any amounts you withdraw from your Cash ISA will no longer be held in your Cash ISA. This means that any tax benefits in respect of the amount withdrawn will be lost.
- If you don’t let us know what you wish to do 2 calendar days before the end of the Fixed Rate Period then at the end of the Fixed Rate Period your Account will become a variable rate ISA without any withdrawal restrictions. We will tell you the interest rate and terms and conditions which will apply to that Account when we write to you before maturity.
Additional information
- As this is a limited issue 1 Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA, we can withdraw it from sale at any time without notice.
- If we don’t receive your initial deposit (or funds from another ISA provider), within 30 days of your application, we’ll assume you no longer wish to save with us and not open this Account.
- The tax treatment of ISAs and your Account may be subject to change in the future and is based on your individual circumstances.
Definitions:
1TAX FREE. The contractual rate of interest payable where interest is exempt from income tax.
*AER: This stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and compounded once each year.
**GROSS:The interest that you earn on money in your Account before income tax is deducted
The definitions section of our General Savings Conditions define what Nominated Account and Electronic Transfer mean.
Please read this Summary Box in conjunction with the Specific Conditions contained in the Key Features & Summary Box document above, our General Savings Conditions and Tariff of Fees. These together with your Application Form make up our agreement with you.
For more information about our Cash ISA and ISA’s generally please read our ISA Information Booklet.
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* AER stands for annual equivalent rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if it was paid and compounded once each year. |
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Your eligible deposits held by a UK establishment of Charter Savings Bank are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the UK’s deposit protection scheme. Any deposits you hold above the limit are unlikely to be covered. Please click here for further information or visit www.fscs.org.uk.