Compare Child Trust Fund accounts

Looking for the best child trust fund? Use our Child Trust Fund comparison table to pick the best tax-free savings plan for your child.

Looking for the best child trust fund? Use our Child Trust Fund comparison table to pick the best tax-free savings plan for your child.

In order to get these account started the government gives you (from taxpayers’ money) a £250 voucher when you child is born and a further £250 when your child is seven. (Poor families will receive £500 vouchers). You or other family members may also contribute up to £1,200 a year into the plan.

All our recommended Child Trust Funds (CTFs) are stock market plans. This is because the stock market produces better returns than cash deposits 99% of the time over an 18-year time period.

Use our Child Trust Fund comparison table to compare savings plans, choose the right savings options for you and to apply online for your selected Child Trust Fund.

The sooner you put your voucher to work and the more you contribute to the Child Trust Fund the larger the sum your child will receive when they are eighteen. Get your CTF plan off to a flying start with our Child Trust Fund best buys.

For UK savings accounts with good interest rates that allow easier access to your money look no further than our Instant Access savings account best buys. If you want to earn higher rates of interest on your money but don't mind locking it away for a while then use one of our notice and fixed rate accounts. If you only have a little to put away each month and you want to earn the highest rates of interest on that money then use a regular savings account. For tax-free savings everyone should have a Mini Cash ISA, for those with children who are not eligible for CTFs look at Childrens' Savings accounts. If you are saving for the long term (at least five years, preferably longer) then consider saving into the stock market with a Self Select ISA.