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Best SIPP Providers
SIPP Best Buy Table
Platform | Summary | Overall Costs | MTTM Promotion | |
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![]() | Cost effective for those with over £50k looking to manage own investments* | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | Pricey for those with less than £20k | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | A good investment platform, especially for beginners or those with smaller portfolios* | Medium | N/A | More info |
![]() | One of the cheapest platforms for SIPPs worth up to £100k or ISAs under £50k invested in unit trusts. | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | Expensive for larger portfolios | Medium | N/A | More info |
![]() | Expensive, really aimed at share traders | High | N/A | More info |
![]() | Good value for portfolios under £250k, no exit fees, wide range of investments. Let down by clunky site.* | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | Commission free investing, great for investing in shares. Do not offer unit trusts | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | Cost effective for over £250k, but iWeb is cheaper and also run by Halifax | Medium | N/A | More info |
![]() | Very competitively priced, particularly for investors with portfolios up to £100k. Large range of investments.* | Medium | N/A | More info |
![]() | Fixed fee platform charge. 3 service plans. Among the cheapest for those with portfolios over £50k.* | Medium | N/A | More info |
![]() | Unique in that they don't charge an on-going platform fee, awful website | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | Great concept making it easy for armchair investors but the monthly admin fee makes this an expensive way to invest. Limited investment choice | Medium | N/A | More info |
![]() | Simple, no hassle passive method of investing.* | Low | Up to £1,000 as a cash bonus | More info |
![]() | Market leader. Wide range of products. Decent performance | Low | No management fees for the first 12 months | More info |
![]() | Expensive for larger portfolios over £100k | High | N/A | More info |
![]() | Low cost platform with no-frills website. Limited investment range | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | About the cheapest platform for SIPPs worth up to £160k or ISAs up to £80k, limited to Vanguard's own funds | Low | N/A | More info |
![]() | Low minimum (£1), Low cost fixed fee, Strong ethical performance* | Low | £100 cashback offer -see our review for more details | More info |
![]() | Similar pricing to Hargreaves under £100k, cheaper above. Poorer user experience | Medium | N/A | More info |
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Funds invest in shares, bonds, and other financial instruments and are by their nature speculative and can be volatile. You should never invest more than you can safely afford to lose. The value of your investment can go down as well as up so you may get back less than you originally invested.
We do not investigate the solvency of companies mentioned on our website. We are not responsible for the content on websites that we link to.
80-20 Investor tables and graphs are derived from data supplied by Trustnet. All rights Reserved.
If a link has an * beside it this means that it is an affiliated link. If you go via the link, Money to the Masses may receive a small fee which helps keep Money to the Masses free to use.
** *51% of consumers could save £490.26 on their Car Insurance. The saving was calculated by comparing the cheapest price found with the average of the next four cheapest prices quoted by insurance providers on Seopa Ltd’s insurance comparison website. This is based on representative cost savings from June 2023 data. 51% of consumers could save £151.03 on their Home Building & Contents Insurance. The saving was calculated by comparing the cheapest price found with the average of the next seven cheapest prices quoted by insurance providers on Seopa Ltd’s insurance comparison website. This is based on representative cost savings from June 2023. The savings you could achieve are dependent on your individual circumstances.
Leadenhall Learning Limited (trading as Money to the Masses) is an introducer appointed representative of Seopa Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Leadenhall Learning Limited (trading as Money to the Masses) is an appointed representative of Wealthify Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Money to the Masses acts as an appointed representative for the purpose of promoting Wealthify products and introducing customers to Wealthify.
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