Instant Option (4th Issue)

Key features

  • Penalty free instant access
  • Tiered variable interest rates
  • Immediate withdrawals of up to £500 cash or £5,000 by cheque (larger sums are available by cheque in a few days)
  • Save from £2,500 to £250,000***
  • Passbook operated
Latest interest rates (from 21 April 2008**)
Balance Gross pa+/AER* Net pa+
£25,000 plus 1.90% 1.52%
£5,000-£24,999 1.65% 1.32%
£2,500-£4,999 1.15% 0.92%
Interest will not be paid during a period when the account balance falls below £2,500.

Interest is paid annually on 1 March.

You can add to Instant Option (4th Issue) as much and as often as you like (up to the specified limits).

Tiered interest rates

  • As the amount saved reaches the next interest rate level the higher rate is applied automatically to the whole balance for the time it remains at that level
  • The more you save, the higher the rate

* AER stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and added to the account each year.
+ Net interest equals gross interest less income tax at the rate specified by law.
** If there is a change in the Bank of England Base Rate after this date, the interest rates on all Chelsea savings accounts will be reviewed.
*** Provided that your total savings in this and all other Chelsea accounts does not exceed £2 million.

Chelsea Building Society subscribes to the Banking Code, a copy of which is available on request.