Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 We have just been notified of new bank charges from Natwest. Even though we are a registered charity they have introduced business banking charges which is a shock when we used to pay nothing. Does anyone know a bank that offers free banking to registered charities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Abbey National has a free bank account for all businesses, charitable or otherwise............there are limits to how uch you can pay in etc, but these are quite generous.I'm switching my account over to them..........oh, and apparantly,the give you an 8% bonus of whatever you pay in to the account for the first time when you switch to them.Worth having! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thanks narnia. That sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Worth going to them and complaining about the changes, saying you are looking for another bank.. we did this with Barclays and they removed all the charges and limits on number of cheques per month which we used to have.. Inge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 interesting..........that's who i'm moving from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I've got the Abbey habit too! (anyone remember that ad?) Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hmm don't talk banks to me, I'm still paying off my business bank charges from Lloyds, and I closed my business in December 07. Hopefully last ayment and all cleared by the end of this month. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hmm don't talk banks to me, I'm still paying off my business bank charges from Lloyds, and I closed my business in December 07. Hopefully last ayment and all cleared by the end of this month. Shocking: as if we make enough money to pay bank charges on top! That's why I chose the Abbey: it was a no-brainer really once I realised they meant free banking forever and not just for 18 months or so! Maz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 When I took over the finances at our setting, the first thing I did was query the bank charges we'd been receiving for several years. The end result was a £800 cheque back from......Barclays who apparently changed our account and didn't tell us. We now have a community account with them with no charges. I'd definitely tell Barclays you were looking for another bank, might make them rethink. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anju Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 we have a community group account with natwest and don't pay charges as far as I know. I just looked on their website and it says you can have one if your annual turnover is less than £100,000 which ours most certainly is!! maybe speak to natwest about changing over? A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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