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Savings

Everyone has a different reason to save, whether it's buying a car, improving your home or getting married. You might just need a place to put your spare cash where you know it's safe and earning interest. We have a wide range of savings accounts, from instant access to fixed term accounts so there’s bound to be one to suit you.
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Your home is as unique as you are which is why our mortgage lending service is personal, flexible and built around your needs. We've been helping people buy their homes for over 170 years, so if you are moving home or looking to remortgage, then speak to one of our experts.
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We work as introducers to Independent Financial Advisers and other selected partners, who provide financial advice in our branches or in the comfort of your own home, to our customers in Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
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Protection

Saffron Building Society and our selected partners will go to great lengths to understand your personal circumstances, goals and aspirations so that they are able to recommend the most appropriate solutions for you.
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From large businesses to small clubs, Saffron offers a range of business savings accounts to make investing as simple as possible.
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Changes in the way we accept cash

From 2 January 2020 you will need to be an existing Saffron customer to deposit cash into savings accounts held with the Society that are not in your name

Let's Talk Savings

Everyone has a different reason to save, whether it's buying a car, improving your home or getting married. You might just need a place to put your spare cash where you know it's safe and earning interest. We have a wide range of savings accounts, from instant access to fixed term accounts so there’s bound to be one to suit.

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Savings Explained

Do you want to start saving a little each month but don’t know where to start? Have you recently received a sum of money and would like to find a savings account suitable for you?

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Our full savings range

View all of our savings accounts

Savings calculators

Savings goal calculator

If you're saving for something specific, use this calculator to see how much you need to put away each month.
Savings goal
Savings versus debt calculator

Calculates the difference between saving and borrowing to help you weigh up whether to take a loan or save up.
Savings versus debt
Savings over time calculator

If you're already saving every month, our savings over time calculator will show you how your savings could grow.
Savings over time

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Help and support from Saffron staff.

Interest rates

You can view a list of all of our accounts that are currently available.

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Maturity instructions

What to do if your fixed-term product is maturing.

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Useful information and forms

All the information you need to operate your account.

Let us help you make more of your money

Our Customers often tell us how important it is for them to make savings work as hard as possible. That's why we offer a free savings review in our branches, to help savers take a fresh look at their savings accounts.

Free savings review

Saffron Building Society acts as an introducer only to Saffron Insurance for General insurance policies including home, car, van, motorcycle, property owners & business insurance. Saffron Insurance is a trading name of Saffron Insurance Services Ltd. Registered in England 829892. Saffron Insurance Services Ltd are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register no. 302774) Registered office: 22 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1AX.

Saffron Building Society acts as an introducer to Dignity Pre Arrangement Limited for the provision of funeral plans. If you take out the Prepaid Funeral Plan, this will be on the basis of a contract between you and Dignity Pre Arrangement Limited, a company registered in England No. 1862158. VAT Reg. No. 486 6081 14. Registered Office: 4 King Edwards Court, King Edwards Square, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 6AP. Tel: 0121 354 1557 Fax: 0121 355 8081. Part of Dignity plc. A British company. Dignity Pre Arrangement Limited is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority. Dignity Pre Arrangement Limited is regulated by the Funeral Planning Authority.

Saffron Rewards is managed and run for Saffron Building Society by Parliament Hill Limited of 40 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT. Parliament Hill and Saffron Building Society are not part of the same group as any of the product/service providers which together form the benefits scheme. Parliament Hill is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for non-investment insurance mediation and credit broking only. You can check this out on the Financial Services Register by visiting register.fca.org.uk, under register number 308448. Saffron Building Society will not share your data with Parliament Hill.

Insurance benefits are subject to underwriting and underwriting criteria. Each benefit has its own terms and conditions. Please contact the provider for details. Benefits are designed with UK resident users in mind and may not be suitable for those resident outside the UK. Some benefits are not available in Northern Ireland. All the benefits and discounts are at the discretion of the third party provider and can be withdrawn or amended without notice.

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