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Not at all. You can start with as little as you're comfortable with. The important thing is building the habit — even £25 a month adds up over time thanks to compounding. There's no minimum investment on Abervest, and no account fees eating into small balances.

Fair question, and the honest answer is four things, all of them printed on our fees page: a flat £1 commission on manual trades, 0.05% on currency conversion, 0.15% custody on a SIPP (ISAs and general accounts are £0), and a margin on the interest your uninvested cash earns — we pay you 3.5% AER and keep the difference. What we don't do is make money in the ways you can't see: we don't lend your shares, sell your data, or hide costs in the spread. We'd rather charge you a small amount visibly than a larger amount invisibly.

Your investments are held in segregated accounts with top-tier banks, completely separate from Abervest's own corporate funds. The platform is designed to operate within the FSCS scheme, which covers up to £85,000 at authorised firms — though as a demonstration platform, Abervest isn't yet an authorised firm, so FSCS protection doesn't currently apply. Read more on our Safe & Secure page.

We don't do commission-free — and here's why. A platform offering 'free' trading still has to make money, and the usual routes are ones you don't see on the pricing page: lending your shares to short sellers, marking up the exchange rate on overseas trades, or steering you toward riskier products that pay them more. We charge a small, visible fee per trade instead. You'll always know exactly what you're paying.

Absolutely. We handle the whole transfer process for you. Open an account, let us know you want to transfer, and we'll contact your current provider. Most transfers complete within 2–4 weeks, and we don't charge exit fees on our side. Your investments keep their tax-free status throughout.