Etheco Directory
Browse the best ethical brands in the UK - 2026
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The UK arm, based in Bristol, of a pioneering ethical bank founded in 1980, offering current accounts, savings, cash and innovative-finance ISAs and impact investments. It lends only to organisations with positive social or environmental impact - a certified B Corp and Ethical Consumer Best Buy.
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85
Award-winning UK app bank founded in London in 2014 by Anne Boden, offering personal, joint and business current accounts, savings spaces and lending, all managed by smartphone. A branchless, fee-transparent digital bank built in the UK with a strong focus on small-business banking.
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76
One of the UK's largest building societies, founded in 1864 and based in Bradford, offering savings, regular savers, cash ISAs, children's accounts and a full mortgage range including shared-ownership and green mortgages. Member-owned and mutual, with a strong community focus across the UK.
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75
UK high-street bank founded in Manchester in 1872, with current accounts, savings, ISAs, mortgages, credit cards and business banking. Guided by a customer-led ethical policy since 1992 that rules out lending to firms conflicting with members' values on human rights and the environment.
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72
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Member-owned building society founded in 1850 and based in Carlisle, serving North West England and South West Scotland with current accounts, savings, cash ISAs, mortgages, personal loans and business banking. A mutual with deep regional roots and a strong community and service focus.
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70
Full-service UK bank headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne and founded in 1995, offering current accounts, savings, ISAs, mortgages, credit cards, pensions, insurance and business banking. Now part of Nationwide, broadening a mutual-owned group serving customers across the UK.
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63
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Savings accounts Cash ISAs Children's savings Residential mortgages Buy-to-let mortgages Remortgaging Personal loans Credit cards Business accounts Business loans Charity & not-for-profit banking Buildings & contents insurance Travel insurance Life insurance Stocks & shares ISAs Pensions & annuities Child banking
The UK's largest building society, member-owned with roots to 1846 and based in Swindon, offering current accounts, savings, ISAs, mortgages and insurance. As a mutual, profits go back to members rather than shareholders, funding member rewards and community programmes across the UK.
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58
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Savings accounts Cash ISAs Children's savings Residential mortgages Buy-to-let mortgages Green mortgages Remortgaging Shared-ownership mortgages Personal loans Credit cards Overdrafts Buildings & contents insurance Travel insurance Life insurance Health & income protection Breakdown & rescue cover Stocks & shares ISAs Financial advice & planning Child banking Child ISA Junior ISAs
Leading UK app-based bank founded in London in 2015, offering current accounts, savings, overdrafts, loans and business banking. Committed to net zero by 2030 with no fossil-fuel lending, it pairs budgeting tools and fee transparency with a fully digital, branchless model.
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55
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