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Saffron Building Society: Savings reviews

4.77
Based on 6,590 reviews, last reviewed 26th Apr 2026
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Latest highest rating:

5

Excellent Experience at Saffron Building Society Excellent customer service and easy experience. Saffron Building Society is great. Helpful staff. Reviewed on: 26th April 2026
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Latest lowest rating:

2

Saving for the future Good products but poor rates over a number of years after being top Reviewed on: 21st April 2026
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About this product

Saffron Building Society have a wide range of savings accounts on offer.

Choose from regular savers, easy access accounts, fixed rate bonds and notice accounts. You can also book a free Financial Wellbeing review to help you make the most of your savings.

Saffron Building Society savings account reviews help you find out what it’s really like to be a customer. If you’ve used Saffron Building Society before, you can also leave a review and share your experience.

Saffron Building Society Savings reviews (6590)

Review of the Saffron Building Society, Savings:

Great regular saver rates albeit on quite small amounts

4
Great rates albeit on quite small amounts Reviewed on: 20th November 2024

Savings Review

5
On your website please include telephone number and email address for Head Office clearly. It took me some time to track down the head office number. Reviewed on: 9th March 2021

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5
Just your interest rate would be nice to savings upwards. Reviewed on: 9th March 2021

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5
First contact by e mail was never answered. After two weeks I telephoned and had exceptionally good service Reviewed on: 9th March 2021

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3
The low score relates to the fact it took two calls to get the call answered and had to wait over 20 mins each time I find this generally what happens if I ever need to call Reviewed on: 5th March 2021

Savings Review

5
I like the fact that the call centre answered almost immediately unlike the abysmal service from so many other banks and building societies at present. Reviewed on: 2nd March 2021

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5
Your staff were friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful in setting up a new ISA account Reviewed on: 2nd March 2021

Savings Review

5
Always a friendly service. Only thing that could be improved is better savings rates Reviewed on: 2nd March 2021

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5
very efficient young man at Halstead office when I phoned initially, the application form arrived the next day, which i then completed and took it into Haverhill branch Reviewed on: 2nd March 2021

Savings Review

1
In our case we were leaving our life savings with Saffron for another year and I think you need to do what you say you'll do and not cause the customer to have to check up on you. Reviewed on: 2nd March 2021

Savings Review

5
Very simple procedure and great help to join on line 'banking'. Why I receive two identical notifications by post, I don't know. Reviewed on: 2nd March 2021

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