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Tide: Business banking reviews

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4.63
Based on 5,699 reviews, last reviewed 2nd Sep 2026
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5

I'm testing sole trader accounts and this is great I've been trying different business bank accounts for the sole trader aspects of my freelance work. I was a bit put out because I had got a limited co... Read more Reviewed on: 24th May 2026
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1

Avoid Tide’s company incorporation service I used Tide because they were advertising an offer to incorporate a new company for you as part of the sign-up process. Instead, I wasted almost a wee... Read more Reviewed on: 2nd September 2026
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You can open a free UK Tide business current account in minutes.

With a Tide business account, manage payments, use built-in accounting and get a savings account all in one place. Only pay for what you use, with low transaction and ATM fees.

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

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Easy, breezy, business!

5
Tide is honestly an amazing bank for my business. Easy sign up hassle free chat boxes when you need to speak to a human and overall a great app and business resources to help you. Start up business owners this is your sign! Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Desereen Kwabi

Anwal was very helpful..he tell everything about tide business account and helped me creating business account

5
Anwal was very helpful..he tell everything about tide business account and helped me creating business account Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Irfan Aziz

Yesmeen is very good

5
She helped me setup my veey 1st business account quickly Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Khalid Muhammad Rofan

Really like the app

5
Tide has got an amazing app , It’s really good and user friendly and thanks to Sony for introducing to me .. great work Sony . Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Hashim Ebrahimi

Yesmeen was excellent

5
Fast abd easy to setup my business account Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Abiodun shamusideen

Good, but with limitations

3
Good points: - Perfect solution for Sole Traders - Incredibly smooth account step-up and onboarding process - A great all-in-one stop from those setting up a new business inc. a discounted London business address through Hoxton Mix Easy invoicing process (although the template email needs improvement) - App is easy-to-use, with pleasant visual design - Frequent improvements and new features show that Tide care about Pain points: - Customer service chat response times can be veeeery slow. Personally, I don’t think access to basic service levels should be hidden behind a paywall. Monetisation strategies are a real challenge for new challengers to the market, but this is very short-sighted. Frustrated customers don’t become brand advocates! - If their app isn't working, there is literally no way of getting contact, even in an emergency! I resorted to messaging a member of Tide staff via LinkedIn (they were really helpful though) - Because Tide is not a UK registered bank, you cannot make Directors Pension contributions into a SIPP by card payment. For some SIPP providers, this is the only payment option. Thankfully, certain SIPP providers (such as Hargreaves Landsdown) allow you to make contributions by bank transfer from within the Tide app, but you have to make the request by email. When I asked Tide for information, they told me flatly that I was wrong! This was because they didn't understand the difference between Directors Pension Contributions, into a SIPP, Personal contributions into a SIPP and Workplace Pension Contributions. I had to work all of this out for myself. As specialists in Business Banking, they really need to brush up on this knowledge as it has massive tax implications for Ltd company directors, and customers may be misinformed if they don’t hire an accountant. Neutral - For Ltd companies, the categorization of transactions/expenses isn’t specific enough. Even as a sole Director with no employees, I still have to use 3rd party accountancy software to correctly work out my profit etc. The full list of categories in Intuit Quickbooks (full version, not the light ‘self-employed’ version) is a good reference point. Result: I'm sticking with Tide for now, as I like to champion an underdog. It's still a very new company. Fingers crossed they become a UK Registered bank soon, and I hope my feedback helps them to improve. Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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L S

Fantastic

4
Tide is very helpful and useful, easy to manage now. I can recommend it to my relatives. Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Tatiana079

Great bank with all the features I need.

5
I'm self-employed and the switch to Tide has made running mu business so much easier. Great features, simple use and so far completely reliable which is far more than can be said for my high street bank that manage my personal account! Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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Andrew Crofts

Excellent Service

5
Vera assisted me to opening my business account. She was very helpful and explained the features of the tide app which was very easy follow up because of the neat interface they have. The banking app will be very useful to me in my Uber job. Excellent service Vera! Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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benjamin veilleur

All round terrific!

5
Excellent service for businesses, flexible and cost-effective. Reviewed on: 11th April 2023
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