ISA Costcustody plus dealing, not the headline rate

Hargreaves Lansdown: what the ISA actually costs

Hargreaves Lansdown is not the cheapest at any pot size on this site. That is not a verdict on the platform — only on its published charges against the others', at 12 trades a year.

Shares and etfs

PotA year% of potRank
£1,000£86.908.69%8 of 12
£2,000£90.404.52%8 of 12
£5,000£100.902.02%8 of 12
£10,000£118.401.18%8 of 12
£20,000£153.400.77%11 of 12
£30,000£188.400.63%12 of 12
£50,000£233.400.47%12 of 12
£75,000£233.400.31%12 of 12
£100,000£233.400.23%12 of 12
£150,000£233.400.16%12 of 12
£200,000£233.400.12%12 of 12
£250,000£233.400.09%12 of 12
£500,000£233.400.05%12 of 12

Funds

PotA year% of potRank
£1,000£26.902.69%3 of 9
£2,000£30.401.52%3 of 9
£5,000£40.900.82%3 of 9
£10,000£58.400.58%5 of 9
£20,000£93.400.47%7 of 9
£30,000£128.400.43%8 of 9
£50,000£198.400.40%9 of 9
£75,000£285.900.38%9 of 9
£100,000£373.400.37%9 of 9
£150,000£548.400.37%9 of 9
£200,000£723.400.36%9 of 9
£250,000£898.400.36%9 of 9
£500,000not published

Above £250,000 Hargreaves Lansdown's fund charge tapers to nothing by £2m, but the intermediate rates are not on the page this was read from, so fund pots above £250,000 are left uncosted rather than guessed.

Every figure assumes 12 trades a year of £1,000 each, inside a stocks and shares ISA. It excludes Stamp duty at 0.5% on UK share purchases, the £1 PTM levy on orders over £10,000, fund manager charges (the OCF), and any foreign-exchange fee — every one of those is charged by someone other than the platform and is the same wherever you hold the money.

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What Hargreaves Lansdown publishes, word for word

Platform feeFunds 0.35% up to £250,000, tapering to no charge above £2m. Shares/ETFs/investment trusts 0.35% a year capped at £12.50 a month
Uk share dealing£6.95 per online trade, £3.95 with 20+ trades in the previous month
Fund dealing£1.95 per online fund trade
Fx fee0.99% up to £10,000, 0.50% to £25,000, 0.20% above

Where this platform wins

Charges read 18 August 2026 from Hargreaves Lansdown's own pricing page. Major repricing took effect 1 March 2026: the headline fund charge fell from 0.45% to 0.35% and online share dealing from £11.95 to £6.95, but fund dealing went from free to £1.95 a trade and the shares cap rose from £45 to £150 a year. Whether it got cheaper depends entirely on how you trade.

Charges read 19 August 2026 from each platform's own pricing page. Platforms reprice with little notice, and nothing here is advice — it is arithmetic on published charges.