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Child Trust Fund providers guidance

Guidance for Child Trust Fund (CTF) providers on how to operate a Child Trust Fund scheme.

Updates to this page

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
11 November 2013
Last updated:
19 June 2026
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  1. Information about cryptoasset Exchange Traded Notes (cETNs) have been added to the ‘Qualifying investments for the CTF’ section of ‘Child Trust Fund guidance notes for providers’.

  2. The 'Child Trust Fund guidance notes for providers' document has been updated to include information on how to request the withdrawal of misdirected Child Trust Fund payments.

  3. The 'Child Trust Fund guidance notes for providers' document updated with information about fractional interests.

  4. The email address to contact when you need technical assistance when making a return of Child Trust Fund account information to HMRC has been updated in the 'Child Trust Fund guidance notes for providers' document.

  5. Information about how to apply to be a Child Trust Fund provider has been removed, as the CTF11 application form has been withdrawn.

  6. The Child Trust Fund guidance notes for providers has been updated.

  7. Child Trust Fund (CTF) guidance notes for providers have been updated with information about when a CTF stops being an account provider, and what information a CTF statement issued to a child turning 18 years of age must include.

  8. A link to our tax-free savings newsletters for the latest Child Trust Fund provider updates has been added to the details section.

  9. The Child Trust Fund guidance notes have been updated to help providers manage investments and cash held in a CTF accounts that start to mature in September 2020.

  10. The Child Trust Fund: guidance for providers has been updated.

  11. A new version of the Child Trust Fund: guidance for providers has been published.

  12. First published.

Documents

Child Trust Fund guidance notes for providers

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Application to be a registered contact for the Child Trust Fund

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Example of a written external transfer application

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External transfer phone application

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Child Trust Fund external transfer form

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Phone application to be a registered contact for the Child Trust Fund

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Guidance for Child Trust Fund providers, including:

  • who can become a provider

  • how to operate a Child Trust Fund scheme

You can also find updates for Child Trust Fund providers in our tax-free savings newsletters.

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