Overview

Junior Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) are long-term, tax-free savings accounts for children.

In the 2023 to 2024 tax year, the savings limit for Junior ISAs is £9,000

Who can get a Junior ISA

Your child must be both:

  • under 18
  • living in the UK

If your child lives outside the UK

Your child can only get a Junior ISA if both the following apply:

  • you’re a Crown servant (in the UK’s armed forces, diplomatic service or overseas civil service, for example)
  • they depend on you for care

You cannot have a Junior ISA as well as a Child Trust Fund. If you want to open a Junior ISA ask the provider to transfer the trust fund into it.

How Junior ISAs work

There are 2 types of Junior ISA:

  • a cash Junior ISA, for example you will not pay tax on interest on the cash you save
  • a stocks and shares Junior ISA, for example your cash is invested and you will not pay tax on any capital growth or dividends you receive

Your child can have one or both types of Junior ISA.

Parents or guardians with parental responsibility can open a Junior ISA and manage the account, but the money belongs to the child.

The child can take control of the account when they’re 16, but cannot withdraw the money until they turn 18.