1. Award: 2025 Good Money Guide Awards
Category: Best Stocks & Shares ISA
Why we won: “Lightyear has won our 2025 Award for Best Stocks & Shares ISA as it is a great low-cost offering that does what you need it to. It’s low cost, ETFs are commission-free, with an excellent research section on the app. Super innovative and cheap for international investing.”
2. Award: Boring Money Best Buy Awards 2025
Category: Best for Low-Cost ISA Award 2025
Why we won: “Lightyear is a savvy choice for investors looking for cost-effective trading across global markets. It's suited to more experienced investors who are keen to select their own shares and ETFs, with less guidance than other options out there - but this is less of a concern for those who know what they're doing.”
3. Press Recognition: The Times Money Mentor
What: Editor’s pick for the Best stocks & shares ISAs
Why we were included: “An excellent low-cost option with a wide variety of investing options.”
4. Press Recognition: Daily Mail, This is Money, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday
What: Best ‘cooking from scratch’ stocks & shares ISAs
Why we were included: “Free Isa, access to 3,700+ stocks, good stock analysis tools.”
Our Stocks & Shares (S&S) ISA has also been mentioned in The FT, The Money Week, Investment Week, City AM and more!
Our award-winning Stocks & Shares ISA
It’s almost 10 times cheaper than the average ISA provider over 25 years (validated by Capital Economics). Here are some quick highlights:
- No account fees, no subscription fees, no custody fees and no withdrawal fees
- No minimum amount to open
- ETFs free of execution fees
- Up to £1 order fee for stocks
- Over 5,000 stocks & funds available
- Earn interest through Vaults, backed by BlackRock, where money is invested in money market funds
- Flexible – move money in & out without affecting your annual allowance
So, if you’re already using our S&S ISA, give yourself a pat on the back! If you’re not, but you’ve been convinced by reading this, you can open an ISA or transfer an existing ISA over to us here.
Charlotte is a Communications Manager at Lightyear. She's been sharing news and insights about the finance industry for over five years. At Lightyear she writes content about: product developments on the platform; data, research and news within the investing space; investing instruments and tools; and how individuals and businesses can grow their wealth.
