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If your child is aged under 16 and is not eligible for a Child Trust Fund, then why not consider opening a Junior ISA to save on their behalf? For children aged 16 and 17, they can open a Junior ISA in their own name.
Our With Profits Junior ISA is a Stocks & Shares ISA that invests in our with profits fund.
To open a Junior ISA, download an application pack from this page and return your completed application to us.
An market value reduction may be applied if your child's Junior ISA is transferred to another provider before your child reaches the age of 18.
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Junior ISAs area new tax efficient account available, from 1st November 2011, to all children aged under 18 who are UK resident and who did not qualify for a Child Trust Fund.
Kingston Unity's With Profits Junior ISA is a Stocks & Shares ISA that invests in our with profits fund.
The aim of the ISA is to provide growth by the possible addition of annual bonuses to the account.
The with profits fund aims to smooth returns to avoid the worst of market fluctuations. It does this by investing in a mixture of asset classes.
Yes, there are Cash and Stocks & Shares versions of the Junior ISA.
Kingston Unity only offers the Stocks & Shares version.
Your child can hold both a Cash and a Stocks & Shares version, as long as the overall contributions do not exceed £3,600 per tax year.
Premiums are invested in our with profits fund. This is made up of investments into four main asset classes; equities, commercial property, fixed interest & cash. The purpose of this is to reduce investment risk whilst giving exposure to assets that over a period of time should generate growth and provide a balanced approach with low to medium risk.
Bonuses added to your Junior ISA are called 'reversionary bonuses' and once added they cannot be taken away except if a market value reduction (MVR) is applied.
Any bonus will be added to your ISA on 5th April. The bonus is calculated based on the daily capital balance of your ISA and the bonus rate in force on each day.
A market value reduction (MVR) could reduce the amoutn we pay out if the Junior ISA is transferred to another provider before your child reaches age 18.
This could result in a reduction of capital as well as bonus.
The purpose of the MVR is to ensure that you receive your fair share of investment profits, and when investment conditions are adverse that people who cash in do not reduce the value of the fund for those who continue to invest.
The amount of MVR depends on when you invested, the period over which you invested, and the investment market conditions at the time. An MVR is not applied on death. The level of MVR will be set by the Society's Board after receiving advice from the Society's Actuary.
We will try to smooth returns payable to members through their ISAs.
This practice may alter at any time.
If your child's Stocks & Shares Junior ISA remains in our with profits fund until their 18th birthday and they redeem the ISA on their 18th birthday then we guarantee not to apply an MVR.
At this point all capital and bonuses applied to the account will be payable to the child.
If the ISA is not redeemed, it will 'roll-over' into an adult Stocks & Shares with profits ISA and will then be subject to the Terms & Conditions of this type of ISA.
Any UK resident child aged under 18 who did not qualify for a Child Trust Fund.
This is any child born on or after 3rd January 2011
Any child aged under 18 who was born before 1st September 2002
Any child born between 1st September 2002 and 3rd January 2011 who is UK resident but who did not qualify for a Child Trust Fund.
The most that can be paid into a Junior ISA is a combined amount of £3,600 each tax year. This amount is called an allowance.
The allowance will increase each year with inflation. The first increase will be in April 2013.
A tax year runs from 6th April to 5th April in the following year.
Family and friends can all contribute into a child's Junior ISA as long as the total invested is not greater than £3,600 in any tax year.
For a child aged under 16, anyone with parental responsibility can open a Junior ISA for that child.
Children aged 16 and 17 can choose to open a Junior ISA for themselves.
When a child reaches the age of 16 they can choose to manage their Junior ISA themselves, but if they do not choose to do this then the person with parental responsibility will continue to manage the account.
The account is set up for the child, and only the child can access the money.
They can only do this when they reach the age of 18.
When the child reaches the age of 18, the child can access the funds in their ISA. If they choose to leave the funds in the ISA then it will 'roll-over' into an adult ISA and the Terms & Conditions applicable to the adult ISA will then apply.
Unlike adult ISAs, each type of Junior ISA has to be kept with the same provider. Your child can have a Junior Stocks & Shares ISA with one provider, and a Cash ISA with another provider but they cannot have more than one of each type.
Junior ISAs can be transferred between providers, but the full amount in the Junior ISA would need to be transferred.
If your child already has a child trust fund then they will not be eligible for a Junior ISA.
From 1st November 2011, to make sure children who have child trust funds will not be disadvantaged, the child trust fund annual allowance will increase to £3,600.
Yes, you can still open a Junior Saver for your child as well as a Junior ISA.
As Junior Savers can mature before a child reaches aged 18 (as long as they run for at least 10 years) then a Junior Saver could complement your child's savings by building up a lump sum before the age of 18.
There are no government contributions to a Junior ISA, unlike CTFs which were opened with a 'voucher' from the government
There is a 1.5% annual management charge which is taken into consideration before bonus rates are declared. Management charges are not taken off individual ISAs.
There is also the possibility of an MVR being applied in certain circumstances.
The premiums are invested in the Kingston Unity With-Profits Fund which invests in a mixture of assets such as property, fixed deposits, shares and cash. Find out more »
This pack contains everything you need to apply for your With Profits Junior Stocks & Shares ISA
Information Pack for our With Profits Junior Stocks & Shares ISA
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