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Current accounts · Products · FROM THE ACORNBANK FOREST

Branch Out Business — Imaginary Fees and Other Chestnuts

A separate ledger for invoices, stock and the question of whether eaten inventory counts as a sale. The model charges £6 a month and pays no interest, so the cost of a quiet trading year stays visible.

A bank card resting on a leaf ledger.
A fictional bank, a real sense of humour. All people, places, products and figures are invented. No real banking or financial advice. About this demo.

Demo rate card0.00% credit interest; £6.00 monthly account fee

The pound values and percentages on this page are invented AcornBank product terms, chosen for a realistic bank-style example. They are not current market offers, an invitation to deposit or invest money or a forecast of what a real bank will pay.

Product detailDemo terms
Account typeBusiness current account
Rate, reward or charge0.00% credit interest; £6.00 monthly account fee
Opening / maximum balance£0.00 to £250,000.00
AccessRoutine business payment scenarios; no real transfers or merchant services
Eligibility in the scenarioA fictional sole trader or small woodland business with an adult operator
Fees£6.00 per month
CurrencyGBP (£), used solely for fictional calculations

Fees and charges

ChargeModel treatment
Opening / arrangement£0.00
Monthly account fee£6.00
Interest on borrowingNone; this product cannot be overdrawn
Early accessSee access terms
Real amount payable to AcornBank£0.00 — this is a fictional demo, not a service

Branch Out Business is business current account in the Current accounts range, used for separating a woodland stall’s takings from personal spending. Its live rate card, summary and worked tables sit above this text and update whenever the product record changes.

Keep the cost in the same picture as the rate

A fee can reduce the benefit of interest, growth or cashback, and borrowing interest can exceed a reward. The table distinguishes ongoing charges from an upfront fee. Do not subtract a fee twice: the mortgage total already includes its arrangement fee, while its yearly repayment rows contain repayments only.

The worked examples show the product-specific calculations and timing assumptions in full.

See the whole Current accounts range or compare every product on the rates page.

What the example does not promise

All figures are invented and shown to make the demo useful to read and crawl. No money is held, no application is available, and no deposit-protection, regulatory or tax-wrapper status is claimed. Calculations do not account for personal tax, inflation or unstated changes in rates. The fictional bank manager can guarantee only that the next paragraph contains no real acorns.

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