Excellent online support. Staff always answer my queries with clear, helpful replies. I feel confident in using this investment platform simply by knowing I can access their support. Thank you!
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A few things to watch: - Monies paid into accounts on the platform take several days to arrive. That is time you are out of the market with no doubt CSD benefitting from the interest in the meanw... Toon meer
I have handled two JISA's using CSD. I have used their website to trade and once to exchange secure messages - no problems have been experienced. I have never phoned. Annual charge of 0.35% is av... Toon meer
Really good website for easy access to view share prices. Alerts when dividends are paid. Really helpful videos at sensible intervals on market trends, tax change implications etc. Charges are reasona... Toon meer
Bedrijfsgegevens
Geschreven door het bedrijf
Charles Stanley Direct is a personal financial service combining a modern digital experience with the traditional client focused values of private wealth management. It provides all self investors with the knowledge, tools, products, and services to take control of their financial futures and realise the rewards of your investments. Whether you are a novice or an experienced investor we are here to help you every step of the way. You can call our award-winning client service team for technical help or speak to a qualified financial coach if you need guidance. Available online and via the Charles Stanley app.
Online investing
Geschreven door het bedrijf
- Invest in your future
- Sign up in minutes to our first-class service to implement your investment decisions, through our secure platform and app.
Contactgegevens
Ropemaker Place, 25 Ropemaker Street, EC2Y 9LY, London, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- 0131 550 1234
- info@charles-stanley-direct.co.uk
- www.charles-stanley-direct.co.uk
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Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Irfon:
Many thanks for your feedback. I'm very pleased we were able to help and we are here if you need us again.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Helpful staff
Helpful staff , great for self investing in my SIPP
9 april 2026
Review zonder uitnodiging
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Colin:
Many thanks for the feedback. We genuinely appreciate it and I'm glad we've been able to assist. We are here if you need us.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Terrible website
Terrible website
Terrible messaging system.
Can’t find the documents supposedly sent
Been trying to transfer ISA and it was said as was verified early March by my other provider but Charles Stanley said they haven’t received it.
1 april 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Ms Stephens:
I'm very sorry to read of the difficulties you've been having. I can see that you've since been in touch with Ewan on the Helpdesk, who I believe has helped you find the document. He'll also be able to assist you further with the transfer mystery once he hears back from you. I'm here too if you need any further assistance: ClientExperience@cs-d.co.uk.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
dont buy gilts
took me hours to get through to buy a gilt but then to be told on phone charge is 1% (plus their platform fee, and needless to say bid offer)... bonkers .. gilts only pay 4% (so they want approaching half of year 1 income); whereas i can do the same trade on HL or AJ Bell online (ie. not phone) for almost £free ... why should i pay CS a fee for their platform being defficent?? Platform, settlement is also the slowest of everyone in the markst it seems, bar possibly Invest Engine.
31 maart 2026
Review zonder uitnodiging
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Mrs Bridgwater:
I'm genuinely sorry to read of your disappointment. Although we offer thousands of investments online, you are correct that gilts trades have to be placed by phone, but we have noted your feedback, which we appreciate.
The best way to contact us is to call during working hours when the phone is normally answered very promptly, sometimes in seconds. I believe you may have left a message and I'm sorry that the call wasn't returned as quickly as you wanted but we do try our best.
We work to standard UK settlement timescales, at two working days for shares and four for funds, but you may be pleased to hear that the UK is moving to faster timescales next year.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Website performance needs improvement:
Website performance needs improvement:
Hmmm… can't reach this page
It looks like the webpage at file:///C:/Users/coura/CrossDevice/William's%20Tab%20A9+/storage/Download/Trade%20Now%20-%20Charles%20Stanley%20Direct.mht might be having issues, or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
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25 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear William:
It looks like you've got the wrong link! Try www.cs-d.co.uk. The website is fine but if you have any further difficulties please call the Helpdesk on 0131 550 1234.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Gillian:
Thank you very much for taking the time to leave feedback, which I've passed onto Tia. I'm very glad to hear she was able to help.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
great.............
17 maart 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Daniel:
Many thanks for the feedback. If you need any further assistance, we are here.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Charles Stanley Direct SIPP is a front…
Charles Stanley Direct SIPP is a front for Embark Pensions SIPP (The Alpha SIPP in my case). It took from December 7th 2025 to March 14th 2026 for them to transfer my pension out to another provider. The transfers team at Charles Stanley did respond to my contact, however CSD remain responsible for the deadly slow and incommunicative behaviour of Embark. The transfer process was done using the 'Origo' service, so should have taken a few days, not 3 months. CS-D are responsible for the service level, its not for the customer to chase their intermediary. Boo
14 maart 2026
Review zonder uitnodiging
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Tom:
Many thanks for taking the time to leave feedback and outlining your concerns. I am genuinely sorry to read that your experience did not meet your expectations. We will take your comments onboard and use them to try ensure that high standards of service – which you rightly expect – are met for our many SIPP clients who place their trust in us. Once again we appreciate and value your input.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Christopher:
I'm very pleased we were able to help and many thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. We appreciate it.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Prompt reply
8 maart 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Jillette:
Thank you again for the review and I'm glad we were similarly prompt in response. We appreciate it!
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Charles Stanley Direct PROMOTION WARNING cashback and referral promotions. ALWAYS READ THE SMALL PRINT.
BE AWARE of the small print, terms and conditions of any Charles Stanley Promotions - cashback and referral promotions. The hidden ' eligibility rules ' are NOT " clearly highlighted alongside each offer" published on the main advertisements regardless of Charles Stanley's response to my review. Please see Charles Stanley Direct website for current promotions which supports my review and undermines the company's response.
These get out clauses were buried in separate, linked "terms and conditions" pages rather than being clearly and prominently displayed alongside the headline benefits in the primary promotional content.
In my opinion, this created a misleading impression that the offers were more straightforward and accessible than they actually were, leading us to proceed with actions (e.g., transfers or referrals) under a reasonable but mistaken belief that we would qualify. The small print was not adequately brought to attention in the main advertising, contrary to expectations for fair and transparent promotion of financial services.
As a result, myself, my wife and my Son have been deprived of the advertised benefits despite meeting what we reasonably understood to be the requirements from the prominent materials. Two referrals, three opened accounts and an initial ISA transfer into Charles Stanley Direct of over £200,000 yet ZERO pay outs as all three accounts were unaware and did not keep a minimum of £1000 in the accounts for a year.
I will take up the invitation to discuss this with CSD and I will update my review accordingly.
In the meantime, run a large magnifying glass over Charles Stanley Direct, small print before taking any financial action.
UPDATE 20/03/2026
Well, two weeks on from submitting a detailed complaint complete with historic relevant promotion advertising, supportive emails, online chats at the time of commiting myself, the three complaints have been completely ghosted by CS Customer Services. After obtaining the CS,Group Chief Executive Officer's email address, Kim Jenson replied and confirmed that the compliance team are looking into this. Benefit of the doubt for now after the ghosting, let's see what happens. I sense, however, that a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service may be required. I hope my senses are wrong. To be continued.
6 maart 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Mark:
Thanks for taking to leave the time to leave a review and I'm sorry to read of your disappointment. We operate our Cashback and Referral Schemes in line with the Terms, which are clearly highlighted alongside each offer. To ensure fairness, we need to apply them consistently for all clients.
If you have any questions about how the Terms apply in your case, please feel free to contact me at ClientExperience@cs-d.co.uk and I'll be happy to look into it for you.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Timothy:
Many thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We genuinely appreciate it and I'm pleased to hear that we were able to assist.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Investment enquiry
My enquiry was dealt with very quickly, efficiently and I got answers to my questions almost immediately!
23 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Thank you very much for the review. That's what we aim for and is great to hear!
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Needed to use the help chat
Needed to use the help chat, got a very helpful response and an answer pretty quickly to my question. On the whole I find the platform is a sound way to manage a stocks and shares ISA through
23 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Alan:
Many thanks for the feedback. I'm pleased to hear that you got the answer you needed, quickly. We are here if you need us again.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Invest elsewhere
My app stopped working , I use face recognition which didn’t work , my prompt questions were also fruitless so I used the online function to get a temporary password , that failed. Have now rang up twice to get a temp password thru the post , both times the operator at CS has said that the password has not been sent . Very stand incompetent, will now invest elsewhere.
23 februari 2026
Review zonder uitnodiging
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Scott:
I'm genuinely sorry to hear about these difficulties. I'm afraid I can't see any request for a temporary password either but am certain that we should nevertheless be able to help. Would you email ClientExperience@cs-d.co.uk to let me know a suitable time to call you?
Many thanks,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Easy to use and obtain any information.
17 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Derek:
Thank you very much for the feedback, which we much appreciate. We are here if ever you need assistance.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Easy to use website
Easy to use website. Competitive platform charges. Great help desk. Loads of really useful information on investments and current insights on trends and on many relevant subject areas.
13 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Paul:
Many thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. It really is appreciated and I'm glad that you're finding the content helpful.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Very good platform
Very good platform and fund selection. I use the ISA as a pension booster
14 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Martin:
Thank you very much for taking the time to leave a review. We really do appreciate it!
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Charles:
Thank for very much for taking the time to leave a review. We are here if you need us.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
Great platform and reasonable fees
Great platform, which is easy to use and reliable. Good value on fees. Excellent reporting. Slow take-on of a pension I recommended to a friend recently.
14 februari 2026
Antwoord van Charles Stanley Direct
Dear Phil:
Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad to hear that you find our reporting useful. I take your feedback fully on board with respect to your comments about pension transfers. I would like to assure you that you are heard and that we are working to improve turn-around times.
Best regards,
Louise
Louise Miller
Head of Client Experience
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