Brown Shipley
UK private bank and wealth manager. Everything below is from the bank's own pages, its regulators or the league table publishers, numbered to the Sources page.
The facts
- Brown Shipley states that to receive advice and to become a client a person must have a minimum of £1m of investable assets (page read 1 November 2026).27
- Brown Shipley's Fee Information Document for the Current Account, dated May 2026, states a fee of £0.00 for maintaining the account (document read 2 November 2026).330
- Brown Shipley's Fee Information Document for the Current Account, dated May 2026, states a fee of £25.00 for a CHAPS payment and for a foreign currency payment (document read 2 November 2026).331
- Brown Shipley's Fee Information Document for the Current Account, dated May 2026, states unarranged overdraft interest at Bank of England Base Rate plus 12% (document read 2 November 2026).332
What it publishes
| Desk | Item | Published | As read |
|---|---|---|---|
| private banking | fee schedule | Yes | Maintaining the account £0.00 |
| private banking | minimum investable assets | Yes | To receive advice and to become a client of Brown Shipley, you must have a minimum of £1m of investable assets. |
| private banking | eligibility criteria | Yes | To receive advice and to become a client of Brown Shipley, you must have a minimum of £1m of investable assets. |
| private banking | indicative fee range | No | |
| private banking | retainer terms | No |
The Secret Banker's view
Brown Shipley states its entry test in one sentence and repeats it on several pages: £1m of investable assets to receive advice and to become a client. The current account fee document, dated May 2026, loaded on the later attempt and prices the account at £0.00 a month. A CHAPS payment is £25.00 and an unarranged overdraft runs at Base Rate plus 12%. No management or advice rate appears on any page I read; the rates page lists deposit and loan rates only. A free account behind a £1m door is a discount on the wrong item.
Opinion, based on the facts above. Corrections through the contact page; a credible one gets a sourced fix within a week.
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