Cash ISA fast facts
- There are 17.3m Cash ISA holders in the UK.*
- Within the Savings market, 62% of adults have savings and 35% have an ISA*. This means nearly half of all Savers do not have an ISA.
- Cash ISAs are the second most popularly savings and investment product after savings accounts.**
- In 2009/10 ISA subscriptions reached £45 billion (72% of this is Cash ISA subscriptions) – the highest amount on record.**
- In 2009, the value of funds invested in ISAs totalled almost £275 billion, a 24% increase on the previous year.**
- Cash remains the most popular asset to hold in an ISA, representing 58% of total ISA funds in 2009.**
* Gfk, Feb 2010
** HMRC/Mintel, August 2010