Cash point

There’s just two weeks left to top up your ISA savings if you’re planning to fully use this year’s allowance.

Whether you want to put away some last-minute cash into an ISA before April 6, or have savings languishing in an older ISA that’s earning paltry interest, you have hundreds of options in front of you.

Research from data firm Moneyfacts shows there are currently 415 ISAs on the market.

Here are some of the best-paying cash ISAs – and they are all protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme safety net.

If you want to always be able to get at your cash, Buckinghamshire Building Society offers 1.5% on its easy access account that can be opened in branch or by post. Yorkshire Building Society (ybs.co.uk) pays 1.46% online only.

On a one-year fixed ISA you can get 1.78% from Oaknorth (oaknorth.com), and 1.77% from Shawbrook Bank (shawbrook.co.uk), both online only. Coventry Building Society offers 1.7% in branches, via post or by phoning 0800 121 8899.

Two-year deals are available online from Charter Savings (1.95%) and Oaknorth (1.94%) or there’s 1.9% from Coventry Building Society (branch, post, or by phone) and Kent Reliance (branch or post).

If you are happy to lock cash away for longer, Coventry Building Society offers 2.3% (branch, post, phone) over four years, and Shawbrook Bank offers the same rate over five years, but access is online only.