Unity Trust Bank  Reviews 408

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.5

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Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their exceptional helpfulness, patience, and professional demeanor, making interactions pleasant and productive. The customer service is frequently highlighted as outstanding, with many people appreciating the personalized and understanding approach, often noting quick issue resolution and clear guidance. However, some customers also noted that the user experience with the systems can be challenging, with issues related to logging in, processing forms, and a lack of modern features like instant transfers or fingerprint recognition. A few other people also felt that the contact process could be difficult, mentioning long wait times and occasional unhelpful responses.

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Customer service

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Service

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User experience

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Customer communications

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Based on these reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

After, literally, many months of trying to communicate mandate changes to the incumbent provider of banking services to the Parish Council I conceded defeat and opened an account with UTB. What a bre... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

absolutly over the moon. Elizabeth this evening was amazing. the helped me through the process today,with patience, understanding reassurance she did it. She wore the essence of UNITY" in practice... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I needed to register and login to our account for the first time. The customer service rep Jai was brilliant. Patient, professional, helping me step by step through the process. Which by necessity is... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spoke to Tom today on several matters on two organisations. Incredibly knowledgeable about the systems and forms and met all the needs, questions and requirements. Only wish they were open 7 days inst... See more

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About Unity Trust Bank

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Who We Are


Unity Trust Bank is an award-winning, independent commercial bank that businesses can be proud to bank with. For more than 38 years we have been helping organisations to prosper and contribute to positive economic, social and environmental change. Put simply, our purpose is to create a better society.

We provide exceptional banking services for organisations that share our principles of acting with integrity and only lend to creditworthy organisations that share our values and deliver quantifiable impact in their local communities.

Delivering Impact


  • Living by our principles of banking with integrity, Unity helps change the lives of people in local communities
  • Every loan agreed that comes to us is aligned to one of more of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to ensure that our funding has demonstrable impact
  • We are committed to helping small and medium-sized UK businesses to grow; this includes creating training and employment opportunities, enabling the provision of health care services and providing housing for vulnerable people
  • We provide specialist sector knowledge and support that enables our customers to focus on their business and deliver social impact
  • Fair Tax Mark, we have recently been verified as a Carbon Neutral Organisation
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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

408 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spoke with Nikki L

Spoke with Nikki L. on a KYC call.
She was friendly, professional and funny.
If only every bank had a Nikki.
Seriously she was great and explained things really well.
In fact most people i have dealt with at Unity have been very helpful

October 30, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful and better stay away.

Awful and better stay away.
Customer paid me to wrong account and I asked them to reclaim the money.
Unity asked them for £25 and 6-8 weeks time to sort it out.
Normal bank dealt with same problem 7 days and no charge.

October 14, 2024
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Reply from Unity Trust Bank

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

We're really disappointed to hear about your experience and would like to apologise for the service received. So we can escalate this please can you provide us with your business name and we will contact you to discuss further.

Many thanks,

Unity Trust Bank

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Such issues with forms, salvaged by Julie on the phones! Phew!!!

Overall, I had serious problems with the website and the forms in particular. However the 4 star rating derives principally from the time and quality of support received from Julie who answered my call and guided me patiently through the form-dependent process. She was exceptionally supportive and is a significant asset to the Bank already. I hope she remains with them and progresses career-wise, possibly into an HRD role or similar. If rating Julie herself, it would be 5 stars for sure!!!

October 10, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

i would like to thank Jayne for the…

i would like to thank Jayne for the courtesy and professionalism shown to me on my recent phone call to enquire procedure to change a signatory
Not only did Jayne explain the process clearly she directed me to the relevant page and walked me through requirements etc
One of the best examples of customer service i have experienced in years Thank you

September 17, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Customer Service, thank you!

I wanted to take a minute out of a busy day to leave a deserving positive review for the Customer Service staff at Unity Trust, who have helped us immensely in adding new Councillors as signatories, sending us copies of past cheques and generally assisting us patiently and professionally in the changeover from one administration to the next. Special thanks in particular to Muhammed, Jayne and Matt: we really appreciate the courtesy and niceness you have afforded us. Keep up the great work!

August 8, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst bank I have ever had

Worst bank I have ever had. It is like whenever you're stuck in a dangerous city with no cash on you your card will be turned off for no reason whatsoever. It will happen on a Friday night with no warning. This has happened at least two times. they don't prevent any actual suspicious activity just if you accidentally tried to withdraw too much or if you ordered anything ar all from overseas they will shut off your card and go home for the weekend. Don't use this bank it's defying the actual definition of security.

August 24, 2024
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Reply from Unity Trust Bank

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

We're really disappointed to hear about your experience and would like to apologise for the service received. So we can escalate this please can you provide us with your business name and we will contact you to discuss further.

Many thanks,

Unity Trust Bank

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst bank I have encountered

Worst bank I have encountered. Extremely poor customer service, excessive call waiting times and also long call times due to being left on hold for long periods during calls, conflicting information given from different advisors. Advised we needed to open a new account due to a change of entity within the business, and this has been dragging on for nearly 4 month now. Credit card facility has been closed without any notification despite the company not yet submitting the form to close this, and scheduled payments declined. If it was my decision, I would be opening an account elsewhere.
The only person who has been any help was Jayne.

July 31, 2024
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Reply from Unity Trust Bank

Hello Helen,

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

We're really disappointed to hear about your experience and would like to apologise for the service received.

I understand a member of the team has reached out to you to escalate and resolve this matter, if you would like to discuss further please do let us know and we will happy to schedule this at a time convenient for yourself.

Many thanks,

Unity Trust Bank

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very helpful staff

I had a couple of problems today which meant calling Unity. My first call was answered and dealt with by Ellis. He was very patient and helpful. Next call I spoke with Helen -also very helpful.
My thanks to them both for taking away the stress!
Review would have been 5 stars if I hadn't had to wait so long for the call to be answered.

July 30, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not working after website upgrade

Use this once a month, the website has been "upgraded" and now unable to login or even get a password reminded , keeps saying try again later . Maybe it does not work before 9am? But no message to say so. Colleague also having problems. Note: It appears that this is related to the crowdstrike software failure , however whilst most banks were back and running by 1pm, Unity trust isnt.

July 19, 2024
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Reply from Unity Trust Bank

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

We're really disappointed to hear about your experience and would like to apologise.

Before releasing the system repair, Unity Trust Bank has adopted a thorough testing regime with the CrowdStrike provided solution. Whilst Unity always adopts a cautious approach to applying changes to our IT estate, we have extended the testing regime on this occasion. Customer account security is always a priority in everything we do; however we apologise for the time taken to recover from this incident.

Thank you,
Unity Trust Bank

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10 for customer service

We (a Parish Council) had a problem (my fault!) when I tried to change people on the account. This left us unable to raise any payments. I phoned Unity, and between them, Mo and Lee solved the problem. Lee was particularly helpful, trying out several solutions before he found the right one. He was so good - I felt he made it his problem too and really cared about me and getting things right. 10/10 for customer service.

June 14, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been using Unity Trust Bank for a…

I've been using Unity Trust Bank for a number of years with various Parish Councils and they are in a much better place having moved away from the dreadful experience of Barclays Bank. The internet banking system works really well and I'm happy with the recent improvements to the look and functionality of the online banking. A very good and great customer service.

June 6, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

2 months and waiting

We've been trying to create a fixed deposit account with this bank for 2 months now. We've spent hours filling in forms, going through KYC etc. Every time we complete a step they take a few weeks to then come back to us and tell us there's another step. They also insist on opening multiple other accounts first (current account, instant access) before they will even look at the fixed deposit. But they don't make any of this clear at the start. They have our money but we still don't have the fixed deposit account opened. I've gotten to the point now where we're probably going to have to withdraw the funds and give up. Two months is ridiculous. What a colossal waste of our time..

May 7, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always great service from UTB

Always great service from UTB. As the Treasurer for a local charity, I use a number of Banks. UTB's telephone response is light years better that Barclays, NatWest and CAF.
Nice people to deal with.

May 1, 2024
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