Spread Co has the widest nine-pair figure of the accounts publishing such a figure on all nine pairs, and it prices above the average of the three to five brokers publishing a comparable figure on seven of the nine.
🗺️ FCA regulated: Spread Co Limited (FRN 446677), checked on the FCA register 22 Sep 2026
Minimum depositNot stated
PlatformsSATURN Trading platform, Spread Co mobile and tablet app
Spread, nine-pair average2.26 pts brokers’ average 1.79
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What Does A Spread Co Spread Bet Cost?
Our Verdict On Spread Co
Spread Co scores 43/100 and ranks 12 of 14. Its criterion marks run 3 to 7 of 10, assessed 26 Aug 2026. Its published spread is below the average of the brokers that publish one on two of nine pairs, over seven.
How We Scored Spread Co
Our overall score for Spread Co is 43 out of 100. Below is the assessment behind it: Spread Co marked on each of the criteria we score every account against, each one out of 10.
Spread Co marked out of ten on each of the six criteria we score every account against, shown as a bar on each row.
Criterion
Spread Co
Trading Cost
3 / 10Assessed
Trading Experience
3 / 10Assessed
Trading Platform
4 / 10Assessed
Trust
4 / 10Assessed
Range Of Markets
7 / 10Assessed
Customer Service
5 / 10Assessed
The overall score shown above the table is the sum of these six marks, each out of 10, divided by 60 and multiplied by 100, rounded half up. No criterion is weighted, and this has been how every score on the site is computed since 24 September 2026.
Spread bets at Spread Co are placed with Spread Co Limited (FRN 446677). The brand and the authorised firm share a name here, so a register search for Spread Co returns the company you were looking for.
Spread Co Limited is on the Financial Services Register under firm reference number 446677, and its status panel reads Authorised, since 6 Oct 2006. We read the entry on 3 Sep 2026, and the capture below is what the register showed that day.
Spread Co Limited, FRN 446677, on the FCA Financial Services Register: status Authorised, since 6 Oct 2006. Captured 3 Sep 2026. Source: the firm’s register entry, Financial Conduct Authority.
The permissions panel is not in the capture, so this page makes no claim about which regulated activities the authorisation covers. Our regulation guide sets out verifying a spread betting broker on the FCA register.
Spread Co Trust, Ownership And Client Money Protection
Can You Trust Spread Co?
Spread Co states that retail clients' losses will never exceed the cash balance in their account. (Spread Co's own site, read )
Who Owns Spread Co?
Spread Co Uk Limited owns Spread Co Limited, holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights, according to the Companies House register of persons with significant control, read on 19 September 2026. (Companies House, read )
What Happens To Your Money If Spread Co Fails?
Spread Co states that all client money is kept in a separate bank account with NatWest Bank, from the company's funds. Spread Co states that in the event of its insolvency, clients may be eligible to claim compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of up to £85,000. The FSCS's limit is up to £85,000 per eligible person, per firm, for a firm that failed after 1 April 2019. (Spread Co's own site, read ; Spread Co's own site, read ; FSCS, read )
Spread Co's fixed spreads apply to bets of up to £50 a point, and above that stake its spreads widen on a sliding scale.
Spread Co's fixed spreads above are in points on all nine pairs, and our guide to forex spread betting explains the pip equivalent on the main currency pairs.
Our spread betting statistics page publishes the whole collection if you want to see the field rather than a single account.
The Fixed Index Spreads, In Spread Co’s Own Bands
Spread Co prices its index markets at fixed spreads that apply between set hours rather than at a variable spread that moves with the market. Its own Market Information table publishes them, band by band.
Spread Co runs two platforms of its own, the SATURN Trading platform in a web browser and the Spread Co mobile and tablet app, with no third-party software.
We read the spread figures Spread Co publishes for spread betting on its own UK site: a fixed figure on all nine pairs, averaging 2.26 points against the 1.79-point nine-pair average across the brokers that publish one.
Demo account terms read from Spread Co's own page.
What Other Review Sites Say About Spread Co
How Popular Is Spread Co In The UK?
Spread Co is searched too rarely in the UK for month-on-month change to be meaningful: 780 branded searches in September 2026, 12th of 14.
12of 14Search interest rank
780
Brand searches, September 2026
n/a below 1,000
vs August 2026
100
Login searches
0.6%
Share of all searches
Source: Google search volume, the UK, September 2026.
These are Spread Co’s ratings on the platforms below, each read on the date shown and stated in that platform’s own scale.
Spread Co rated on each third-party platform, with the rating scale, the volume of ratings and the date we read it.
Spread Co’s Trustpilot profile, captured 1 Oct 2026. We re-read these ratings every month, so the figure in the table is the one the platform displayed on that capture date.
Spread Co At A Glance
Key facts about Spread Co: its FCA-regulated entity, minimum deposit, spread bet platforms, markets, inactivity fee and guaranteed stops.
🗺️ FCA regulated
Spread Co Limited (FRN 446677)
💷 Minimum stake
0.01 (1p per point-equivalent)
📊 Spread bet platforms
SATURN Trading platform, Spread Co mobile and tablet app
💱 Inactivity fee
no inactivity or dormancy fee
🛡️ Guaranteed stops
Available
What You Can Bet On
Two kinds of figure sit in this list and the difference matters. An unmarked row is a total Spread Co publishes about itself. A row marked † is our own count, and the note under the list says how and when we made it.
Forex pairs: 36
Indices: 12 †
Shares: around 1,000
† Our own count, made on 22 Sep 2026 from the instrument list Spread Co publishes on its own site. Spread Co states no total for these markets, so the figure moves whenever it adds an instrument and we have not counted again.
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Spread Co Spread Betting FAQs
What Is The Minimum Bet Size At Spread Co?
A penny a point, which Spread Co states applies across its markets. That is the figure on the summary table on this page, read from Spread Co's own FAQ. A small minimum decides whether an account is usable for somebody sizing positions carefully rather than trading large.
Does Spread Co Offer Guaranteed Stop-Loss Orders?
Yes. Spread Co’s terms of business offer a guaranteed stop loss on selected markets, at Spread Co’s discretion, for a premium paid when the deal is placed.
Who An Account Like This Still Suits
Spread Co suits a reader trading the major pairs or the index markets during their main session, on a small balance, who wants a minimum bet size measured in pennies.
It suits almost nobody else. The average across the nine pairs is the wider of the two nine-pair figures we read.
Under CG56105 neither chargeable gains nor allowable losses arise from spread betting, so for most UK retail traders a profit sits outside CGT, though it depends on your individual circumstances, as the CGT rules for spread bets note.
60.7% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider.
Your capital is at risk. Spread betting is leveraged, so losses can exceed the amount you set out to risk on a bet. This page is not financial or tax advice.
Justin Grossbard co-founded Spread-Bet.co.uk with Noam Korbl in 2024, and co-founded the broker comparison network CompareForexBrokers with him in 2014. He has written for Kiplinger, Entrepreneur, Finance Magnates and MoneyShow since 2022, with articles on forex and trading at MoneyShow, Finance Magnates and Kiplinger.
Updated . Updated on 14 Oct 2026: Spread Co's retail-loss disclosure is now 60.7%, from 63.3%, read from its UK spread betting page. Every other Spread Co fact we re-read on 14 Oct 2026 had not changed.
