Starter Loan

For people who receive benefits and have never had a loan with us before.

A small first loan to get you started with us. Once we know you and you know us, you can borrow more.

How do we compare?

 A loan with us

36% APR

Cashfloat

183% APR

LoanPig

292% APR

Sunny Loans

1226% APR

Lending Stream

1333% APR

What’s more, with every payment you make, we help you save for a rainy day. It’s called cashback.

Diagram showing two arrows pointing downwards labelled 'Loans' and 'Savings' diverging from a central box labelled 'Repayments'. Below, two boxes are labelled 'Loan Repaid' and 'Savings Pot'. This is the Wessex Community Bank Cashback Loan

Important!

  • You must have at least one of your benefits paid into an account with us

  • You won't receive the loan until we receive your first benefit payment

  • The first loan is £500. Once we get to know you, you could borrow up to £1,800

  • Child benefit

    Child tax credits

    Working tax credits

    PIP or DLA

    Carers allowance

    Single universal credit

    Pension or Pension credit

    ESA

    Income support

  • Yes. You need to have a least one benefit paid into an account with us to make your regular loan repayments.

    Most people choose child benefit, but we accept almost any benefit.

  • That’s OK. We’ll take your loan repayment and send the difference back to your normal bank account the same day, or you can save the difference.

  • We want to help people build their savings.

    With every loan repayment you make, we put a little extra aside into a cashback savings account which you can access when your loan is cleared.

  • We will allocate your loan once we have received your first benefit into your account with us.

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