Accendo Markets review

Regulated by

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), 475285

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

FCA Financial Services Register, FRN 475285

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Major UK high-street bank; specific bank not disclosed

Negative balance protection

Yes for eligible UK retail CFD/spread-betting clients under FCA rules

Compensation scheme

FSCS protection potentially up to £85,000 for eligible claims

Audited by

Independent statutory auditor

Not available to

United States and all countries outside the United Kingdom

A regulator is also the body that publishes what a broker has done wrong, which is half the reason the licence matters.

Accendo Markets holds a tier-one authorisation from FCA. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

The FCA caps retail leverage at 1:30, mandates negative balance protection, and covers eligible clients under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Check the licence yourself: the FCA Register.

Legal entity

Accendo Markets Limited

Company number

06417051

Headquarters

Barnet, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Founded

2007

Publicly listed

No

Parent company

Accendo Holdings Limited

Employees

Approx. 10-50

Also trades as

Accendo Markets

Deposit methods

Bank transfer, debit/credit card

Withdrawal methods

Bank transfer and supported account funding methods

Deposit time

Cards typically fast; bank transfers dependent on banking network

Withdrawal time

Not publicly specified

Minimum withdrawal

No published minimum

Local payment methods

UK bank transfer

Spread from

1.0 pip

EUR/USD spread

Not publicly disclosed

GBP/USD spread

Not publicly disclosed

Commission

Account/instrument-dependent

All-in cost, EUR/USD

Not publicly disclosed

Spread type

Variable

Overnight swap

Overnight financing applies

Deposit fee

Not publicly disclosed

Withdrawal fee

Not publicly disclosed

Currency conversion

Not publicly disclosed

Complaints about cost are usually complaints about swap and inactivity fees rather than the spread.

Spreads from 1.0 pip suggest an all-in account, where the broker's fee is built into the price rather than charged separately. There is usually no commission on top, which makes the cost easier to predict.

Quoted spreads are best-case figures on the most liquid pair, in normal conditions. What you actually pay widens around news and at the session open.

Accendo Markets lists a minimum deposit of $0. Treat it as the cost of opening an account, not the cost of trading one - position sizing on a small balance is what tends to cause damage.

Markets

Forex, Shares, Indices, Commodities, Bonds, Interest Rates, ETFs, Volatility Indices

Currency pairs

Multiple

Total instruments

Thousands

Crypto CFDs

Not prominently offered

Maximum leverage

1:30

Execution model

Execution-only; broker/third-party execution with DMA available on eligible markets

Execution speed

Not publicly disclosed

Order types

Market, limit, stop and platform-specific advanced orders

Servers

Not publicly disclosed

Leverage is capped at 1:30, which is the retail limit under tier-one regulation. It is a protection rather than a restriction: it caps how quickly a position can move against your balance.

Accendo Markets covers forex, shares, indices, commodities, bonds, interest rates, etfs, volatility indices. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: bank transfer, debit/credit card. Check withdrawal routes as well as deposit ones - they are often not the same, and the difference only becomes apparent when you try to take money out.

Platforms

Accendo online trading platform

Own platform

Branded third-party platform

Mobile app

Mobile trading access

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

No

Copy trading

No

Indicators

Advanced technical charting tools

Third-party tools

Level 2 / DMA market-data technology

API access

Not publicly offered to standard retail clients

Accendo Markets offers Accendo online trading platform. A proprietary platform can be excellent, but it means your setup does not transfer if you later change broker.

Minimum deposit

$0

Account types

CFD, Spread Betting, Forex, Demo

Account currencies

Primarily GBP, account/provider-dependent

Islamic account

No

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes, FCA elective professional classification where eligible

Minimum trade size

Instrument-dependent

Time to open

Potentially within one hour

Support hours

Office 08:00-19:00 Monday-Friday; dealer/back-office access 24/7

Contact channels

Phone, email, dedicated trader

Languages

Primarily English

Telephone

+44 (0)20 3051 7461

Email

info@accendomarkets.com

Live chat response

No conventional 24/7 retail live-chat service prominently advertised

Education

Extensive: educational articles, trading guides, platform tuition and demo trading

Research

Market reports, trade ideas, market commentary, Week in Advance and dividend reports