Depositing from United Kingdom
The answer is never a brand name. It is your country × the broker: the entity your address gets, the protection behind it, and what the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says. All 40 verdicts for United Kingdom are computed below, checked on October 22, 2026.
Facts checked on October 22, 2026
UK residents get one of the world's stronger regimes — FCA authorisation, FSCS protection up to £85,000, the Financial Ombudsman — but only inside the UK entity. Global brands onboard different countries to different entities; a UK resident who ends up in an offshore entity has none of it. The FCA Warning List adds unauthorised names daily.
The protected route: the broker's UK-authorised entity, verified on the FCA Register under the entity name on your account agreement.
about £160 (about $200). Same arithmetic, sterling edition: about £160 is where normal costs stop being the whole story.
Minimums and rails checked on October 22, 2026. Advertised minimums are the platforms' own published figures — accepted minimums, not viable ones.
| Broker | Verdict for a resident | The entity that would hold the account | Protection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exness | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| XM | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | XM Global Limited (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| Deriv | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Deriv (SVG) LLC and sister entities (SVG / Labuan / BVI registrations) | No compensation scheme |
| FBS | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| HFM (HotForex) | Deposit has real protection | HF Markets (UK) Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| Octa (OctaFX) | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| AvaTrade | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Pepperstone | Deposit has real protection | Pepperstone Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| IC Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Raw Trading Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| FP Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | First Prudential Markets Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Tickmill | Deposit has real protection | Tickmill UK Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| Plus500 | Deposit has real protection | Plus500UK Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| eToro | Deposit has real protection | eToro (UK) Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| Capital.com | Deposit has real protection | Capital Com (UK) Limited (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| XTB | Deposit has real protection | XTB Limited (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| IG | Deposit has real protection | IG Markets Ltd / IG Index Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| Quotex | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Pocket Option | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Olymp Trade | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Binomo | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| IQ Option | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Axi | Deposit has real protection | Axi Financial Services (UK) Limited (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| LiteFinance | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | LiteFinance Global LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines) | No compensation scheme |
| FXTM | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Vantage | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Vantage Global Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu)) | No compensation scheme |
| RoboForex | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | RoboForex Ltd (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| JustMarkets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Just Global Markets Ltd (FSA (Seychelles)) | No compensation scheme |
| Headway | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Jarocel Pty Ltd (FSCA (South Africa)) | No compensation scheme |
| PU Prime | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | PU Prime Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Moneta Markets | Deposit has real protection | Moneta Markets Capital Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| ThinkMarkets | Deposit has real protection | TF Global Markets (UK) Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| CMC Markets | Deposit has real protection | CMC Markets UK plc (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| OANDA | Deposit has real protection | OANDA Europe Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| FOREX.com | Deposit has real protection | StoneX Financial Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| Interactive Brokers | Deposit has real protection | Interactive Brokers (UK) Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| Admirals | Deposit has real protection | Admiral Markets UK Ltd (FCA (UK)) | FSCS protection: up to £85,000 if the firm itself fails, plus the Financial Ombudsman |
| BlackBull Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | BBG Limited (FSA Seychelles (the NZ entity serves New Zealand)) | No compensation scheme |
| Fusion Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Gleneagle Securities Pty Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu)) | No compensation scheme |
| MultiBank Group | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | MEX Atlantic Corporation (CIMA (Cayman)) | No compensation scheme |
| easyMarkets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | EF Worldwide Ltd (BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands)) | No compensation scheme |
Run any pair through the checker for the full five-line verdict, or open a broker page for its whole entity map.
The free check gives you the verdict for one country and one broker. The Deposit Safety Kit gives you the complete walkthroughs: how to verify the entity in the broker's own legal footer, where on your regulator's site the register and the warning lists live, how to read a compensation scheme, and the first-withdrawal test protocol — deposit small, withdraw first, then decide.
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Sources: the brokers' own legal and entity pages as published on the check date; the Reserve Bank of India Alert List; the UK Financial Conduct Authority Register and Warning List; the Australian Securities and Investments Commission registers; Bappebti (Indonesia) licensed and blocked lists; CVM (Brazil) declaratory acts; the FSCA (South Africa) FSP register; the Capital Markets Authority (Kenya) licensee list; the Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines) advisory list; SECP/PMEX (Pakistan) membership; SEC Nigeria and Central Bank of Nigeria publications. Affiliate bounty figures from the programs' own published terms (Exness, XM, Plus500, eToro affiliate pages). If a fact has moved since our check date, the regulator's or broker's own publication wins — and write to help@doogex.com so we can correct ours.