Updated 13 June 2021.

We’ve found five new stockbrokers who so keen to get your business, they are prepared to offer you free shares to encourage you to register with them and fund your account with a small balance. Today, there is such thing as a free lunch, and we’ll show you exactly how to maximise the value of these offers:

• Freetrade – 1 free share worth up to £200
• Orca – 1 free share worth up to £200
• Wealthify – £25 in bonus funds allocated to your account
• Trading212 – 1 free share worth up to £100
• Hello Stake – 1 free share worth up to $100
• Nutmeg – Waiver of all management fees for the first 6 months – worth up to £180 on a £50,000 investment.

That’s a total free shares opportunity worth up to £600! You can access these freebies via the referral links above in the article below. We’ve used all of these sign-up offers ourselves to test them and verify that they work.

You often only need to buy a small quantity of shares to qualify for the bonus. Some offers don’t even require you to buy anything to receive a free share.

For each offer, you could receive free shares by simply:

• Signing up through the correct referral link and funding your account
• Completing any necessary transactions to qualify for the offer
• Wait to receive your free share
• Sell the share
• Withdraw the proceeds and your original deposit

You could earn 5 shares worth up to £600 in total by completing the sign-up offers below in less than 60 minutes.

As the links below are referral links, so if you grab a free share as a reward, Financial Expert will also receive a similar gift.

Freetrade – Free share (Up to £200) – £1 deposit

How to earn a free share with Freetrade

1. Sign up via this referral link
2. On the Free Trade app, register for a free investment account (not the ISA, which has a monthly fee).
3. Deposit £1
4. After 7-10 days a free share worth £3 – £200 will be deposited into your account

Above is a summary of the Terms & Conditions. We strived to ensure this was correct at the time of writing. Please read the full T&Cs before you participate in an offer, as terms can change.

Orca Investing App – Free share (£2 – £200) – £50 deposit + buy three assets

How to earn a free share with Orca (UK customers)

1. Sign up via this referral link
2. Download the Orca investment app and open a GIA (General Investment Account) account
3. Use the referral code rBNKND if asked
4. Deposit £50
5. Buy 3 assets, for example; three different shares for £5 each
6. A free share worth £2 – £200 will be deposited to your account within 3 working days.

Please note that you cannot sell the free share until 30 days have elapsed.

Above is a summary of the Terms & Conditions. We strived to ensure this was correct at the time of writing. Please read the full T&Cs before you participate in an offer, as terms can change.

Wealthify – £25 of bonus investments – £500 deposit

How to earn a free shares with Wealthify

1. Sign-up via this referral link
2. Register for a standard investment account or stocks & shares ISA
3. Deposit a minimum of £500. No initial account setup fees or taxes apply.
4. A £25 welcome bonus will be added to your portfolio as cash, which you can use to invest in your equity & bond portfolio with Wealthify.

This is the most attractive free shares offer, in the sense that Wealthify offers the highest minimum pay out from their offer. All investors will receive at least £25 from this offer.

Above is a summary of the Terms & Conditions. We strived to ensure this was correct at the time of writing. Please read the full T&Cs before you participate in an offer, as terms can change.

Trading212 – Free share (up to £100) – £1 deposit

How to earn a free share with Trading212 (UK customers)

1. Sign up via this referral link
2. Open a ‘Trading212 Invest’ account
3. Deposit £1
4. A free share will be deposited to your account within 3 working days.

As of June 2021, Trading212 has placed a pause on accepting new customers. Therefore you may be invited to join a waiting list instead.

It’s quick, simple and the best ‘free share’ sign-up offer available to UK customers right now. Be sure to register straight after clicking through the link above to receive your free share.

Above is a summary of the T&Cs. We strived to ensure this was correct at the time of writing. Please read the full T&Cs before you participate in an offer, as terms can change.

Hello Stake – Free share ($5 – $100) – £50 deposit

How to earn a free share with Hello Stake

1. Sign-up via this referral link
2. Download the Stake app, register for an investment account
3. Deposit a minimum of £50 – $10 will be deducted in charges to process a US tax form.
4. Spin the wheel to win a free share worth approx $5 – $100.

This offer isn’t as appealing as the other services, as the $10 administration charge to join could be larger than the value of the free share. But you could win big – it requires some luck.

Available shares (value at time of writing):

• GoPro ($5)
• DropBox ($20)
• Nike ($95)

Above is a summary of the Terms & Conditions. We strived to ensure this was correct at the time of writing. Please read the full T&Cs before you participate in an offer, as terms can change.

We hope you enjoy the free shares offered by these sign-up offers. Because the shares you receive are randomly selected from a limited shortlist of prize shares, they might not turn out to be the best companies to invest in. It’s a matter of luck, given that you aren’t likely to receive enough free shares to constitute a diversified portfolio. However, you can always use the money you deposited to pick a few good funds or other assets to invest in.