Shareholder perks can offer a better return on investments – and they are tax-free.
Many companies listed on the stock exchange offer shareholders discounts and free gifts if they hold a minimum number of shares.
Many of the discounts and perks increase depending on the number of shares held.
Here’s a list of some of the perks on offer with the minimum number of shares an investor needs to hold to qualify in brackets:
- Adnams (1 share) – 15% discount card
- Adept Telecom (1,000 shares) – Free home line rental worth £120 a year with an 18 month contract for calls
- Aga Rangemaster Group (5,000) – 10% discount when buying goods worth £500 or more from group stores
- Associated British Foods (1) -Shareholders at the AGM receive a gift box worth around £30
- Aviva (All shareholders) – Occasional special offers
- Beale (2,500) – 10% discount on purchases up to £5,000/5% discount on electrical goods
- Bloomsbury Publishing (All shareholders) – 35% off all books
- Booker (1,000) – Store card
- British Land Company (All shareholders) – Invites to sponsored exhibitions
- Brown (N) Group (All shareholders) – 20% on orders from mail order catalogues
- BT Group (All shareholders) – Various offers on electrical equipment from BT Shop
- Carnival (100) – On-board credit varying between cruises
- Chapel Down Group (2,000) – 33% off wines and vine leases, 25% off beers plus wine tour and restaurant offers
- Character Group (All shareholders) – 20% off online purchases
- Countrywide Farmers (3,000) – 5% discount card
- Eurotunnel (750) – 30% off six trips a year
- Fuller, Smith & Turner (250) – 10% off online hotel bookings and food and drinks bought during stays
- Greene King (100) – Discounts on food and drink
- Inchcape (100) – 15% off parts, services and accessories and £100 off buying a car
- In-Deed Online (10,000) – £200 conveyancing discount
- Irish Continental Group (100) – 20% off trips between the UK and Ireland
- Johnson Service Group (200_) -£50 off dry cleaning each year
- KCOM Group (All shareholders) – 10% off purchases
- Legal & General Group (All shareholders) – Insurance discounts
- Marks & Spencer Group (All shareholders) – Shopping vouchers
- Marston’s (500) – 20% off food and accommodation
- Merlin Entertainments (317) – 40% discount off annual passes
- Mitchells & Butlers (1) – Discount vouchers
- Moss Bros Group (All shareholders) – 20% discount at stores
- Mulberry Group (250) – 20% discount on up to £10,000 of purchases at specific stores
- N Brown Group (1) – 20% discount off fashion brands
- Newbury Racecourse (100) – Member badges for race days
- Next (500) – 25% discount on in store purchases
- Persimmon (1,000) – 2% discount up to £4,000 off the price off a new home
- Renishaw (All shareholders) – 5% discount off holidays
- Restaurant Group (250) – 12 x 25% off vouchers for parties of up to 10 people
- Safestore Holdings (100) – 25% off storage and packaging materials
- Share (500) – 30% discount on online dealing commission
- Shepherd Neame (100) – Money off cards
- Signet Group (All USD0.18 Common Shareholders) – 10% discount card
- Stanley Gibbons Group (All shareholders) – 1% a year return on the company’s stamp and autograph investments
- Telecom Plus (1,500) – 10% discount on services
- Thorntons (200) – Discount vouchers
- Whitbread (64) – Regular shareholder offers
- Young & Co Brewery (All shareholders) – Regular shareholder offers
The offers do change from time to time and this list is not exhaustive – so if you are planning a big purchase or regularly use a pub chain, check out their deals online.
