Is StrideUp a real Islamic bank, and is it regulated?

StrideUp publishes FRN 785299 as its Financial Conduct Authority firm reference number. We record that as published by the provider and have not yet confirmed it against the FCA Register ourselves, which we say plainly rather than implying a check we have not done. Whether a product is Sharia-compliant is a question for the provider's own scholars and certification, which we describe rather than rule on.

Does StrideUp publish the same criteria everywhere?

No. On 4 criteria its consumer channel and its intermediary channel give figures that are not equivalent. We hold both and treat neither as governing, because we have not established which applies to an application made through a given route. Where your own answer falls between the two figures, the position is genuinely unresolved rather than simply unknown to us.

What could you not verify about StrideUp?

6 questions about StrideUp remain open in our register, listed on this page with what we tried and what we would need to close them. We publish the gap rather than filling it with an estimate, and every figure here carries the document it came from and the date we read it.

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StrideUp Islamic mortgage review

StrideUp is one of the UK's Islamic home finance providers, offering its Diminishing Musharakah + Ijarah range across England. Its public calculator currently offers two-year and five-year fixed selections, though we could not verify a current rate for any of them, all checked against StrideUp's own product pages and published documents on 7 August 2026.1

This is a research review of what StrideUp publishes about its products and criteria. It is not a customer-service review and not a personal recommendation. We have no application data and we do not rate providers. Where its own documents are unclear or incomplete, we say so rather than filling the gap.

Structure: Diminishing Musharakah + Ijarah
Regulated owner-occupied: Yes
FCA reference: FRN 785299, as published
Finance range: £50,000 to Up to £1.5m published, tiered by finance-to-value on the intermediary channel
Term: 5 to 40 years
Available through: Direct and intermediary

HOW WE VERIFIED THIS

1 2 rate records and 17 criteria facts taken from the provider's published pages on 7 August 2026. Firm reference number as published by the provider. Direct verification against the FCA Register, including permissions and any restrictions, is still outstanding.

4 source documents · rate review interval 14 days

What we found about StrideUp

Each finding below comes from comparing every product the provider publishes against every other. We re-test them whenever the rate data changes, and a finding that stops being true stops appearing here.2

We cannot verify a single current rate

We hold 2 product records for StrideUp and a verified rate for none of them. The provider's live rate tool returned 0% and placeholder values to our automated reader, and a 0% rate is a display artefact rather than a price. We record the attempt and publish nothing in its place. Every other provider in our register has at least one rate we can source, so this is specific to how these figures are served rather than to the provider's pricing.
The product fee is above the mainstream range we track

StrideUp's published one-off product fee is £1,249. The 26 mainstream UK-resident products in our comparison set that charge a flat product fee carry between £499 and £999, so this one sits £250 above the highest of them. We leave 8 percentage-based or negotiated fees out of that range because they have no single comparable figure. Because it is a flat fee it takes a larger share of a smaller amount of finance. We cannot say whether the rate offsets it, because we cannot verify the rate.
Its consumer and intermediary channels answer differently

StrideUp publishes one set of criteria for consumers and a fuller set for intermediaries. Both were live when we checked on 7 August 2026. On 4 rules they give answers that are not equivalent. On others the broker channel states in detail what the consumer page summarises, which is not a disagreement and we do not present it as one.

CriterionConsumer channelIntermediary channelWhat it is

Minimum age 18 years 21 years Direct difference
Minimum property value £75,000 £85,000 Direct difference
Maximum finance-to-value 90% 85% Direct difference
Leasehold remaining 40 years remaining at the end of the plan 85 years remaining at application Different basis
Maximum finance Up to £1.5m £1.5m to 70%, £1m to 80%, £750,000 to 85% More detail, not a conflict
Self-employed From one year of trading Two years of SA302s, or one year if trading under two years More detail, not a conflict

We have not confirmed whether applications through the two channels are actually assessed differently. The consumer page describes itself as an overview subject to StrideUp's current criteria, so the difference may be simplification, separate channel policy, or documentation out of step. We publish both figures and treat neither as settled.

HOW THESE ARE TESTED

2 Each finding carries its own test. The comparison runs against the current rate records every time the site is built, so a conclusion cannot outlive the data it came from. Read the methodology

What are StrideUp's current HPP rates?

We do not publish a numeric StrideUp product rate, because we cannot verify one. StrideUp advertises Home finance rates updated. Now from 5.99%. in a banner on its rates page, but its calculator returns 0% for both the two-year and five-year options to automated readers. A rate of 0% is a display artefact rather than a price. We record the attempt and publish nothing in its place. We also keep the banner figure out of our comparison, sorting and cost calculations: it names no product, deposit tier, fixed period or customer type, so it cannot be set against another provider's product rate.

This is not a criticism of StrideUp's pricing, which we have not seen. It is a statement about what we can stand behind. A manual capture in an ordinary browser is outstanding, and the product rates will appear here on the day we can source them properly.

WHAT WE DO HOLD

A published headline figure of rates from 5.99%, with no tier or term attached
A one-off product fee of £1,249, shown on both fixed options
3 finance-to-value tiers, from 80% to 90%
Minimum finance £50,000, and the term 5 to 40 years

You can therefore work out whether StrideUp would consider your deposit and property. You cannot yet work out what it would cost, and neither can we.

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What deposit does StrideUp require?

The maximum finance-to-value is not a single number. StrideUp publishes 3 of them, and which one applies depends on who you are and how much you need. Meeting a tier is not the same as qualifying: income, credit history and the property all affect an application.

10% or 15% deposit SOURCES DIFFER all applicants, house and flat The consumer eligibility page states 90% maximum finance-to-value for houses and flats. The intermediary criteria state 85% at the relevant finance band. We have not established whether this is a difference in policy by application route or inconsistent public documentation, so both figures are held and neither is treated as governing.

15% deposit all applicants, new build A 15% deposit on a new-build house.

20% deposit all applicants, new-build flat A 20% deposit on a new-build flat. Both channels agree on this figure.

Minimum age 18 years or 21 years, sources differ (consumer channel 18 years, intermediary channel 21 years). Maximum age 75. Minimum finance £50,000.

Who can apply for StrideUp's Home Purchase Plan?

StrideUp publishes criteria across consumer, intermediary and help-centre channels, and those channels do not always agree. Everything below is taken from its own pages on 7 August 2026. Meeting these does not mean an application succeeds: affordability, credit history and the property are all assessed separately.

Minimum age: 18 years or 21 years, sources differ (consumer channel 18 years, intermediary channel 21 years)Channels differ
Maximum age: 75 years. The plan must finish before every applicant's 75th birthday.
Applicants: 4. At least one applicant must occupy the property.
UK residence: Sources differ by duration. 24 months or more: Meets every published residence-duration statement we found. 12 to 23 months: The visa-specific article says some occupations can be considered from 12 months; three other sources publish a two-year baseline. Which occupations qualify is not published. Under 12 months: No published source we hold describes a route at under 12 months.Channels differ
Minimum property value: £75,000 or £85,000, sources differ (consumer channel £75,000, intermediary channel £85,000)Channels differ
Minimum finance: £50,000. Both channels agree.
Maximum finance: £1,500,000. The consumer page gives a headline ceiling of £1.5m. The intermediary criteria give the tiers beneath it: £1.5m to 70% finance-to-value, £1m to 80%, £750,000 to 85%. Both can be true at once, so we record the tiers rather than a disagreement.
Self-employed: 1 year. The consumer page says self-employed applicants are considered from one year of trading. The intermediary criteria set out the evidence: two years of SA302s and tax year overviews, or one year where the applicant has traded for less than two years. The two are consistent; the broker channel simply states the documents.
Property location: England only

Where a figure differs between StrideUp's consumer and intermediary channels, both are shown in the findings above and neither is treated as settled.

What fees does StrideUp charge?

StrideUp shows the same one-off product fee on the two-year and five-year fixed options we checked. Because it is a flat fee, it takes a larger share of a smaller amount of finance. We cannot say which option works out cheaper overall until we can verify the rates.

StrideUp fees and early settlement charges by product type, checked 7 August 2026
Product type	Product fee	Application fee	Early settlement
2 years fixedabove 80% finance-to-value	£1,249	Not published	See offer and tariff
5 years fixedabove 80% finance-to-value	£1,249	Not published	See offer and tariff

Early settlement charges: See offer and tariff. These apply if you repay or leave during the product period, and they are separate from the fees above. Work out the total cost including fees

What we could not verify

6 questions remain unresolved on StrideUp. We publish these rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Current rental rates The live rates page renders 0% and placeholder values to the crawler. Recorded as unresolved; not yet raised with the provider

Minimum age Two current first-party channels disagree. The consumer Home Purchase Plan eligibility page states 18. The intermediary HPP criteria guide states 21. Both figures are held in our record and neither is treated as governing; an applicant between 18 and 20 clears one and not the other, so the criterion is unresolved for them and settled for everyone else. Recorded as unresolved; not yet raised with the provider

Minimum property value Two current first-party channels disagree. The consumer Home Purchase Plan eligibility page states £75,000. The intermediary HPP criteria guide states £85,000, as does the live help centre. Both are held; a property between the two figures clears one and not the other. Recorded as unresolved; not yet raised with the provider

Self-employed one-year route: income condition scope The published material fits together rather than conflicting: a two-year trading history is typical, shorter histories can be considered, and one-year cases carry a £50,000 income condition on the help-centre article. Narrowed from a general disagreement to the one open point. Recorded as unresolved; not yet raised with the provider

Standard-property maximum finance-to-value The consumer eligibility page states 90% for houses and flats. The intermediary criteria state 85% at the relevant finance band. Checked 10 August 2026. Recorded as unresolved; not yet raised with the provider

Which occupations receive the 12-month residency treatment The visa-specific help-centre article was retrieved and is registered as a source. It states the requirement is 12 or 24 months of UK residence depending on occupation, and that British or ILR applicants and spousal-visa applicants are treated as having permanent rights to reside. What it does not publish is which occupations receive the 12-month treatment. Recorded as unresolved; not yet raised with the provider

How we checked

Everything above comes from StrideUp's own published documents, read on 7 August 2026. We hold 2 rate records and 17 criteria facts for this provider, each carrying the source it came from.

StrideUp rates and calculator Provider rates page · accessed 7 August 2026
StrideUp Home Purchase Plan eligibility, consumer channel Provider eligibility page · accessed 7 August 2026
StrideUp HPP Criteria Guide, intermediary channel Provider intermediary criteria · accessed 7 August 2026
Current rates calculator Dynamic rate page · accessed 6 August 2026

Rate review interval is 14 days, criteria 60. Changes are recorded publicly. See the change log · Read the full methodology

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Common questions about StrideUp

What deposit does StrideUp require?: StrideUp does not publish a single figure. We hold 3 separate finance-to-value rules for it, each with its own conditions, so the deposit you need depends on the product, the property and your circumstances rather than on the provider alone. The highest ceiling we hold is 85% or 90%, which means a deposit from 10% or 15%. The top tier applies to house or flat properties; lower ceilings apply in other cases, down to 80% finance-to-value, and on that ceiling the provider publishes 85% and 90% and we have not established which governs. Every tier is set out above.
Is StrideUp a real Islamic bank, and is it regulated?: StrideUp publishes FRN 785299 as its Financial Conduct Authority firm reference number. We record that as published by the provider and have not yet confirmed it against the FCA Register ourselves, which we say plainly rather than implying a check we have not done. Whether a product is Sharia-compliant is a question for the provider's own scholars and certification, which we describe rather than rule on.
Does StrideUp publish the same criteria everywhere?: No. On 4 criteria its consumer channel and its intermediary channel give figures that are not equivalent. We hold both and treat neither as governing, because we have not established which applies to an application made through a given route. Where your own answer falls between the two figures, the position is genuinely unresolved rather than simply unknown to us.
What could you not verify about StrideUp?: 6 questions about StrideUp remain open in our register, listed on this page with what we tried and what we would need to close them. We publish the gap rather than filling it with an estimate, and every figure here carries the document it came from and the date we read it.

Tell us what the published data could not answer

Everything above comes from what providers publish. Whether a provider will actually take you depends on affordability, credit history and the property itself, and on criteria nobody prints. Tell us what you are stuck on and we will come back to you.

Everything StrideUp publishes is above, including what we could not verify. Whether it would take you is decided in underwriting, which nobody publishes.