Vanguard grows UK platform numbers to 258,000 By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux 21 st April 2021 12:30 pm Vanguard saw a fast surge in customers between April 2020 to the end of March 2021. The company added 141,700 new clients to its UK retail investor platform, raising it to 258,00 users in total. Money Marketingreported in September 2020 that Vanguard had 45,000 clients on its UK direct-to-consumer platform, including 15,000 with Sipp accounts. The company has been able to increase its customer base in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns. “We do think that the fact people, who were fortunate enough to have savings, had the opportunity and the time to think about their investments,” said a spokesperson for Vanguard.