Online investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown saw pre-tax profits dip by 3% over the past year but reported clients numbers surging by 233,000 to a record 1.645m.

Bristol-based wealth manager and investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown has reported a 24% rise in pre-tax profit for the full year to 30 June to £378.3m.

Investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown has warned that its FSCS levy could nearly double in the coming year from £6.8m to £13m.

The chief executive of Hargreaves Lansdown has apologised to clients hit by the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.