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Below is a list of current building societies and their current group assets.
The Nationwide Building Society is the largest building society in the world and it maintains its headquarters in Swindon, England. The Nationwide Building Society also has a number of divisions: Cheshire Building Society, Derbyshire Building Society, Dunfermline Building Society and the Nationwide Independent Financial Services Ltd.
The Nationwide Building Society was originally called the Co-operative Permanent Building Society. The building society has over one million members. The first debit card to be released by a building society was achieved by the nationwide building society, and it was also the first building society to launch the UK's first internet banking service (1997).
The second largest building society in the world. The building society's assets now exceed £20 billion. It is one of the major mutual building societies, one of few. Because of this, the Yorkshire building society continues to answer only to its members unlike other building societies that answer to shareholders.
The Conventry Building Society, as a member of the Building Society Association, is currently the third largest building society in the world and it was founded in 1884. The building society was originally called the Coventry Economic Building Society. The Conventry Building Society uses Lady Godiva as an icon for the building society.
The Skipton Building Society was created in 1853. The building society to this day has over 830000 members and the building society also has over 19 subsidiary companies. The building society bailed out the Scarborough Building Society in 2009.
The Leeds Building Society was formed in 1875. It was originally called the Leeds and Holbeck (Permanent) Building Society. The Leeds Building Society was voted as the best building society in Britain by Mortgage Magazine.
The West Bromwich Building Society is a member of the Building Societies Association. The building society was the official sponsor of the West Bromwich Albion F.C. football team from 1997 to 2004.
The Principality Building Society is based in Wales and it is the largest building society in Wales. The Principality Building Society is one of the few building societies that are owned by its members rather than shareholders making it a mutual building society.
The Newcastle Building Society is a member of the Building Societies Association and it was formed in 1980. It merged with the Universal Building Society in 2006.
The Norwich & Peterborough Building Society has over £4.9billion assets and the building society is mainly based in East Anglia, but it has branches all over England and even has a branch located in Gibraltar.
A number of building societies in the United Kingdom no longer exist, either changing their names or merging with other building societies. more »