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Leeds Building Society is a building society based in Leeds, England. It serves approximately 719,000 customers across the United Kingdom, who together hold £9.9 billion in savings balances and is the fifth largest building society in the UK. [2]
Picture of the former Leeds Permanent Building Society HQ on The Headrow in Leeds City Centre. The Leeds Permanent Building Society was a building society founded in Leeds, England in 1848 and was commonly known in a shortened form as The Leeds or The Perm. It should not be confused with the extant Leeds Building Society (formerly Leeds and ...
A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organization, which offers banking and related financial services, especially savings and mortgage lending. They exist in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and formerly in Ireland and several Commonwealth countries, including South Africa as mutual banks ...
Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution, the seventh largest cooperative financial institution [2] and the largest building society in the world with over 16 million members. [3] Its headquarters are in Swindon, England. Nationwide is made up of around 250 different building societies.
Yorkshire Building Society is the third largest building society in the UK, with its headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Building Societies Association . At December 2023, the Society had total assets of more than £60 billion.
HBOS plc. Group headquarters on The Mound, Edinburgh. HBOS Office at Trinity Road, Halifax. Halifax offices in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. HBOS offices in Lovell Park, Leeds, formerly those of the Leeds Permanent Building Society before its takeover by the Halifax Building Society. HBOS plc is a banking and insurance company in the United ...
The building society sector has become much smaller with fewer building societies. This was caused, firstly, a number of building societies demutualising in the 1980s and 1990s and subsequently, taken over by banks. Secondly, there has been ongoing consolidation via mergers between societies. There are 42 building societies in the UK as of 2021 ...
The Skipton Building Society is a building society established in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire, where it remains headquartered. It is the UK's 4th largest building society and has over 1 million members and 100 branches. At December 2022, the Society had total assets of more than £33 billion. [1] Its most important subsidiary is the ...
The Woolwich Equitable Building Society (later Woolwich Building Society or The Woolwich) was founded in Woolwich in 1847 and remained a local institution until after WWI when it began a modest regional expansion. This accelerated after WWII and the period from 1960 was notable for its acquisitions. Following deregulation, the Society ...
Leeds Building Society Ireland. The UK-based Leeds Building Society had a presence in Ireland from 2006 until 2018. It offered mortgages up to 14 September 2009, with savings accounts available throughout the period. In 2017, it closed its savings operation to new customers.