Scarborough Building Society

Scarborough Building Society
Company typeBuilding Society (Mutual)
IndustryBanking
Financial services
Founded1846
Defunct30 March 2009
SuccessorSkipton Building Society
HeadquartersScarborough, England, UK
Key people
John Carrier, Chief Executive
ProductsSavings, Mortgages, Investments, Insurance, Financial Planning
£6.5 million GBP (April 2008), 36.7% on 2007
Total assets£2.9 billion GBP (April 2008), 24.1% on 2007

Scarborough Building Society was a UK building society, which had its headquarters in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was a member of the Building Societies Association. On 30 March 2009 the building society merged with the Skipton Building Society and subsequently operated under the Skipton brand.

History

The Society was founded as The Scarborough and North and East Yorkshire Permanent Building and Investment Society in May 1846.[1]

In November 2008, its assets exceeded £2.8 billion, making it the 17th largest building society in the UK.[1]

Due to "difficult trading conditions", the Scarborough Building Society approached the Skipton Building Society, which agreed to a merger under the Skipton brand, in late 2008.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Building societies set to merge". BBC News. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Scarborough merges with Skipton". Money Marketing. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Merger with Scarborough Building Society". Skipton Building Society. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008.