Building Societies

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Building Societies may appear an homogenous group, smaller and less sophisticated than banks. However the data below, derived from that collated by the Building Societies Association, demonstrates their wide range in size - the Nationwide having assets some 8,000 times greater than those of the Century Building Society! While illustrating the wide variety of scale of institutions within this group, the data of course offers no indication of risk - recent events having demonstrated that size by itself is no guarantee of safety for the saver.

		Building Society Assets (£M)			Building Society Assets (£M)
1	Nationwide	160,000	31	Melton Mowbray	413
2	Britannia	30,645	32	Market Harborough	402
3	Yorkshire	18,862	33	Barnsley	365
4	Coventry	12,281	34	Ipswich	358
5	Chelsea	11,080	35	Marsden	351
6	Skipton	10,113	36	Hanley Economic	322
7	Leeds	8,142	37	Tipton & Coseley	316
8	West Bromwich	7,164	38	Teachers'	266
9	Derbyshire	6,019	39	Mansfield	256
10	Principality	4,812	40	Dudley	251
11	Cheshire	4,706	41	Vernon	239
12	Newcastle	4,297	42	Loughborough	239
13	Norwich & Peterborough	3,671	43	Chesham	223
14	Stroud & Swindon	2,804	44	Scottish	220
15	Dunfermline	2,745	45	Bath Investment	164
16	Nottingham	2,617	46	Chorley & District	160
17	Scarborough	2,319	47	Holmesdale	149
18	Kent Reliance	1,615	48	Harpenden	146
19	Progressive	1,333	49	Buckinghamshire	137
20	Cumberland	1,285	50	Stafford Railway	132
21	National Counties	1,033	51	Beverley	131
22	Furness	814	52	Swansea	111
23	Cambridge	798	53	Earl Shilton	92
24	Leek United	741	54	Shepshed	83
25	Saffron	710	55	Penrith	76
26	Hinckley & Rugby	685	56	Ecology	68
27	Mancshester	677	57	Catholic	40
28	Darlington	606	58	City of Derry	31
29	Newbury	564	59	Century	20
30	Monmouthshire	527

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While illustrating the wide variety of scale of institutions within this group, the data of course offers no indication of risk - recent events having demonstrated that size by itself is no guarantee of safety for the saver.