Scarborough Building Society

Scarborough Building Society

Company type	Building Society (Mutual)
Industry	Banking Financial services
Founded	1846
Defunct	30 March 2009
Successor	Skipton Building Society
Headquarters	Scarborough, England, UK
Key people	John Carrier, Chief Executive
Products	Savings, Mortgages, Investments, Insurance, Financial Planning
Net income	£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

Prospect House (Head Office)

A branch of the Scarborough on Albion Street in Leeds. This branch is now a Skipton.

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. "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.

External links

• Scarborough Building Society (Skipton BS website)
• Building Societies Association
• KPMG Building Societies Database 2015