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.

		Assets - rounded (£M)			Assets - rounded (£M)
1	Nationwide	200,000	28	Market Harborough	430
2	Britannia	33,000	29	Ipswich	420
3	Yorkshire	28,000	30	Tipton & Coseley	380
4	Coventry	20,000	31	Marsden	370
5	Chelsea	15,000	32	Hanley Economic	360
6	Skipton	14,000	33	Dudley	307
7	Leeds	10,000	34	Mansfield	296
8	West Bromwich	9,000	35	Scottish	294
9	Principality	6,000	36	Teachers	281
10	Newcastle	5,000	37	Loughborough	277
11	Norwich & Peterborough	5,000	38	Vernon	263
12	Stroud & Swindon	3,000	39	Chesham	257
13	Nottingham	3,000	40	Bath Investment	216
14	Kent Reliance	2,300	41	Chorley & District	178
15	Progressive	1,700	42	Harpenden	176
16	Cumberland	1,600	43	Beverley	167
17	National Counties	1,400	44	Buckinghamshire	160
18	Cambridge	920	45	Stafford Railway	159
19	Manchester	920	46	Holmesdale	152
20	Furness	880	47	Swansea	132
21	Leek United	850	48	Earl Shilton	96
22	Saffron	750	49	Shepshed	94
23	Darlington	730	50	Ecology	86
24	Hinckley & Rugby	7000	51	Penrith	85
25	Newbury	660	52	City of Derry	36
26	Monmouthshire	610	53	Century	24
27	Melton Mowbray	440