Derbyshire Building Society

Derbyshire Building Society
Nationwide Building Society trading as Derbyshire Building Society
Type Building Society, Trading Division (Mutual)
Industry Banking and Financial Services
Founded 1859
Headquarters Registered Office and Nationwide HQ: Swindon, United Kingdom
Operational: Duffield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Products Savings, Mortgages, Investments,
Loans, Credit Cards, Insurance
Net income £8.7 million GBP (December 2007), Red Arrow Down.svg47.0% on 2006
Total assets £7.1 billion GBP (December 2007), Green Arrow Up.svg17.8% on 2006
Parent Nationwide Building Society
Website www.thederbyshire.co.uk

Derbyshire Building Society (previously trading as The Derbyshire) is a former UK building society based in Duffield, Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. With effect from 1 December 2008 it was acquired by Nationwide Building Society (Nationwide) and now operates as a trading division of Nationwide. Prior to the merger with Nationwide it was the 9th largest building society in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £7.1 billion at 31 December 2007.[2] It operates 50 branches.[3]

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History

In 1966, the society merged with the Ashbourne Permanent Benefit Building Society and the Somercotes Building Society.[1] The Somercotes society may have been based in the Derbyshire village of Somercotes (Alfreton, Amber Valley)[citation needed] where the society has a branch in Leabrooks Road.[4] It also absorbed the Ilkeston Permanent Building Society in 2001.[1]

In 2007 the society was rebranded with a new logo containing the Peak District Millstone, and a change of the trading name from “The Derbyshire” to the legal name of “Derbyshire Building Society.” The new identity incorporated new signage for all branches and replacement passbooks and cashcards for members.

In December 2008 with the completion of the merger with Nationwide, the society's logo was again changed, this time removing the Peak District Millstone image.[5]

Merger proposal

The branch in Coventry
(signage before Nationwide merger)

On 8 September 2008 it was announced that the Derbyshire, along with the Cheshire Building Society, had agreed to a merger with the Nationwide Building Society, the largest such institution.

The merger was borne out of increasing fears about the financial security of both the Derbyshire and the Cheshire societies with the former expected to post half-yearly losses of £17 million and the latter posting losses of £10.5 million.[6] As a result of these projected losses no windfall payments were made to the savers of the smaller societies[6] Unusually there was no vote amongst members as to this proposition, after a special resolution under the Building Societies Act enabling a faster merger.[7]

The deal was concluded on 1 December 2008 following agreement by the Financial Services Authority and the Office of Fair Trading. The Nationwide will initially keep the separate identities of the two societies.

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