Furness Building Society
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{{Infobox company
| name = Furness Building Society (FBS)
| logo = Furness Building Society logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Building Society (Mutual)
| foundation = 28 October 1865
| location = Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
| locations = 10
| key_people = Chris Harrison (Chief Executive Officer)
| num_employees = 182|
| industry = Banking and Financial Services
| products = Savings, Mortgages, Investments,
Loans, Credit Cards, Insurance
| net_income = {{Steady}} {{GBP|4 million|long=no}} (2022)
{{increase}} {{GBP|1.7 million|long=no}} (2010)
| assets = {{increase}} {{GBP|1,236 million|long=no}} (2022)
{{increase}} {{GBP|813 million|long=no}} (2010)
| homepage = {{url|https://www.furnessbs.co.uk/}}
}}
Furness Building Society is a British building society, which has its headquarters in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.{{Cite web |title=Furness Building Society |url=https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/8014 |access-date=13 March 2024 |website=Financial Conduct Authority Mutuals Register}} Established in 1865, it is the 18th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £813 million as at 31 December 2010.[http://www.bsa.org.uk/docs/consumerpdfs/assetslist.pdf Building Societies Association - Asset List (PDF File)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224025431/http://www.bsa.org.uk/docs/consumerpdfs/assetslist.pdf |date=December 24, 2012 }} Total assets increased to £1.2 billion by 2022.{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2022 |url=https://www.furnessbs.co.uk/media/5qxdt4ox/4-2-final-furness-annual-report-2022-a4.pdf |access-date=13 March 2024 |website=furnessbs.co.uk}} It is a member of the Building Societies Association.
The Society expanded its call centre in 2009 to deal with investments and insurance queries. The Society has two wholly-owned subsidiary companies: Furness Mortgage Services Ltd and Furness Independent Financial Advisers. In 2017, Chris Harrison was appointed as the CEO of Furness Building Society.[https://www.furnessbs.co.uk/news/new-chief-exec-appointed-at-furness-building-society/ Chris Harrison appointed CEO]
Locations
Furness Building Society has 9 branches across North West England including one in Barrow-in-Furness and others in Dalton-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands, Kendal, Lancaster, Millom, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston and Ulverston.
References
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External links
- [http://www.furnessbs.co.uk Furness Building Society]
- [http://www.bsa.org.uk Building Societies Association]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090304051152/http://www.kpmg.co.uk/pubs/98126%20Building%20Societies%20database%202008_accessible.pdf KPMG Building Societies Database 2008]
- [https://www.furnessbs.co.uk/news/new-chief-exec-appointed-at-furness-building-society/ Chris Harrison appointed CEO]
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Category:Building societies of England
Category:Banks established in 1865
Category:Organizations established in 1865
Category:Companies based in Barrow-in-Furness
Category:1865 establishments in England
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