building society mutual industry banking and financial services founded 1850 headquarters carlisle england uk number of locations 34 key people kevin parr chief executive products savings mortgages investments loans financial services insurance net income 6.16 million gbp march 2013 total assets 1.70 billion gbp march 2014 1 members 160 338 march 2014 1 number of employees 502 website www.cumberland.co.uk the cumberland building society was established on 16 april 1850 as the cumberland co operative land and benefit building society . it has its headquarters in carlisle cumbria england . it is the 20th largest in the united kingdom based on total assets of 1.55 billion as at 31 march 2013 . 2 the first branch was opened 100 miles south of cumberland in preston lancashire . it is a member of the building societies association . the society offers a range of products including savings accounts ; mortgages ; investment accounts ; loans and further loans ; financial services ; insurance products ; lending to commercial enterprises through the commercial lending division ; and internet banking . the society owns several subsidiary companies including cumberland estate agency ltd cumberland financial services ltd and solway mortgage solutions . other than nationwide building society cumberland is the only other society to offer a full current account service with atms visa cards and internet banking . it also offers fee free foreign currency transactions . in 2014 the cumberland became the first uk building society to offer a mobile payments service linked to a mobile phone number called pay2mobile . it became part of the national paym mobile payments service later that year . 3 branch locations edit ambleside annan appleby in westmorland aspatria barrow in furness brampton carlisle cleator moor cockermouth dalston dumfries egremont gretna haltwistle kendal keswick lancaster 4 langholm lockerbie longtown maryport penrith preston silloth ulverston whitehaven wigton windermere workington denotes estate agents as well external links edit cumberland building society building societies association kpmg building societies database 2008 references edit a b company profile cumberland building society building societies association asset list pdf file cumberland ready for national mobile payments service launch . cumberland building society . 21 march 2014 . cumberland opens in lancaster . cumberland building society . 21 january 2013 . v t e independent building societies in the united kingdom bath beverley buckinghamshire cambridge chorley coventry cumberland darlington dudley earl shilton ecology furness hanley economic harpenden hinckley and rugby holmesdale ipswich leeds leek united loughborough manchester mansfield market harborough marsden melton monmouthshire national counties nationwide newbury newcastle nottingham penrith principality progressive saffron scottish skipton stafford railway swansea teachers tipton & coseley vernon west bromwich yorkshire this united kingdom building society article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cumberland building society & oldid 743724652 categories building societies of englandcompanies based in carlisle cumbriaorganisations based in cumbriaorganizations established in 18501850 establishments in englandunited kingdom building society stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 22 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view