building society mutual industry banking and financial services founded 1884 headquarters coventry england uk number of locations 89 products banking savings and mortgages net income 216.0 million gbp december 2015 7 % on 2014 total assets 34.1 billion gbp december 2015 9.1 % on 2014 number of employees 2234 website www.coventrybuildingsociety.co.uk the coventry building society is a building society based in coventry england . it is the third largest in the united kingdom with total assets of more than 34.1 billion at 31 december 2015 . 1 it is a member of the building societies association . the society has 1.4 m saver members and a further 350 000 borrower members . at the end of 2015 the society paid an average interest rate to members of 1.97 % compared to a market average of 1.11 % . 2 contents 1 history 2 services 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the society was founded in 1884 in coventry as the coventry permanent economic building society . as with other societies the intention was to provide greater access to finance to the local community within a mutually owned organisation . as its reputation grew locally it became the largest building society in the county by asset share within 30 years . a long period of growth culminated in 1983 with the merger of the economic with the other main building society in the city the coventry provident . today the society has over 1.7 million members assets of over 34 billion and continues to resist any moves towards demutualisation . its logo is of lady godiva the iconic figure of coventry . on 23 march 2010 the coventry announced that it would be merging with the stroud and swindon building society to create a society under the coventry brand that has 1.7 million members 70 branches and 22 agencies in the west midlands south west england and wales . 3 services edit the society provides a range of products including mortgages insurance savings and investments . the coventry building society is authorised by the prudential regulation authority and regulated by both the financial conduct authority and the prudential regulation authority . 4 it is a member of the building societies association the financial services compensation scheme the uk payments council and uk cards association . see also edit building society references edit coventry building society financial results http www.coventrybuildingsociety.co.uk your society pdfs fresults ye 15.pdf coventry building society merges with stroud & swindon coventry building society . coventry building society . 2013 . retrieved 2 may 2013 . external links edit official website 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coventry building society & oldid 743721484 categories building societies of englandcompanies based in coventry1884 establishments in englandorganizations established in 1884hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 21 47 . 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