with leeds permanent building society . leeds building society a high street branch of the leeds building society in peterborough type building society mutual industry banking and financial services founded 1875 headquarters 105 albion street leeds england ls1 5as number of locations 65 key people peter hill chief executive 1 products savings mortgages investments insurance financial planning net income 207.5 million gbp december 2015 12 % on 2014 2 total assets 13.5 billion gbp december 2014 12 % on 2013 number of employees 1241 website www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk leeds building society is the fifth largest in the uk and serves approximately 719 000 customers across the uk who together hold 9.9 billion in savings balances . in 2015 their average interest rate paid to savers was 1.78 % 1.2 % uk average 3 and their net mortgage lending was 1.4 bn 1.1 bn 2014 . 4 history edit a branch in wetherby in new branding . the society was registered as the leeds and holbeck permanent building society in 1875 though the society originated from a group called the leeds union operative land and building society which formed in 1845 . 5 the society was renamed to leeds building society in september 2005 . it has 65 branches across the uk with 29 located in yorkshire and it has a branch in gibraltar and a branch in dublin . its head office is located on the headrow in leeds city centre . it should not be confused with the defunct leeds permanent building society which was also known as the leeds and merged with the halifax building society on 1 august 1995 . in july 2006 leeds building society was voted best building society by mortgage magazine . this award is judged by an independent panel and takes into account long term value customer service how easy products are to understand and commitment to mutuality as well as competitive interest rates . on 1 august 2006 following approval by the mercantile members and confirmation by the financial services authority fsa leeds building society merged with mercantile building society . 6 mercantile members overwhelmingly supported the proposal at the society s agm at the end of april with 97 % of the votes in favour of the merger . it is a member of the building societies association . the leeds building society is also the main shirt sponsor of the current super league champion rugby league side leeds rhinos . references edit http www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk your society about us board of directors http www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk press press releases 2016 02 five years of growth leads to record results for leeds building society caci data http www.caci.co.uk retail finance benchmarking http www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk press press releases 2016 02 five years of growth leads to record results for leeds building society http www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk your society about us history mergers and conversion . building societies association . 1 july 2013 . retrieved 21 april 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to leeds building society . 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 leeds building society & oldid 743725837 categories building societies of englandcompanies based in leedsorganizations established in 18751875 establishments in englandhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 22 21 . 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