building society type building society mutual industry banking and financial services founded 1863 headquarters leek staffordshire england uk number of locations 14 products savings mortgages investments loans insurance net income 3.0 million gbp december 2007 48.4 % on 2006 total assets 800 million gbp december 2007 7.9 % on 2006 number of employees 164 website www.leekunited.co.uk the leek united building society is a building society based in leek staffordshire england . it is the 18th largest in the uk based on total assets of 735 million at 1 february 2011 . 1 the society has 12 branches across staffordshire . it is a member of the building societies association . history edit the society was established as the leek united permanent benefit building society in 1863 . in 1919 it changed its name to leek united & midlands building society and then to leek united building society in 1990 . unlike many of the other uk building societies the leek united has never grown through acquisition or merger . 2 in 1999 leek united was the target of a hostile takeover bid by an edinburgh based financial group murray financial corporation which tabled a 30.5 million bid for the society . 3 although the board rejected the offer murray financial gained the approval of 100 of the society s members to call a special general meeting to consider the bid . it was estimated that each of the leek s 60 000 members could gain an 800 windfall from the sale of the society . however the bid failed when the society s members rejected the offer by an almost three to one ratio . 4 references edit kpmg building societies database 2008 leek united bs about us bbc news building society fights takeover bid bbc news building society rejects carpetbaggers external links edit leek united building society building societies association 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 leek united building society & oldid 743728863 categories building societies of englandorganisations based in staffordshireorganizations established in 18631863 establishments in englandleek staffordshireunited 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 49 . 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