building society type building society mutual industry banking and financial services founded 1849 as the co operative steelworkers society of west bromwich 1 headquarters west bromwich united kingdom number of locations 37 products retail banking savings mortgages investments net income 1.0 million gbp march 2014 total assets 5.6 billion gbp march 2014 8.92 % on 2013 2 members 464 000 march 2014 2 number of employees 753 website www.westbrom.co.uk west bromwich building society is a uk building society with its headquarters in west bromwich in the west midlands of england . it is a member of the building societies association . it was the official club sponsor of west bromwich albion f.c. for seven seasons from 1997 2004 . in june 2009 it was revealed that the society was facing a rescue plan which could see it broken up in a similar way to the dunfermline building society . 3 since 1978 it has been based within purpose built headquarters on west bromwich high street . however on 16 june 2010 plans were unveiled to relocate to new facilities in the all saints area of the town during 2012 . each year it supports a local charity and encourages staff to be involved in this . an example of a sponsored charity is acorns sponsored 2012 . notes edit west bromwich avoids break up in debt for equity swap . bloomberg . 12 june 2009 . retrieved 22 june 2009 . a b company profile west bromwich building society rescue plan for west bromwich bs . bbc news . 11 june 2009 . retrieved 11 june 2009 . external links edit west bromwich building society kpmg building societies database 2008 1 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 this bank insurance or other financial services corporation article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title west bromwich building society & oldid 743725427 categories building societies of englandorganizations established in 18491849 establishments in englandwest bromwichunited kingdom building society stubsfinancial services company 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 17 . 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