adeiladu r abertawe type building society mutual industry banking and financial services founded 1923 headquarters swansea wales key people alun williams chief executive products savings mortgages investments loans insurance net income 533 000 gbp december 2007 18.2 % on 2006 total assets 120 million gbp december 2007 8.1 % on 2006 website www.swansea bs.co.uk the swansea building society welsh cymdeithas adeiladu r abertawe is a building society based in swansea wales . it is a member of the building societies association . the society was founded in 1923 . today it is one of only three remaining mutual building societies in wales and claims to be only building society or bank with its headquarters in west wales . at 31 december 2009 the society s total assets were over 182m with over 8 000 savers accounts and 1 100 mortgage customers . 1 the chief executive is alun williams . 2 swansea building society benefited from the icelandic financial crisis in 2009 as local savers looked to invest in a safer institution . the society opened a new branch outside swansea city centre for the first time in its history . 3 in may 2010 the society launched a savings account in partnership with swansea city a.f.c. earning the club additional revenue through commission . 4 references edit swansea building society about us . swansea building society . retrieved 4 july 2010 . extract from building societies yearbook 2009 10 pdf . building societies association . retrieved 5 july 2010 . building society profits from icelandic crash . south wales evening post . 29 april 2010 . retrieved 5 july 2010 . swansea building society . swansea city football club . retrieved 5 july 2010 . 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 this article about a welsh company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e 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 swansea building society & oldid 706617550 categories welsh company stubsunited kingdom building society stubsbuilding societies of walescompanies based in swanseaorganizations established in 19231923 establishments in waleshidden categories articles containing welsh language textall 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 cymraeg edit links this page was last modified on 24 february 2016 at 09 08 . 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