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Stroud & Swindon Building Society is the fifteenth largest UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 mutual building society
Building society

A building society is a financial institution, Mutual organization, that offers Banking institution and other financial services, especially mortgage loan....
, with headquarters in Stroud
Stroud

Stroud may mean:...
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England

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 and total assets of £3.2 billion as at 31 December 2007. It is a member of the Building Societies Association
Building Societies Association

The Building Societies Association is the trade organisation of the building society in the United Kingdom. In 2008 the 59 building societies in the UK had total assets of over ?360 billion....
.

Stroud & Swindon Building Society operates through a dedicated team of intermediary business development managers, with a branch network of 22 offices and 20 agencies in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
, Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a principal area in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covers a larger area....
, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 complemented by a contact centre (call centre
Call centre

File:An Indian call center.jpgA call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone....
) based in Gloucester
Gloucester

Gloucester is a city status in the United Kingdom, Non-metropolitan district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England region of England....
.






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Stroud & Swindon Building Society is the fifteenth largest UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 mutual building society
Building society

A building society is a financial institution, Mutual organization, that offers Banking institution and other financial services, especially mortgage loan....
, with headquarters in Stroud
Stroud

Stroud may mean:...
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 and total assets of £3.2 billion as at 31 December 2007. It is a member of the Building Societies Association
Building Societies Association

The Building Societies Association is the trade organisation of the building society in the United Kingdom. In 2008 the 59 building societies in the UK had total assets of over ?360 billion....
.

Stroud & Swindon Building Society operates through a dedicated team of intermediary business development managers, with a branch network of 22 offices and 20 agencies in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
, Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a principal area in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covers a larger area....
, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
 complemented by a contact centre (call centre
Call centre

File:An Indian call center.jpgA call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone....
) based in Gloucester
Gloucester

Gloucester is a city status in the United Kingdom, Non-metropolitan district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England region of England....
. Stroud & Swindon is a provider of both Mortgage
Mortgage

A mortgage is the transfer of an interest in property to a lender as a security for a debt - usually a loan of money. While a mortgage in itself is not a debt, it is the lender's security for a debt....
s and Savings
Savings account

Savings accounts are accounts maintained by retail financial institutions that pay interest but can not be used directly as money . These accounts let customers set aside a portion of their liquid assets while earning a monetary return....
 in the UK, as well as offering Loans, Credit Cards and Insurance
Insurance

Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to Hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for a premium, and can be thought of as a guaranteed small loss to prevent a large, possibly devastating los...
.

The Stroud & Swindon Building Society was originally established in 1850 as the Stroud Provident Benefit Building Society.

History

Stroud and Swindon Building Society was originally established in 1850 as the Stroud Provident Benefit Building Society. The first head office was in Rowcroft in Stroud
Stroud

Stroud may mean:...
 where the offices of Winterbothams solicitors are now and indeed Lyndsey Winterbotham was the first Chairman. After transferring for a period to larger premises in Russell Street, the Society moved in 1990 to its current purpose built head office, less than away from the original location.

Over the years a series of acquisitions of other societies including the Bristol
Bristol

Bristol is a City status in the United Kingdom, unitary authority area and Ceremonial counties of England in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff....
 Permanent Building Society and the Frome
Frome

Frome is a medium-sized town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The town is approximately south of Bath, Somerset, and located at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills....
 and Selwood Building Society saw the Stroud Building Society develop and grow. Merger with the Swindon
Swindon

Swindon is a City sized town and unitary borough authority in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in South West England England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, Berkshire, east....
 Permanent Building Society in 1986 led to the change to the current title of Stroud & Swindon.

Community Support

Stroud & Swindon support non-profit events and voluntary groups located within its region. Donations or assistance tends to be on a one-off basis and in order to make its support as effective as possible it focuses on projects in areas where it has branches and can make the most impact.

The Society has 22 branches based in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
, Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
 and Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a principal area in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covers a larger area....
 and in 2007 they each nominated their own local charity to support for the year. It also supports a number of other local charities which meet its overall criteria as well as some major national events such as BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief
Comic Relief

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.

Stroud & Swindon has also developed affinity savings accounts with Bath RFC
Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby is an England professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath, Somerset. They play in the Guinness Premiership league....
, Forest Green Rovers F.C.
Forest Green Rovers F.C.

Forest Green Rovers Football Club is an England football team based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. They play in the Conference National....
, The Willow Trust and The Cotswold Care Hospice.

Stroud & Swindon Hot Air Balloons


The Society has two hot air balloons, one a conventional balloon and the other specially shaped in the form of a house.

The conventional shaped balloon is being used for educational purposes and in 2007 has visited well over 20 primary schools in the South West
South West England

South West England is one of the regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area, and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly....
. Pupils receive a 30 minute talk about the theory of aviation and how a balloon works. The balloon is then inflated on the school playing field and children get to see this at close hand often partaking in the fun.

The special shaped balloon made its debut at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta

The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is held during August in Bristol, United Kingdom. Teams from all over the UK and other parts of the world bring their hot air balloons to the site and participate in mass ascents where as many as 100 balloons may launch at a time....
. It is one of the largest special shaped balloons in the UK. It stands over 20 metres high, has a cubic capacity of , weighs 320 kg and its perimeter is 52 metres.

Both balloons also feature in promotional events, country shows and balloon fiestas.

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