Lambeth Building Society

The Lambeth Building Society was a UK building society. It was founded in February 1852 as The Number Three Borough of Lambeth Permanent Benefit Building Society.^[1]

It merged with the Portman Building Society in 2006.^[2] At the time of the merger, the Lambeth was the 20th largest building society in the UK, with assets of £1 billion.^[3] It was based in the south of London, with 9 branches and approximately 130 employees.

Following Portman's merger with Nationwide Building Society, branches now bear the Nationwide name.

References

1. ↑ London Se1 Community Website
2. ↑ Building Society Mergers and Conversions since 1980 Building Societies Association website (Retrieved 5 April 2007)
3. ↑ Lambeth Building Society announces decision to merge with Portman London SE1 Community Website (Retrieved 27 May 2008)