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Chelsea Building Society is a trading name of Yorkshire Building Society based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Chelsea merged with The Yorkshire in 2010, at which point Chelsea was the fourth largest building society in the United Kingdom, with assets in excess of £13 billion.〔(Building Societies Association - Asset List (PDF) )〕 == History == Chelsea was first established in 1875 as the London & Camberwell Building Society. Three years later, in 1878, the Borough of Chelsea Permanent Building Society was formed. Over the years both societies merged with smaller societies and on 31 December 1966 the two societies merged to create a new society with assets of £30 million. The new society was called the Chelsea and South London Building Society until April 1971 when the name was changed to Chelsea Building Society. It is a member of the Building Societies Association. Operating mainly in South East England with a network of 35 branches. Following the merger in 1966, the administrative headquarters were based in Streatham, with the registered office at 110 Kings Road, Chelsea. In 1973, having outgrown the accommodation at Streatham, the administrative headquarters moved to Thirlestaine Hall in Cheltenham. On 1 July 1988 Chelsea completed a merger with the City of London Building Society, with the name Chelsea remaining unaffected.〔(Chelsea; Our History )〕 In 2005 Chelsea opened a purpose built customer contact centre close the Head Office at the old Charlton Kings railway station as a commitment to keep its call centres UK based, which won environmental awards for its use of geothermal heating, green building and "green" credentials.〔(Chelsea key facts and figures )〕 Its two head offices were based in Cheltenham employing over eight hundred staff. In February 2007 they acquired Britannia Capital Securities (BCS), a medium sized independent firm of Secured Loan and Mortgage brokers operating in the UK, in order to further diversify their lending.〔(Chelsea Press Release 9 February 2007 )〕 The Society remained operational during the 2007 United Kingdom floods, despite having no running water for several weeks. On 7 June 2008 it was announced by both Catholic Building Society and Chelsea Building Society that they were to merge.〔(Chelsea Press Release 7 June 2008 )〕 On 10 October 2008, Chelsea revealed £55 million of its liquid assets (1.55%) were invested in the troubled Icelandic banks. Whilst the amount involved was only a small percentage of assets, it represented almost one year's operating profit for Chelsea.〔(Chelsea Press Release 10 October 2008 )〕 On 31 December 2008 the merger between Chelsea Building Society and Catholic Building Society completed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chelsea Building Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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