Yorkshire Building Society - wikipedia Yorkshire Building Society Yorkshire Building Society Type Building Society ( Mutual ) Industry Financial Services Founded 19 August 1864 Headquarters Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Number of locations 242 Key people Mike Regnier, Chief Executive Products Mortgages, savings, investments, insurance Net income £ 152 million GBP ( December 2016 ) Total assets £ 39.6 bn ( Dec 2016 ) £ 38.2 bn ( Dec 2015 ) Number of employees 3,300 Website www.ybs.co.uk The Yorkshire Building Society is the third largest building society in the UK, with its headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Building Societies Association. The society also owns the Chelsea Building Society and Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, as well as Accord Mortgages and the savings business of Egg, which are referred to as the Yorkshire Building Society Group. Collectively the group employs 3,300 staff throughout the UK and services 3 million members. The society currently provides financial services both directly and through a 143 - strong branch network and 99 associated agencies across the UK. Despite changes in the industry in recent years, Yorkshire Building Society remains one of the major mutual building societies in Britain - a review in 1995 confirmed that their mutual status was important to them, so that they remain answerable to their members, rather than outside shareholders. Contents 1 History 2 Brass band 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History Yorkshire Building Society branch on Briggate in Leeds In 1864, the Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Benefit Building Society was founded in Huddersfield, and expansion through a series of agreed mergers, predominantly with the Bradford Permanent Building Society in 1975, has seen it evolve into the national building society that it is today. The current name came into use in 1982, following the merger of the Huddersfield & Bradford Building Society and the West Yorkshire Building Society. Yorkshire Building Society also has a mortgage subsidiary company, Accord. In August 2011 it announced that it was closing its offshore subsidiary, Yorkshire Guernsey. The Yorkshire took over the Sussex - based Haywards Heath Building Society in 1992, in an effort to develop a southern based branch presence. In 2001, the Society merged with the Gainsborough Building Society. In 2008, the Yorkshire merged with the Barnsley Building Society which had become a victim of the Icelandic banking crisis. After learning lessons from previous mergers, and with the Barnsley being a larger organisation with a well - established brand, the Yorkshire initially decided to keep the Barnsley brand in order to keep existing customers and use it as another route to market their products. The Yorkshire Building Society branch in Farsley In 2009, the Yorkshire noted that they were in advanced merger talks with Chelsea Building Society. The following day it was announced that they were to merge. The merger with Chelsea Building Society, which retained its own branding until 2016, was completed in 2010. Chelsea branded products and services are now available online and by telephone only. The ninth largest building society at the time, Norwich and Peterborough, entered into merger discussions with the Society on 19 March 2011. Following due diligence by the Yorkshire board, N&P members voted in favour of the proposal on 22 August. FSA approval followed on 23 September and the transfer of engagements was completed on 1 November. With almost no geographical overlap, the N&P name was retained as a separate and distinct brand. On 25 July 2011, the Yorkshire announced it was buying the Egg savings and mortgage business from Citi in a deal worth £ 2.5 billion. Use of the Egg trade marks by Yorkshire Building Society is currently under licence from Egg Banking Plc which provides any residual Egg savings products that were not transferred to the Yorkshire and any Egg loans products that were not sold to Britannica Recoveries S.a.r.l. Brass Band In 1993, the former Hammonds Sauce Works Band was renamed as the Yorkshire Building Society Band. The building society supported the main band and also the YBS Hawley Band and YBS Juniors. The building society ceased its sponsorship in December 2004 although the YBS initials were retained in the band 's name until 2008. From January 2009, the band was renamed the Hammonds Saltaire Band. See also List of banks List of banks in United Kingdom References Jump up ^ Hall, Trevor Henry ( 1974 ). The Early Years of the Huddersfield Building Society. Jump up ^ `` Financial Results 2016 ''. Yorkshire Building Society. Retrieved 8 April 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Yorkshire Building Society plans £ 160m investment ''. Yorkshire Post. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sector information ''. Building Societies Association. Retrieved 28 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Barnsley Building Society rescued ''. BBC News. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Chelsea and Yorkshire building societies may merge ''. BBC News. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Jump up ^ `` Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies agree merger ''. BBC News. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Jump up ^ Yorkshire eyes merger with rival society BBC News, 18 March 2011 Jump up ^ Wachman, Richard Yorkshire building society in merger talks with Norwich and Peterborough The Guardian, 19 March 2011 Jump up ^ Yorkshire and N&P building societies to merge BBC News, 20 April 2011 Jump up ^ Members agree Yorkshire and N&P building societies merger BBC News, 22 August 2011 Jump up ^ FSA confirms Norwich & Peterborough Building Society merger with the Yorkshire Building Society Financial Services Authority, FSA / PN / 081 / 2011, 23 September 2011 Jump up ^ Dickson, Annabelle Norwich and Peterborough Building Society merger complete Norwich Evening News, 1 November 2011 Jump up ^ Joint Announcement Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, 20 April 2011 Jump up ^ `` Yorkshire Building Society, UK 's second biggest mutual, acquires Egg ''. The Publisher Group Ltd. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Jump up ^ `` History ''. Hammond Saltaire Band. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` 1993 - 2008 ''. Hammonds Saltaire Band. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` 2009 and onwards ''. Hammonds Saltaire Band. Retrieved 20 July 2015. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yorkshire Building Society. 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Question: how many branches does yorkshire building society have
Answer: 242