CarpetBagging- The best accounts to open at each Building Society

Woggy67

Many thanks for the replies guesswho2000, Froggitt, EarthBoy, Biggles and planteria.

Having checked I found that I had more than £100 in each account, so whilst it seems I can go ahead and close most of the accounts, I am going to investigate to see if I should have qualified for something when Birmingham Midshires was taken over by Halifax. It's worth a look I guess.

Thanks for the heads up Froggitt. Will let you know if I get anywhere.

planteria

yes Froggitt, Royal Liver is now a sub-fund managed by Royal London.

planteria

Woggy67 wrote: »

Having checked I found that I had more than £100 in each account, so whilst it seems I can go ahead and close most of the accounts

might be a good idea to retain membership of the societies. noone really knows.

nonolerigolo

Which Building Societies do not have a charitable assignment clause and allow you to start carpetbagging assignment free?

I have found these building society, is it correct? Are there others?

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]VERNON BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]SWANSEA BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]CATHOLIC BUILDING SOCIETY (merged with chelsea) [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]KENT RELIANCE BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]SAFFRON BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]CAMBRIDGE BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]CITY OF DERRY BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]ECOLOGY BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]HINKLEY & RUGBY BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]SHEPSHED BUILDING SOCIETY[/FONT]

planteria

no point putting Catholic on the list as being part of Chelsea, and even Chelsea is now part of Yorkshire Building Society.

planteria

getting access to Swansea or City of Derry societies, unless you are a local, would be tough..

and, as discussed above, the whole concept of the 'windfall declaration' is questioned.

Froggitt

And KRBS has already been sold (down the river).

itch_for_a_glitch

Anyone (IMHO) expecting a payout for the [STRIKE]riff raff[/STRIKE] owners of mutuals, is batting on a very sticky wicket.

patientperson

Vernon BS .. new members 25 mile radius Southport.
Shepshed .. gone into the arms of Nottingham BS

planteria

you mean Stockport, pp
and they don't enforce that if you bowl into a branch