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)