Furness Building Society (FBS) | |
Type: | Building Society (Mutual) |
Foundation: | 28 October 1865 |
Location: | Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom |
Locations: | 10 |
Key People: | Chris Harrison (Chief Executive Officer) |
Num Employees: | 182 |
Industry: | Banking and Financial Services |
Products: | Savings, Mortgages, Investments, Loans, Credit Cards, Insurance |
Net Income: | (2022) (2010) |
Assets: | (2022) (2010) |
Furness Building Society is a British building society, which has its headquarters in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.[1] Established in 1865, it is the 18th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £813 million as at 31 December 2010.[2] Total assets increased to £1.2 billion by 2022.[3] It is a member of the Building Societies Association.
The Society expanded its call centre in 2009 to deal with investments and insurance queries. The Society has two wholly-owned subsidiary companies: Furness Mortgage Services Ltd and Furness Independent Financial Advisers. In 2017, Chris Harrison was appointed as the CEO of Furness Building Society.[4]
Furness Building Society has 9 branches across North West England including one in Barrow-in-Furness and others in Dalton-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands, Kendal, Lancaster, Millom, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston and Ulverston.