History
Stroud & Swindon Building Society was originally established in 1850 as the Stroud Provident Benefit Building Society. The first head office was in Rowcroft in Stroud where the offices of Winterbothams solicitors are now and indeed Lyndsey Winterbotham was the first Chairman. After transferring for a period to larger premises in Russell Street, the Society moved in 1990 to its current purpose built head office, less than 200 yards away from the original location.
Over the years a series of acquisitions of other societies including the Bristol Permanent Building Society and the Frome and Selwood Building Society saw the Stroud Building Society develop and grow. Merger with the Swindon Permanent Building Society in 1986 led to the change to the current title of Stroud & Swindon.
Stroud & Swindon is now the 11th largest building society in the UK with assets in excess of £3 billion and is the largest independent society based in the South West. The Society now employs 400 people in its Head Office and network of 22 branches and 22 agency offices throughout Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Monmouthshire.