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The '''Skipton Building Society''' is a [[building society]] in the [[United Kingdom]] (also known as a [[Mutual organization|mutual]] lending and savings organisation as it is owned by the members).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skipton.co.uk/about_us/pdfs/report_accounts_2006.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-04-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225600/http://www.skipton.co.uk/about_us/pdfs/report_accounts_2006.pdf |archivedate=26 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is a member of the [[Building Societies Association]].
The Society was established in 1853 in [[Skipton]], [[North Yorkshire]], where it remains headquartered. It is the UK's 4th largest building society and has over 838,087 members and 100 branches. Its pre-tax profit was £146.9 million for 2015. The Society has several subsidiary companies, mostly in the financial services industry<ref>http://www.skiptongroup.com</ref> These include [[Connells Group]], one of the largest estate agency networks in the UK with 542 branches across the country.<ref>http://www.connellsgroup.co.uk/about-us</ref> In 2010, it merged with the [[Chesham Building Society]], founded in 1845, which was at the time the world's oldest surviving building society.
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