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Strategy & Purpose

The organisations that make up Skipton Group want to be a force for positive societal change, do as much as we can to provide financial education, and share our expertise.

We strive to give even more people the chance to own a home, help people save for life ahead, and support long-term financial wellbeing.

We are also very mindful of our environmental responsibilities – and of offering expertise in areas where we are genuinely experts. For example, we are dedicated to helping homeowners improve the energy efficiency of their homes. For more information, please see our latest Group Sustainability Report. 

Hear from our CEO

We need to do things that benefit the communities we operate in, and bring value to society as a whole. Our mutual backdrop gives us the opportunity to do that.

Stuart Haire, Group Chief Executive

How we Help

Help more people have a home

We want to help those trying to get onto the housing ladder, especially first-time buyers.

  • We have 278,153 Skipton Building Society mortgage customers and 10,957 Skipton International Limited customers.
  • We helped 14,221 young people save money into a Lifetime ISA, supporting them in their homebuying journey.
  • We’ve also completed 10,417 EPC Plus assessments since launching a free service to members in November 2022. An EPC Plus assessment is designed to help you understand how you could improve the energy efficiency of your home.

(All figures as at 31 December 2023)

£30.9bn

Group mortgage balances

Make money work harder

We are here to look after and grow our customers’ money – to support their long-term financial wellbeing.

  • We have 968,483 Skipton Building Society savers and 16,192 Skipton International Limited savers.
  • We have 47,000 financial advice customers.
  • We also offer 3rd party products, including home and life insurance. In 2023, we sold 1,100 home policies and 630 life policies.

(All figures as at 31 December 2023)

£27.8bn

Group savings balances

Arranging buying/selling of homes

We support people in buying, selling, and renting homes through Britain’s largest estate agency chain.

  • Connells Group helped almost one in 10 people who bought/sold a home in 2024.
  • We have Britain’s largest survey and valuation business. This includes retrofit expertise to help people make their homes more energy efficient.
  • Connells Group also owns one of Britain’s largest conveyancing businesses.

(All figures as at 31 December 2024)

100,000

Property sales a year

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What do we do?

Our different businesses work together to make people’s lives better and influence meaningful change.

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