Awards and Accreditations.

Highly Commended for Best Variable Rate Mortgage Lender at the 2024 What Mortgage Awards. What Mortgage Awards recognises and rewards the best businesses in the UK’s mortgage and financial industry.

Highly Commended at the 2024 Creating the Greenest County Awards. These awards celebrate environmental excellence across Suffolk.

We achieved the Silver Award by Suffolk Carbon Charter every year since 2019 for our efforts at our head office. In 2023 we’ve achieved this award for the first time for our operations across the Society.

Voted by our members as Best Building Society at the British Bank Awards 2022. We were also Highly Commended for Best Specialist Mortgage Provider.

As signatories to The Charter for Employers Positive About Mental Health, we have committed to uphold set values to support the mental health and wellbeing of our staff.

Finalists at the British Bank Awards 2023 for Best Building Society, Best Specialist Mortgage Provider, and Best Building Society Savings Provider.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is the UK’s statutory deposit insurance and investors compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms.

We’ve signed the Menopause & Me Employer’s Pledge. Signing the pledge means the Society is committed to ensuring appropriate support and assistance can be given to any staff member who is experiencing the menopause.

Cyber Essentials is a government backed framework supported by the NCSC, which demonstrates our commitment to protect the Society and our members against cyber security threats.

Cyber Essentials Plus builds on the Cyber Essentials approach, with the addition of a hands-on technical verification carried out by an external auditor.