Mutual Societies
Related information
Use the FSA Mutuals Register to check the 'Registration Act' for your society.
These pages provide information on the FSA's registration functions for mutual societies. Mutual societies include industrial and provident societies such as co-operative societies or societies for the benefit of the community, credit unions, friendly societies, working men's clubs and building societies.
From 1 December 2001 the FSA took over the functions of the Central Office of the former Registry of Friendly Societies and those of the Assistant Registrar for Scotland.
These functions include:
- registering new industrial and provident societies; registering and recording documents on behalf of industrial and provident societies;
- registering and recording documents on behalf of friendly societies and certain other types of mutual societies registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974;
- registering and recording documents on behalf of building societies;
- registering and recording documents on behalf of credit unions.
Contact
If you have any questions relating to registration matters for mutual societies, please contact the Mutuals Societies Registration Team:
Email: mutual.societies@fsa.gov.uk
Phone: 0845 606 9966 (option 3)
Write: Mutual Societies Registration
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London, E14 5HS