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Your eligible deposits with Chelsea Building Society are protected up to a total of £85,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the UK's deposit protection scheme. This limit is applied to the total of any deposits you have with the following: Yorkshire Building Society, Barnsley Building Society, Chelsea Building Society, Norwich & Peterborough Building Society and Egg. Any total deposits you hold above the £85,000 limit between these brands are not covered.

Further information is available:

Download the guide

 Visit the FCSC website.

Important information about compensation arrangements

We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The FSCS can pay compensation to depositors if a building society is unable to meet its financial obligations. Most depositors - including most individuals and small businesses - are covered by the scheme.

In respect of deposits, an eligible depositor is entitled to claim up to £85,000. For joint accounts each account holder is treated as having a claim in respect of their share, so for a joint account held by two eligible depositors, the maximum amount that could be claimed would be £85,000 each (making a total of £170,000). The £85,000 limit relates to the combined amount in all the eligible depositor's accounts with the building society, including their share of any joint account, and not to each separate account.

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) also operates under the trading names of Barnsley Building Society (BBS), Chelsea Building Society (CBS), Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) and Egg. YBS is a participant of the FSCS. Therefore, depositors with any of YBS, BBS, CBS, N&P and Egg have an overall limit of £85,000 under the FSCS.

Accord Mortgages Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of YBS. Accord has offset mortgage products where the customer's deposits are held on behalf of Accord by YBS. Accord offset depositors are therefore covered, (along with BBS, CBS, N&P and Egg depositors) by YBS being a participant in the FSCS. There is no additional protection for depositors with Accord Mortgages Limited.

For further information about the compensation provided by the FSCS (including the amounts covered and eligibility to claim) please call us on  0345 7446 622*, ask at your local branch, refer to the FSCS website www.FSCS.org.uk or call the FSCS on 0800 678 1100**. Please note only compensation related queries should be directed to the FSCS.

Details of the FSCS and more information on how you may be affected if you have accounts with the Yorkshire, Chelsea and/or the Barnsley can be found in here:

Yorkshire Building Society's factsheet.