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This accelerated after <a href="/wiki/WWII" class="mw-redirect" title="WWII">WWII</a> and the period from 1960 was notable for its acquisitions. Following deregulation, the Society diversified and became one of the largest national building societies. </p><p>In 1997 it <a href="/wiki/Demutualization" title="Demutualization">demutualised</a> and became <b>Woolwich PLC</b>. The company was listed on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>. It was once a constituent of the <a href="/wiki/FTSE_100_Index" title="FTSE 100 Index">FTSE 100 Index</a> but was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a> in 2000. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origins of the Woolwich lay in an earlier terminating society, based in the local Castle Inn and chaired by the publican. In 1847 a breakaway group met to form the Woolwich Equitable Benefit Building and Investment Society (later reduced to the Woolwich Equitable Building Society). That the active founders of the new society included the pastor of the Salem Chapel and a Sunday School teacher may indicate the reason for the breakaway. The first meeting was held in the parlour of a “modest house” of Benjamin Wates, a local draper. The Wates family was to play a significant role in the early history of the Woolwich. Samuel Wates, Benjamin’s younger brother, was appointed Secretary in 1848 but following his death in 1851, Benjamin took over until 1862 followed briefly by his son and then by the youngest brother Joseph, who was Secretary and General Manager until 1880. Joseph Wates then became a director, rearing as Chairman in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A feature of the early years was the Society lending out more than it had money, with funds coming from directors signing promissory notes to the bank. Indeed, support from its bank (the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Bank" title="Westminster Bank">London & County</a>) was to feature on future occasions. Nevertheless, after ten years the Woolwich claimed to be “one of the leading Metropolitan societies” and dominant in its own neighbourhood. This may have been an optimistic claim as the Wolwich was run on a very small scale: the Secretary was obliged to live on the premises until 1876, and in 1863 there were only 500 members. A shock to the town and the Society was the closure of the <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Dockyard" title="Woolwich Dockyard">Woolwich Dockyard</a> in 1869. However, it made the Society look outside its immediate area. In 1872 there was reference to “suitable persons to be appointed as agents in eligible localities” and then to “outlying districts” having proved successful; however, “outlying” still appeared to be relatively local.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further shocks were to come before the century was out. In 1886, the Woolwich's solicitor, also the son of the chairman, disappeared, prompting a run on deposits. The London and County sent funds to support the Society. This was followed by the failure of <a href="/wiki/Jabez_Balfour" title="Jabez Balfour">Jabez Balfour</a>'s Liberator Building Society in 1892 which caused a crisis of confidence in the whole building society movement and the withdrawal of deposits. Again, the London and County Bank sent funds to bolster reserves. Despite the earlier references to appointing agents in outlying areas, the Society remained small. In 1887, forty years after its formation, the Society’s assets were only £555,000 and it was run by one Secretary and seven clerks. Even by the 60th anniversary in 1907, the assets were little more than £1m.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_expansion_begins">Regional expansion begins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Regional expansion begins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slowly, the Woolwich was beginning to think of expansion. In 1911, it opened accounts with other banks in anticipation of widening the source of deposits. Although interrupted by <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in 1917 it decided to appoint special agents in provinces. The first of these was in nearby <a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Kent" title="Chatham, Kent">Chatham, Kent</a> but it was not until the early 1920s that the Woolwich began a programme of branch expansion, slowly at first but then accelerating. A city office was opened in 1923, followed by <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a> in 1924, <a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a> in 1925 and <a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a> in 1927. In 1928, three were opened including <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> and six in 1929, with branches now in bigger cities, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>. A further 17 branches were opened in the 1930s, <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> indicating the geographical spread. Assets grew from £1.7m in 1919 to around £36m at the onset of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Branch expansion resumed immediately after the War and a regional organization was established in 1946. Three small societies had also been absorbed during the War: the Gosport and Alverstoke; Guildford and District Equitable, and Andover Mutual. However, the corporate history finishes in 1947, at the end of the Woolwich’s centenary, and detail is limited thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Organic growth took assets up to £100m by the mid-1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-encyclopedia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_modern_era:_expansion_and_diversification">The modern era: expansion and diversification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The modern era: expansion and diversification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1960, the Woolwich combined opening new branches with a series of acquisitions. Between the acquisition of the Modern Permanent in 1960 and the Town and Country in 1992, some nine societies were absorbed by the Woolwich.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable among them were the fraudulent Grays<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Gateway, successor to the <a href="/wiki/Temperance_Building_Society" title="Temperance Building Society">Temperance Building Society</a>. The Gateway acquisition in 1988 took assets up to £13 billion. By then, financial deregulation encouraged the Woolwich to diversify away from its traditional mortgage business. In 1989, the Woolwich launched its first subsidiary operation, a financial planning service. It also formed Woolwich Property Services and took over part of the estate agency operations of the <a href="/wiki/Prudential_Plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Prudential Plc">Prudential Plc</a> in 1991; by the late 1990s, it had a national chain of nearly 170 branch locations. Other ventures included offshore banking, Woolwich Guernsey; Woolwich Life; Woolwich Unit Trust Managers Limited; and Italian and French banking businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-encyclopedia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demutualisation_and_takeover">Demutualisation and takeover</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demutualisation and takeover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Woolwich Equitable Building Society <a href="/wiki/Demutualised" class="mw-redirect" title="Demutualised">demutualised</a> in 1997, giving up its <a href="/wiki/Mutual_organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutual organisation">mutual</a> status to become a <a href="/wiki/Bank" title="Bank">bank</a>: Woolwich <a href="/wiki/Public_limited_company" title="Public limited company">PLC</a> was formed, giving <a href="/wiki/Stock" title="Stock">shares</a> to investing and borrowing members of the society, and listing on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2000, Barclays took over Woolwich PLC in a £5.4bn acquisition. Woolwich PLC thus joined the Barclays Bank Group of companies. The Woolwich brand-name was retained after the acquisition, and the Woolwich head office remained in <a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a>, south-east <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, 4.5 mi from the original office in <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 June 2006, Barclays announced that The Woolwich was to become the Barclays UK <a href="/wiki/Mortgage_loan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortgage loan">mortgage</a> brand, supported by Barclays branches, and that Woolwich branches would be either closed or re-branded as Barclays.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Associated changes to <a href="/wiki/Call_centre" title="Call centre">call centres</a> affected up to 1,200 jobs, mostly at The Woolwich contact centre in <a href="/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea" title="Clacton-on-Sea">Clacton-on-Sea</a>, which closed at the end of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the Woolwich name lived on as the brand used for Barclays mortgages, this was discontinued in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Headquarters">Headquarters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Headquarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Woolwich Equitable Building Society started in <a href="/wiki/Powis_Street" title="Powis Street">Powis Street</a>, Woolwich, where it occupied various premises. From 1896 until 1935, it was headquartered at a purpose-built corner office at 111-113 Powis Street, after which it moved to larger premises at Eakes Place, now Equitable House at General Gordon Square. In 1989, it moved to new headquarters in nearby <a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a>, alongside the society's main administration and computer centre which had been based at the corner of Watling Street and Erith Road for many years. Following the takeover by Barclays, the Bexleyheath head office closed in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the Woolwich's former head office became the <a href="/wiki/Bexley_Civic_Offices" title="Bexley Civic Offices">Civic Offices</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bexley_London_Borough_Council" title="Bexley London Borough Council">Bexley London Borough Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Equitable House continued as a branch office until 2007. In 2010–11, it was converted into a commercial building by Sundridge Investments, with a pub, a cafe and shops on the ground floor, and the upper floors rented out to Maritime Greenwich College, later South London College.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Woolwich,_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd,_1895_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Powis Street HQ, 1847-1896"><img alt="Powis Street HQ, 1847-1896" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Woolwich%2C_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd%2C_1895_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Woolwich%2C_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd%2C_1895_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Woolwich%2C_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd%2C_1895_%28cropped%29.jpg/210px-Woolwich%2C_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd%2C_1895_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Woolwich%2C_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd%2C_1895_%28cropped%29.jpg/280px-Woolwich%2C_Powis_St_-_Eleanor_Rd%2C_1895_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Powis Street HQ, 1847-1896</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Woolwich,_Powis_Street,_ca_1905.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Powis Street HQ, 1896-1935 (the corner building)"><img alt="Powis Street HQ, 1896-1935 (the corner building)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Woolwich%2C_Powis_Street%2C_ca_1905.jpg/140px-Woolwich%2C_Powis_Street%2C_ca_1905.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Woolwich%2C_Powis_Street%2C_ca_1905.jpg/210px-Woolwich%2C_Powis_Street%2C_ca_1905.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Woolwich%2C_Powis_Street%2C_ca_1905.jpg/280px-Woolwich%2C_Powis_Street%2C_ca_1905.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1482" data-file-height="939" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Powis Street HQ, 1896-1935 (the corner building)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:London,_Woolwich-Centre,_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road,_Equity_Building03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Equitable House HQ, 1935-1989"><img alt="Equitable House HQ, 1935-1989" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/London%2C_Woolwich-Centre%2C_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road%2C_Equity_Building03.jpg/140px-London%2C_Woolwich-Centre%2C_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road%2C_Equity_Building03.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/London%2C_Woolwich-Centre%2C_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road%2C_Equity_Building03.jpg/210px-London%2C_Woolwich-Centre%2C_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road%2C_Equity_Building03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/London%2C_Woolwich-Centre%2C_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road%2C_Equity_Building03.jpg/280px-London%2C_Woolwich-Centre%2C_General_Gordon_Square-Woolwich_New_Road%2C_Equity_Building03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1668" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Equitable House HQ, 1935-1989</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_London-Woolwich,_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Banking hall Equitable House, now a pub"><img alt="Banking hall Equitable House, now a pub" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/2015_London-Woolwich%2C_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg/106px-2015_London-Woolwich%2C_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/2015_London-Woolwich%2C_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg/159px-2015_London-Woolwich%2C_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/2015_London-Woolwich%2C_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg/212px-2015_London-Woolwich%2C_Woolwich_Equitable_pub_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3104" data-file-height="4106" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Banking hall Equitable House, now a pub</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wates_Group" title="Wates Group">Wates Group</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Woolwich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Morgan in the United Kingdom">Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Bank" title="The Co-operative Bank">The Co-operative Bank</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smile_(bank)" title="Smile (bank)">Smile</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danske_Bank_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Danske Bank (Northern Ireland)">Danske Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EasyMoney" title="EasyMoney">easyMoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handelsbanken" title="Handelsbanken">Handelsbanken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hodge_Bank" title="Hodge Bank">Hodge Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Reliance" title="Kent Reliance">Kent Reliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_Bank_(United_Kingdom)" title="Kingdom Bank (United Kingdom)">Kingdom Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Bank_(United_Kingdom)" title="Metro Bank (United Kingdom)">Metro Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paragon_Banking_Group" title="Paragon Banking Group">Paragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reliance_Bank" title="Reliance Bank">Reliance Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secure_Trust_Bank" title="Secure Trust Bank">Secure Trust Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s_Bank" title="Sainsbury's Bank">Sainsbury's Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawbrook_Bank" title="Shawbrook Bank">Shawbrook Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chartered" title="Standard Chartered">Standard Chartered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tesco_Bank" title="Tesco Bank">Tesco Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triodos_Bank" title="Triodos Bank">Triodos Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TSB_Bank_(United_Kingdom)" title="TSB Bank (United Kingdom)">TSB Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Money_UK" title="Virgin Money UK">Virgin Money</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_Bank" title="Clydesdale Bank">Clydesdale Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_Bank" title="Yorkshire Bank">Yorkshire Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Assurance_Society" title="Wesleyan Assurance Society">Wesleyan Bank</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other commercial <br />and private</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arbuthnot_Latham" title="Arbuthnot Latham">Arbuthnot Latham & Co</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bank_and_Clients" title="Bank and Clients">Bank and Clients</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Butterfield_Bank" title="Butterfield Bank">Butterfield Bank</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/C._Hoare_%26_Co" title="C. 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