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| Industry | Banking and financial services |
|---|---|
| Genre | Banking |
| Founded | 1986[1] |
| Headquarters | Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom |
Key people | David Weymouth (Chairman) Andy Golding (CEO) |
| Products | Buy to let mortgages, commercial mortgages, residential mortgages development finance, secured loans, retail savings |
| Revenue |  £658.1 million (2023)[2] |
| £374.3 million (2023)[2] | |
| £282.6 million (2023)[2] | |
| Parent | Kent Reliance Provident Society (59.9% share) |
| Website | www |
Kent Reliance is a banking services provider and trading name of OneSavings Bank plc, based in Kent, England. It was founded in 1898 as the Chatham & District Reliance Building Society, changing its name to the Kent Reliance Building Society in 1986 following the merger with the Herne Bay Building Society.
On 1 February 2011, Kent Reliance Building Society transferred its business to a new bank, OneSavings Bank plc, following the purchase of a stake in its business by private equity firm JC Flowers.
OneSavings Bank plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It is a specialist lending and retail savings group authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority, part of the Bank of England, and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. It operates through specialist brokers and independent financial advisors in sub-sectors of the lending market. These sub-sectors include Residential Mortgages (comprising first charge, second charge and shared ownership), Buy to let/SME and Personal Loans. The bank is predominantly funded by retail savings originating from the Kent Reliance franchise.
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- ^ a b c "Annual Results 2023" (PDF). OSB plc. Retrieved 14 March 2024.