Making finance simple, affordable and fair
Fighting unfair banking together
Building stronger communities
On 15th July 2019, we celebrated 20 years since Bristol Credit Union was first registered with the Registry of Friendly Societies and became a credit union. We have grown to over 13,000 members and junior savers, looking after £8.8 million in assets. We also have nearly 700 cooperatives, businesses, community groups and charities from across Bristol and Bath that are members. Over 20 years we have helped more than 33,000 people across our area to start saving.
We have lent an amazing £30 million of affordable loans and approved 42,820 loan applications. We currently have £5.4 million on loan in the local community. We’ve worked out that choosing our affordable lending has saved our members at least £17.4m in loan interest charges.