Put a spring in your step.
Save tax free with a Cash ISA. The deadline to contribute to an ISA for this current tax year is 5 April 2026. Check individual product terms and conditions. ISA and tax rules apply.
You can now view and open accounts online.
View your latest balance and transactions for eligible branch accounts, open and manage new online accounts with us, and view your mortgage account.
Making an impact in Suffolk.
Find out how our members are helping us to protect local nature, and provide safe homes for vulnerable people across the county.
Savings
Savings ready for tomorrow.
Mortgages
Mortgages for real life.
SUFFOLK BUILDING SOCIETY
We are where we’re from. Suffolk through and through.
In 1849 the Ipswich & Suffolk Freehold Land Society was founded to “improve the social position and promote the moral elevation of the unenfranchised population of this country”.
174 years on, our name may have changed but we’re still driven to do what’s right. We’re owned by our members, not shareholders. When we make a profit, it goes towards investing in the future of the Society and doing good in our community.
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Have been meaning to open a Savings Account for some time. We have no banks left in town but we have the convenience of the Suffolk Building Society here. Staff were very helpful in opening the account and always extremely pleasant when I go in to put some money in my account. Thank you.
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Always like to support a small local building society over the big banks. The service is always excellent, the staff knowledgeable about their products and they offer a good range of competitive accounts. Our local branch is Sudbury and we have always found the staff friendly and efficient.
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I have always found it very easy to contact Suffolk Building society by phone, or by email or on line, and the staff are always friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and efficient. For me, this is the most important feature of a good building society.
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We took out a mortgage on our house to help children get on the property ladder and have found Ipswich now Suffolk Building Society a friendly, professional and human organisation – just like building societies and banks used to be but so few are these days. A great team of people.
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Very helpful staff and knowledgeable and able to give clear advice on what options were available to maximise saving opportunities.
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KEEP UP TO DATE
What’s new.
Our blog contains the latest goings-on and updates across the Society and for members we offer a monthly roundup of must-have stories and latest news in our Freehold Post email newsletter.
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You Can Now View and Open Accounts Online
Member Events for 2025
Our 175th AGM
Holiday let tax Changes
Buy to let or Holiday let – Which do I Need?
Savings Accounts vs ISAs
A Guide to how Much Savings Interest is Tax-Free
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
Become a Member.
We’ve been providing savings and mortgages since 1849, so you’ll have confidence your mortgage and savings are in safe hands. You’ll be helping to protect nature and wildlife in Suffolk via our charitable partnerships. And you’ll know that you’re supporting those who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and domestic abuse.
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