Other financial organisations

Building Societies Association
The Building Societies Association (BSA) is the trade association for all the UK's building societies.

Co-operative & Community Finance
Co-operative and Community Finance is the trading name for Industrial Common Ownership Finance Limited (ICOF). All types of social enterprise are able to apply to Co-operative Finance, including co-operatives, community businesses, development trusts and businesses developed from the charitable sector.

Consumer Credit Counselling Service
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service is a registered charity whose purpose is to assist people who are in financial difficulty by providing free, independent, impartial and realistic advice.

Council of Mortgage Lenders
The Council of Mortgage Lenders is the trade association for the mortgage lending industry, and our members account for around 98% of UK residential mortgage lending.

Financial Services Authority (Money Made Clear)
Moneymadeclear from the Financial Services Authority. We cut out the jargon and give you just the facts about financial products and services, helping you to make an informed decision.

Identity Theft
Your identity and personal information are valuable. Criminals can find out your personal details and use them to open bank accounts and get credit cards, loans, state benefits and documents such as passports and driving licenses in your name.

International Association for Investment in the Social Economy
INAISE is an international network of social finance organisations. The goal of the association is to support the development of financial organisations investing in enterprises working within the social economy, ecological and cultural sectors. INAISE's mission is to exchange and disseminate information on social finance, and its members' practice.

Letslink UK
LETS - Local Exchange Trading Systems or Schemes - are local community-based mutual aid networks in which people exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another, without the need for money.