Corporate Profile

The local bank with an international presence

Yorkshire Bank is a trading name of Clydesdale Bank plc, which is a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group  of companies, an international financial services group operating across four continents and 15 countries including Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Asia.  The Group’s total assets were A$564 billion at September 30, 2007.  Globally it has 8.2 million Retail and business banking customers and 2.3 million Wealth management customers and is ranked as one of the 30 largest financial services companies in the world by profit.

About the Group in Europe

Yorkshire Bank
Yorkshire Bank was founded in 1859 in Halifax, West Yorkshire by Colonel Edward Akroyd. Today, with its head office in Leeds, the Bank has more than 180 branches and 22 Financial Solution Centres in the north of England and the Midlands.

Read on to find out about our corporate strategy, principles, and our group environment policy.