Thomas Dalton said:
I've just been visiting some banks and some wanted details of all directors, but they only actually wanted ID and whatever from signatories. Others only cared about signatories.
ps. sfaiaa other banks in addition to the Co-operative Bank plc were approached; I just don't know which. The Coop happens to have a specific account for community organisations thus were the preferred option.
Most of the banks I spoke to had a dedicated community or charity account (Nationwide and Abbey only had savings accounts for them, I assume we want a full current account?).
I spoke to HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and Natwest, all said much the same things (I have leaflets and packs and forms and things ....
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This is a great bit of research which would be very useful to have to hand when the Board comes to deciding on account openings. Many thanks for doing this!
Would if be possible to type the details onto the wiki or alternatively email or post it to me and I can do it?
Andrew