UNITY TRUST BANK PLC
Company number 01713124 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Unity Trust Bank occupies a distinct and defensible niche within the UK banking sector as a specialist ethical lender focused on trade unions and social impact organizations. While it faces structural scale disadvantages and increasing encroachment from mainstream banks expanding their ESG offerings, its 40-year heritage and deeply embedded community networks provide significant customer stickiness. The bank's future performance will heavily depend on navigating the current high-interest-rate environment without over-leveraging its socially driven borrower base, while continuing to differentiate its mission-led model against mainstream competitors.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1983-04-07
- Registered office
- Four, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, England, B1 2JB
- Postcode
- B1 2JB
- Capital
- 24 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-05
- Next due by
- 2027-03-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64191 Banks
Officers 12 current · 100 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5585449 (Tier 2), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
18.97%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- unity.co.uk
- Phone
- 03451401000
Unity Trust Bank offers ethical business bank accounts and loans. We work with organisations that deliver positive social impact.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| UNITY TRUST PLC | 1987-12-08 |
| DIKAPPA (NUMBER 248) LIMITED | 1983-12-14 |
Previous registered addresses 13
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NINE BRINDLEYPLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2HB | 2019-01-21 |
| NINE BRINDLEYPLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2HB | 2002-06-11 |
| NINE BRINDLEYPLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2HB | 2002-06-11 |
| NINE BRINDLEY PLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B1 2DJ | 2000-08-10 |
| NINE BRINDLEYPLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2HE | 2000-08-10 |
| NINE BRINDLEYPLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, B1 2HE | 2000-08-10 |
| NINE BRINDLEY PLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B1 2DJ | 2000-08-10 |
| 9 BRINDLEY PLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B1 2DJ | 2000-07-26 |
| 9 BRINDLEY PLACE, 4 OOZELLS SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B1 2DJ | 2000-07-26 |
| 4 THE SQUARE, BROAD STREET, BIRMINGHAM B15 1AR | 2000-06-06 |
| 4 THE SQUARE, BROAD STREET, BIRMINGHAM B15 1AR | 2000-06-06 |
| 1 CARLISLE AVENUE, LONDON EC3N 2ES | 1989-06-15 |
| 1 CARLISLE AVENUE, LONDON EC3N 2ES | 1989-06-15 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 14 similar companies in B, trading since 1983
The class of 1983
51%
of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-05-22
- Where
- West Midlands (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM196662 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2024-05-22 | — |
| WR21088 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2021-01-08 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.
This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.