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Aldermore

Aldermore Bank plc is a specialist bank which provides financial services to small and medium-sized businesses and personal customers. It was founded in 2009 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in March 2015. It was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until it was acquired by South African banking conglomerate FirstRand in March 2018.

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Founded
2009
Industry
Finance
Headquarters
Reading, Berkshire
Formerly
Lordsvale Finance plc (1969–1996) · Ruffler Bank plc (1996–2009)
Key people
Pat Butler (Chairman) Raj Makanjee (CEO)
Net income
£ 141.1 million (2025)

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Aldermore

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples32
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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related to Affiliations · 10
Aldermore → Asset Based Finance Association, British Bankers' Association, Commercial Finance Brokers, Council, Finance, Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association, Leasing Association, Mortgage Lenders, NACFB, National Association
related to history · 5
Aldermore → AnaCap Financial Partners LLP, Base Commercial Mortgages, May, Ruffler Bank, The
Formerly · 2
Aldermore → Lordsvale Finance plc (1969–1996), Ruffler Bank plc (1996–2009)
is a · 2
Aldermore → digital bank and therefore has no branch network but serves customers and intermediary partners online and by phone, member of the following bodies
related to Operations · 2
Aldermore → Its, The
Founded · 1
Aldermore → 2009
Headquarters · 1
Aldermore → Reading, Berkshire
Industry · 1
Aldermore → Finance
Key people · 1
Aldermore → Pat Butler (Chairman) Raj Makanjee (CEO)
Net income · 1
Aldermore → £ 141.1 million (2025)

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bank finance firstrand 2009 march business banking plc asset financial small personal customers acquired public million 2025 founded partners commercial

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AldermoreFormerlyLordsvale Finance plc (1969–1996)1.00infobox
AldermoreFormerlyRuffler Bank plc (1996–2009)1.00infobox
AldermoreFounded20091.00infobox
AldermoreHeadquartersReading, Berkshire1.00infobox
AldermoreIndustryFinance1.00infobox
AldermoreKey peoplePat Butler (Chairman) Raj Makanjee (CEO)1.00infobox
AldermoreNet income£ 141.1 million (2025)1.00infobox
AldermoreOperating income£ 193.5 million (2025)1.00infobox
AldermoreParentFirstRand1.00infobox
AldermoreProductsSavings Mortgages Business Finance1.00infobox
AldermoreRevenue£ 600.4 million (2025)1.00infobox
AldermoreTypePublic1.00infobox
AldermoreWebsitealdermore.co.uk1.00infobox
Aldermoreis adigital bank and therefore has no branch network but serves customers and intermediary partners online and by phone0.90text
Aldermoreis amember of the following bodies0.90text

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