List of sort codes of the United Kingdom

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In the United Kingdom the initial digits of bank sort codes are allocated to settlement members of the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company and the Belfast Bankers' Clearing Committee. These numbers are six digits long, formatted into three pairs which are separated by hyphens.

The following list shows the first two digits of the sort codes allocated to clearing banks. Thus, in the example 54-21-38, 54 indicates that the bank is a branch of NatWest.

Contents 1 Cheque and Credit Clearing Company 1.1 London clearings 1.2 Scottish clearings 2 Belfast Bankers' Clearing Committee 3 See also 4 External links 5 Source

[edit] Cheque and Credit Clearing Company

The clearing system in Great Britain is managed by the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company, under the umbrella of the Association for Payment Clearing Services.

[edit] London clearings

In 1991 the Committee of London and Scottish Bankers, formerly the Committee of London Clearing Bankers, was wound up and its work absorbed with that of the British Bankers' Association.

Range	Bank	Note
01	National Westminster Bank	formerly District Bank (1962)
05	Clydesdale Bank	for Yorkshire Bank
07-00 to 07-49	Nationwide Building Society
08	The Co-operative Bank	08-60-64 for Northern Rock 08-60-81 for Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
09-00 to 09-19	Abbey	16-57-10 for Cater Allen Bank
10-00 to 10-79	Bank of England	includes National Savings and Investments
10-80 to 10-89	Barclays Bank	formerly The Woolwich (2007)
11	Bank of Scotland	for Halifax
12-00 to 12-69		12-60-00 to 12-69-99 for Sainsbury's Bank
13	Barclays Bank	for use in part by Bradford & Bingley
14		formerly Martins Bank (1967)
15	Royal Bank of Scotland	formerly Williams & Glyn's Bank (1985), itself formerly Glyn, Mills & Co. (1970)
16		formerly Williams & Glyn's Bank (1985), itself formerly Williams Deacon's Bank (1970)
17		formerly Williams & Glyn's Bank (1985), itself formerly The National Bank (1970)
18		for Coutts & Co a subsidiary of National Westminster Bank (1920)
19
20 to 29	Barclays Bank
30 to 39	Lloyds TSB Bank	formerly Lloyds Bank (1995)
40 to 49	HSBC Bank	formerly Midland Bank 49-99-79 to 49-99-99 for Deutsche Bank
50 to 59	National Westminster Bank	formerly National Provincial Bank (1968)
60 to 66		formerly Westminster Bank (1968)
72	Alliance & Leicester	formerly Girobank (2003)
77-00 to 77-44	Lloyds TSB Bank	formerly Trustee Savings Bank (1995)
77-46 to 77-99

[edit] Scottish clearings

Separately operated by the Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers until 1985.

Range	Bank	Note
80 to 81	Bank of Scotland
82	Clydesdale Bank
83	Royal Bank of Scotland	formerly National Commercial Bank of Scotland (1969), formerly Commercial Bank of Scotland (1959)
84		formerly National Commercial Bank of Scotland (1969), formerly National Bank of Scotland (1959)
86
87	Lloyds TSB Scotland	formerly TSB Scotland (1995)
89-00 to 89-29	Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank	formerly Girobank (2003)

[edit] Belfast Bankers' Clearing Committee

The clearing system in Northern Ireland is operated under the Belfast Clearing Rules which are agreed by the Northern Ireland Bankers’ Association.

Range	Bank	Note
90	Bank of Ireland
91	Northern Bank	subsidiary of Danske Bank (2005)
93	Allied Irish Banks	for First Trust Bank formerly TSB Northern Ireland (1991)
94	Bank of Ireland
95	Northern Bank
98	Ulster Bank	subsidiary of National Westminster Bank (1917)

[edit] See also

• Banks of the United Kingdom
• Industry Sorting Code Directory
• Bank Identifier Code
• International Bank Account Number

[edit] External links

• Sort code and account number validator
• Secure sort code and account number validator

[edit] Source

• UK Clearings Directory 2005 (p.297) The Association for Payment Clearing Services