Become a business customerBecome a business customer

Do you want a financial partner that understands your business as well as you do?  Then join us.

We are a local bank, committed to meeting the needs of business customers and helping them achieve their commercial objectives now and in the future. 

 

To comply with our regulatory obligations, we are required to verify the identify of our customers. For more information on the type of documents we will require, click on the appropriate section below.

Sole Traders and Partnerships

We will need to verify your trading address.  Examples of proof of this include:

  • your Property Lease document
  • a business rates bill / council tax bill
  • a utility bill for the premises dated within the last 3 months
  • your VAT registration form
  • bank account statements dated within the last 3 months


We also need to verify the identity of the owners/partners of the business.  Click on the section on ‘Verifying the identity of owners/partners/authorised signatories’  below for more information.

Charities

We will need the following documents and information:

  • Full name of the charity
  • Your registered charity number
  • Sight of the rules and/or constitution


We also need to verify the identity of the authorised signatories.  Click on the section on ‘Verifying the identity of owners/partners/authorised signatories’  below for more information.

Limited and unlimited companies including Limited Liability Partnerships

We will need the following documents to verify the company:

  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Copy of the current memorandum & articles of Association


We also need to verify the identity of the authorised signatories.  Click on the section on ‘Verifying the identity of owners/partners/authorised signatories’  below for more information.

Verifying the identity of owners / partners / authorised signatories

When you open a new business account we also need to verify the identity of the owners or partners, authorised signatories on a charity, club, society or association and the directors of a limited company.  We use agencies including fraud prevention agencies to help us do this and where we can, we will do so electronically.  If we cannot verify the identities of the these individuals electronically  we may ask them to provide documents for proof of identity and/or proof address. 
Examples of proof of identity (in original form) include:

  • valid passport
  • valid UK/ROI photo-card driving license
  • EEA member state identity card
  • current electoral identity card


Examples of proof of address (in original form) include:

  • recent utility bill (eg water, gas, electricity, telephone)
  • recent Land and Property Services bill/notice
  • valid UK driving license
  • EEA member state identity card
  • Recent bank statement
  • recent bank statement
  • current household/motor insurance certificate
  • vehicle registration document
  • recent Inland Revenue notification

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