Clydesdale Bank Plc

Reference number: 121873

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Scammers have impersonated this firm. The FCA has published 1 warning naming the fake phone numbers, emails and websites they used. See the warnings →

Authorised by the FCA

This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.

Identity

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Also trades as
  • Virgin Money
  • Yorkshire Bank

Company details

From the company's Companies House record.

Company number
SC001111
Company status
Active
Company type
Public limited company
Incorporated
3 April 1882 (144 years old)
Registered office
177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER, Scotland
Nature of business
  • Banks (SIC 64191)

Current directors and secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed
Tracey Graham Director Jul 1965 23 Jan 2025
Alan Mcalpine Keir Director Oct 1958 30 Sep 2025
Deborah Klein Director Aug 1968 30 Sep 2025
Muir Mathieson Director Aug 1974 30 Sep 2025
Sally-Ann Orton Director Mar 1970 30 Sep 2025
Kevin Allen Huw Parry Director Jan 1962 30 Sep 2025
Tamara Nayagi Heera Rajah Director Aug 1982 30 Sep 2025
Deborah Anne Crosbie Director Mar 1970 30 Sep 2025
Gillian Riley Director Dec 1967 30 Sep 2025
Philip George Rivett Director Jun 1955 30 Sep 2025
Guy Lawrence Tarn Bainbridge Director Sep 1960 1 Feb 2026
Michael John Rogers Director Jul 1964 1 Apr 2026
Jason Leslie Wright Secretary Not published 31 Jul 2025

Warning

Scammers have impersonated this firm

Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.

Fake phone numbers (1)
  • 0800 048 8460
Fake email addresses (3)
  • compliance@uk-money.co.uk
  • compliance@uk-virginmoney.com
  • info@uk-virginmoney.com
The FCA warning these came from

Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.

Activities and protection

What they can do, and how you are protected

  • Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may apply
    Eligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
  • Give regulated advice FSCS may apply
    A claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
  • Manage or trade investments FSCS may apply
    Eligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
  • Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may apply
    Mortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
  • Lend or arrange credit No FSCS cover
    Consumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
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  • Accepting Deposits
  • Acting as a CBTL administrator
  • Acting as a CBTL advisor
  • Acting as a CBTL arranger
  • Acting as a CBTL lender
  • Administering a regulated mortgage contract
  • Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
  • Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
  • Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
  • Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
  • Credit Broking
  • Dealing in investments as agent
  • Dealing in investments as principal
  • Debt Adjusting
  • Debt Administration
  • Debt-collecting
  • Debt-counselling
  • Entering into a regulated mortgage contract as lender
  • Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
  • Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
  • Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
  • Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
  • Providing Credit Information Services

Limits on what they may do

  • Permitted to canvass off trade premises
    The firm is permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises.

Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.

Track record

Action taken against them, and what customers complained about

2 fines between 2014 and 2015, £29.58m in total. This is part of the official register record and is worth reviewing before going ahead.

  • Fined £20.68m on 14 April 2015
    The Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £20,678,300 on Clydesdale Bank Plc. The FCA's action took effect on 14 April 2015 and a copy of the Final Notice, which sets out the reason for the action, is displayed on the FCA's web site and can be accessed using the following link: http://www.fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/final-notices/2015/clydesdale-bank-plc The reason for this action is that the firm breached Principle 6 of the FCA Principles for Businesses by failing to pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly in relation to handling complaints from its customers who had purchased Payment Protection Insurance. Clydesdale agreed to settle at an early stage of the FCA’s investigation and therefore qualified for a 30% (Stage 1) discount under the FCA’s executive settlement procedures. Were it not for this discount, the FCA would have imposed a financial penalty of £29,540,500 on Clydesdale.
  • Fined £8.9m on 19 March 2014
    The Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £8,904,000 on Clydesdale Bank Plc. The FCA's action took effect on 24 September 2013 and a copy of the Final Notice, which sets out the reason for the action, is displayed on the FCA's web site and can be accessed using the following link: http://www.fca.org.uk/your-fca/documents/final-notices/2013/clydesdale-bank-plc The reason for this action is that the firm breached Principle 6 by failing to pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly after it discovered an error in how it had calculated some of its customers' mortgage repayments.

Past business

The FCA has required this firm to go back over business it already did and put things right where customers lost out. Each entry below is the FCA's own wording, and several may amend one scheme rather than describe separate ones.

  • Amendment to a consumer redress exercise
    The Requirements became effective on 27 January 2015 and were supplemented on 15 May 2015. The Requirements shall be supplemented as follows: The definition of 'Scheme of Arrangement' at paragraph 1.33 of the Requirements shall mean the solvent scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 described more particularly in Annex 1 hereto and all references in the Requirements to Scheme Document shall be references to the Scheme of Arrangement in Annex 1 hereto. Changes to the Scheme of Arrangement originally appended to the Requirements are highlighted through underlined or struck through text. Paragraph 5.1 of Part 3 of Annex B of the Requirements shall be amended so as to read as follows: If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the amount of compensation payable to him, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.6 and 4.9 of the Scheme Document. If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the rejection of his Claim Form by the Scheme Administrators, and provided that the Claim Form was received on or before 15 November 2016, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.8 to 4.10 of the Scheme Document.
  • Amendment to a consumer redress exercise
    The Requirements became effective on 13 August 2013. The Requirements shall be supplemented as follows: The definition of 'Scheme of Arrangement' at paragraph 1.28 of the Requirements shall mean the solvent scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 as sanctioned by the Court on 14 January 2014 (as subsequently modified in accordance with its terms) and as described more particularly in Annex 1 to this Supplemental Requirement. Changes to the Scheme of Arrangement as appended to Part 1 of Annex C to the Requirements are highlighted through underlined or struck through text. All references in the Requirements to ”Scheme Document shall be references to the Scheme of Arrangement described more particularly in Annex 1 hereto. Paragraph 5.1 of Part 3 of Annex C of the Requirements shall be amended so as to read as follows: If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the amount of compensation payable to him, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.5 and 4.8 of the Scheme Document. If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the rejection of his Claim Form by the Scheme Administrators, and provided that the Claim Form was received on or before 22 July 2016, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.7 to 4.9 of the Scheme Document.
  • Amendment to a consumer redress exercise
    Supplemental Requirements 6. The Requirements shall be supplemented as follows: 6.1 A new paragraph 1.21(A) be inserted as follows: 'Extreme Distressed Suppression Population' means Scheme Creditors in respect of whom Schemeco and/or the Scheme Administrators receive a direct communication, in writing or otherwise, from: 1.21(A).1 that Scheme Creditor expressly requesting that no further communication be sent to that Scheme Creditor in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement; or 1.21(A).2 a third party on behalf of a Scheme Creditor stating that the Scheme Creditor is deceased and requesting that no further communication be sent to that Scheme Creditor in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement (provided that the Scheme Administrators are reasonably satisfied that the third party is authorised by law to make such a request on behalf of the Scheme Creditor), and in each case the Scheme Administrators reasonably determine at their discretion on the information available to them that the sending of further communications in connection with the Scheme to the Scheme Creditor will or will be reasonably likely to cause distress or harm.. 6.2 The definition of 'Scheme of Arrangement' at paragraph 1.33 shall mean the solvent scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 described more particularly in Annex 1 hereto and all references in the Requirements to Scheme Document shall be references to the scheme of arrangement in Annex 1 hereto. Scheme Claims Decisioning Procedures 7. The requirements set out in Annex B to the Requirements be supplemented by inserting a new paragraph 5.2 at Part 3 of Annex B as follows: 5.2 Certain time limits apply where Scheme Creditors wish to initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure or (as part of the Dispute Resolution Procedure) to refer a dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator. These are set out in Clauses 4.6, 4.8, 4.9 and 7.1 of the Scheme of Arrangement.
  • Firm must undertake a consumer redress exercise
    The firm is required to establish and operate a consumer redress scheme following a finding of mis-selling against Card Protection Plan Limited ('CPPL'), in respect of those customers who were mis-sold policies. 'Policies' (or 'policy') means CPPL's Card Protection Product, where the sale (or renewal) was on or after 14 January 2005 and was before the relevant Amendment Date (as defined in the scheme documentation); and/or CPPL's Identity Protection Product, where the sale (or renewal) was on or after 14 January 2005 and the sale was by telephone. The amount of redress may be calculated to off-set any claims made under the policy. This customer redress scheme must be implemented no later than 30 April 2014. Such consumer redress scheme shall be binding on the Financial Ombudsman Service. Further details are available on the FCA website: www.fca.org.uk
  • Firm must undertake a consumer redress exercise
    The firm is required to establish and operate a consumer redress scheme scheme to address possible selling issues affecting customers who purchased Card Security Products provided by Affinion International Limited, where the sale (or renewal) of such products was on or after 14 January 2005 and was before the relevant Amendment Date (as defined in the scheme documentation). For full terms see the scheme documentation: www.aischeme.co.uk. The amount of redress may be calculated to off-set any insurance claims made under the Card Security Products. This consumer redress scheme must be implemented no later than 31 October 2015. This consumer redress scheme shall be binding on the Financial Ombudsman Service. Further details are also available on the FCA website: www.fca.org.uk/affinion-scheme.

Names it no longer trades under

This firm has retired one trading name. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.

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Complaints record

In January–June 2025, the Financial Ombudsman Service received 1,165 new complaints about this firm, and upheld 31% of the ones it decided.

That is about typical: the median across the firms the Ombudsman reports on is 31%.

  • Banking and credit 1,065
  • Mortgages 87
  • Investments 11

A bigger firm receives more complaints simply because it has more customers. FOS complaints data →

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Clydesdale Bank Plc FCA authorised?
Yes, Clydesdale Bank Plc (FRN 121873) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities.
Is my money safe with Clydesdale Bank?
It depends on the product, but eligible claims may be protected by the FSCS. You can also refer complaints about Clydesdale Bank to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Is Clydesdale Bank a scam or clone?
Clydesdale Bank is a genuine FCA-listed firm. However, scammers sometimes clone authorised firms. Always check that the contact details you were given match those on the FCA register before sending money or sharing information.
What is Clydesdale Bank's Firm Reference Number (FRN)?
Clydesdale Bank's FRN is 121873. You can verify it on the FCA register.