Year End Deposit Balances £	Number of Open Accounts	Average Deposit Balance £	Purchasing Power Factor	Adjusted Average Deposit Balance £
	see NOTE 1	see NOTE 2	see NOTE 3	see NOTE 4	see NOTE 5
1919	307,610	24,411	13	456.4	129
1920	746,984	40,130	19	395.4	165
1921	1,405,978	62,119	23	432.5	219
1922	1,869,596	76,230	25	502.9	276
1923	2,883,942	100,245	29	535.0	344
1924	4,243,541	133,420	32	538.9	383
1925	5,611,532	166,894	34	537.1	404
1926	6,799,511	199,605	34	541.6	413
1927	7,800,221	225,760	35	554.7	429
1928	9,069,841	254,433	36	556.3	444
1929	10,274,625	280,129	37	561.3	461
1930	11,534,835	311,980	37	577.2	477
1931	12,885,068	333,219	39	602.8	521
1932	13,682,647	344,584	40	618.9	550
1933	15,335,689	356,350	43	632.5	609
1934	17,063,594	374,799	46	632.7	644
1935	18,925,999	392,927	48	628.2	677
1936	21,230,935	410,871	52	623.6	721
1937	23,802,559	431,395	55	603.2	745
1938	26,680,561	450,584	59	593.8	787
1939	29,350,236	466,163	63	577.7	814
1940	31,589,389	472,157	67	494.8	741
1941	35,917,804	489,165	73	446.4	733
1942	42,056,508	512,114	82	416.6	765
1943	50,797,006	537,030	95	403.1	853
1944	59,510,298	557,792	107	392.5	937
1945	67,742,971	572,945	118	381.7	1,010
1946	74,281,359	585,863	127	370.1	1,050
1947	78,017,901	598,034	130	345.8	1,009
1948	80,954,001	611,080	132	321.1	952
1949	83,368,124	626,722	133	312.4	930
1950	85,121,032	639,220	133	303.1	903
1951	85,095,825	649,874	131	277.7	813
1952	84,769,127	663,051	128	254.4	728
1953	85,437,740	678,197	126	246.7	695
1954	86,306,963	688,746	125	242.3	679
1955	88,088,614	705,672	125	231.8	647
1956	88,577,694	719,214	123	220.9	609
1957	85,892,086	719,104	119	213.0	569
1958	83,649,098	724,038	116	206.8	534
1959	81,929,350	724,130	113	205.6	520
1960	84,161,954	729,311	115	203.6	526
1961	85,250,730	730,626	117	196.8	514
1962	86,660,093	731,338	118	188.8	500
1963	88,845,698	732,647	121	185.1	502
1964	91,234,473	736,618	124	179.3	497
1965	92,834,939	738,772	126	171.1	481
1966	93,937,012	741,538	127	164.6	466
1967	92,335,217	743,912	124	160.6	446
1968	94,478,112	753,054	125	153.4	431
1969	95,949,496	757,176	127	145.5	412
1970	95,065,150	757,923	125	136.8	384
1971	99,761,865	761,519	131	125.0	366
1972	104,882,292	764,729	137	116.7	358
1973	113,944,933	773,325	147	106.9	352
1974	120,682,805	780,390	155	92.2	319
1975	128,382,322	786,450	163	74.2	271
Mar 1976	137,255,630	786,890	174	63.7	249
Nov 1976*	136,730,965	489,913	279	63.7	398
1977*	141,600,000	498,019	284	54.9	349
1978*	160,669,000	462,830	347	50.7	394
1979*	177,659,000	n/a	n/a	44.7	n/a

NOTES:
(Year End = March 31st:  1920 to 1976;

                     November 20th:  Nov 1976 to 1979)

 

[1] Year End Balances include all Deposit Departments' Credit Balances

[2] * Number of Open Accounts includes Inactive Accounts: 1920 to Mar 1976
          - Nov 1976 to 1979 excludes Inactive Accounts (which numbered 296,764 at March 31st 1976)

[3] Average Balance = Balances/Open Accounts

[4] Purchasing Power Factor with January 1974 = 100 pence (Source: Office for National Statistics)

[5] Average Balance adjusted to show relative purchasing power; amounts expressed as 1979 values