Customers' Credit Balances £	Balances of Advances to Customers £	Purchasing Power Factor	Adjusted Credit Balances £	Adjusted Debit Balances £
1919	307,610		456.4	3,140,788
1920	746,984	39,110	395.4	6,607,550	345,953
1921	1,405,978	233,694	432.5	13,603,702	2,261,133
1922	1,869,596	263,454	502.9	21,034,001	2,964,005
1923	2,883,942	287,953	535.0	34,516,979	3,446,417
1924	4,243,541	402,798	538.9	51,159,827	4,856,104
1925	5,611,532	658,897	537.1	67,426,260	7,917,082
1926	6,799,511	1,100,367	541.6	82,385,127	13,332,411
1927	7,800,221	1,567,358	554.7	96,796,031	19,449,966
1928	9,069,841	1,704,799	556.3	112,875,896	21,216,548
1929	10,274,625	1,681,821	561.3	129,018,949	21,118,705
1930	11,534,835	1,741,178	577.2	148,946,460	22,483,399
1931	12,885,068	1,808,001	602.8	173,761,051	24,381,723
1932	13,682,647	1,820,311	618.9	189,444,972	25,203,366
1933	15,335,689	1,725,149	632.5	216,998,284	24,410,665
1934	17,063,594	1,575,839	632.7	241,524,294	22,304,996
1935	18,925,999	1,535,470	628.2	265,980,147	21,579,021
1936	21,230,935	1,735,079	623.6	296,188,167	24,205,711
1937	23,802,559	2,070,554	603.2	321,201,423	27,940,899
1938	26,680,561	2,175,476	593.8	354,427,676	28,899,276
1939	29,350,236	2,431,517	577.7	379,320,612	31,424,773
1940	31,589,389	2,693,877	494.8	349,674,042	29,819,471
1941	35,917,804	2,606,951	446.4	358,695,922	26,034,517
1942	42,056,508	2,424,393	416.6	391,962,891	22,595,126
1943	50,797,006	2,202,395	403.1	458,082,173	19,860,971
1944	59,510,298	1,987,050	392.5	522,545,682	17,447,810
1945	67,742,971	1,782,361	381.7	578,467,383	15,219,848
1946	74,281,359	1,674,632	370.1	615,023,064	13,865,354
1947	78,017,901	1,280,790	345.8	603,547,878	9,908,214
1948	80,954,001	1,440,500	321.1	581,528,629	10,347,753
1949	83,368,124	1,552,084	312.4	582,644,339	10,847,227
1950	85,121,032	1,905,115	303.1	577,185,342	12,918,129
1951	85,095,825	2,203,472	277.7	528,660,192	13,689,131
1952	84,769,127	2,595,017	254.4	482,444,427	14,768,956
1953	85,437,740	3,037,319	246.7	471,532,225	16,763,011
1954	86,306,963	3,462,938	242.3	467,833,940	18,771,138
1955	88,088,614	4,405,105	231.8	456,799,569	22,843,475
1956	88,577,694	5,175,402	220.9	437,736,300	25,575,980
1957	85,892,086	5,085,517	213.0	409,284,437	24,233,000
1958	83,649,098	5,234,304	206.8	386,994,037	24,215,975
1959	81,929,350	5,431,639	205.6	376,838,353	24,983,109
1960	84,161,954	5,590,153	203.6	383,341,697	25,462,084
1961	85,250,730	5,870,232	196.8	375,332,073	25,844,780
1962	86,660,093	6,088,627	188.8	366,027,417	25,716,617
1963	88,845,698	6,154,897	185.1	367,904,669	25,487,057
1964	91,234,473	6,279,975	179.3	365,958,412	25,190,146
1965	92,834,939	6,342,026	171.1	355,348,055	24,275,630
1966	93,937,012	6,432,785	164.6	345,906,760	23,687,615
1967	92,335,217	6,600,540	160.6	331,745,768	23,714,692
1968	94,478,112	6,368,272	153.4	324,226,899	21,854,428
1969	95,949,496	6,209,640	145.5	312,318,829	20,212,587
1970	95,065,150	6,168,601	136.8	290,937,640	18,878,403
1971	99,761,865	6,225,772	125.0	278,976,133	17,409,877
1972	104,882,292	6,738,583	116.7	273,820,212	17,592,676
1973	113,944,933	6,963,874	106.9	272,499,180	16,654,097
1974	120,682,805	7,848,207	92.2	248,925,159	16,188,024
1975	128,382,322	8,490,778	74.2	213,108,910	14,094,312
Mar 1976	137,255,630	9,210,871	63.7	195,596,949	13,126,006
Nov 1976	136,730,965	9,435,491	63.7	194,849,272	13,446,102
1977	141,600,000	10,056,000	54.9	173,911,409	12,350,658
1978	160,669,000	13,193,000	50.7	182,235,309	14,963,872
1979	177,659,000	18,465,000	44.7	177,659,000	18,465,000

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

 

Adjusted Balances show relative purchasing power; amounts expressed as 1979 values