Shawbrook Group

Shawbrook Group is a specialist bank founded in 2011 and operating across the United Kingdom. It provides specialist lending and savings products to real estate professionals, small and medium-sized enterprises and consumers, and serves more than 540,000 customers with £16 billion in deposits. The group employs over 1,000 colleagues.

Its lending activities span complex structured credit facilities for growth-focused businesses; residential and commercial mortgages for professional landlords and property investors; and simple digital loans for individuals. On the savings side, the bank attracts over 300,000 savers with deposits protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme up to £85,000. Three brands operate within the group: The Mortgage Lender and Bluestone Mortgages, which serve mortgage market segments, and JBR Capital, which offers specialist motor finance.

Shawbrook describes its approach as combining deep human expertise with digital, data and technology capabilities. Its technical domains include digital banking, data analytics, technology platforms, digital lending and a savings platform. The bank states a mission to power ingenuity and create opportunity, and characterises its culture as entrepreneurial, with high employee engagement. It is an award-winning employer and bank, and holds an Excellent Trustpilot rating from over 10,000 reviews.