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How to change your name with Skipton Building Society

Skipton changes your name with its change of name form, returned to a branch or posted to its Principal Office. It takes originals or certified copies, and its branch colleagues can certify them for you.

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Based on Skipton Building Society’s own pages, checked on 28 October 2026

Building societies change their processes from time to time, so if anything differs when you get in touch, follow Skipton Building Society’s instructions. Every source is linked.

Updated: 28 October 2026
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The quick answer

Fill in Skipton’s change of name form, which covers savings and mortgage accounts, and return it to a branch or post it to Principal Office, The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1DN. Include your former and new signatures and original or certified copies of your proof, such as a marriage certificate, decree absolute or deed poll. Where you provide a simple deed poll, Skipton asks for identification with your previous signature. It can’t accept internet printouts.

How it works

How to change your name with Skipton

Fill in the form

Skipton’s change of name form covers savings and mortgage accounts. List any extra accounts in the space at the end.

Sign it twice

The form has a box for your former signature and one for your new signature, and its checklist asks whether both are on the form.

Add your proof

Original documents or certified copies. See the table below.

Return it

Take it to a branch, or post it to Principal Office, The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1DN.

Skipton Building Society: change of name form

Documents

The documents Skipton accepts

DocumentSkipton’s condition
Marriage certificateAccepted. If Skipton doesn’t hold any signature ID for you, it asks for ID as well
Deed poll or decree absoluteShowing your former and married names
Enrolled deed pollEnrolled at the Royal Courts of Justice
Simple deed pollAccepted, with identification showing your previous signature

Originals or certified copies only. Skipton says it can’t accept internet printouts. Copies must be certified with the words “I confirm that I have seen the original document”, and the certifier signs, prints their full name and adds their profession, company address, phone number and the date. Skipton’s branch colleagues will be happy to certify documents for you.

Deed polls

Using a deed poll with Skipton

Skipton’s form says: “Where a simple deed poll certificate is provided, we require identification with your previous signature.” It adds that this can also be certified by a solicitor, and that you can provide any document from List A of its Proving Your Identity leaflet instead, which includes a current UK passport and a UK photocard driving licence.

So if you’re using an unenrolled deed poll, take ID that carries your previous signature, or ask at the branch which option suits you. Skipton’s colleagues can certify copies there.

Make sure your deed poll is complete: signed in your old and new names, dated, and signed by an independent witness. Our guide to originals, certified copies and photocopies explains what certified means.

Changing your name for any reason?

A deed poll covers it, and Skipton’s branch colleagues can certify copies for you. Start with one that’s been checked.

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Good to know before you send it

1

Both signatures

Your former signature and your new one, in the boxes on the form.

2

Originals or certified copies

No internet printouts.

3

ID for a simple deed poll

Identification with your previous signature.

Skipton says it keeps a record of the ID you provide, which means keeping a copy of your documents. If you have financial advice through Skipton, its Financial Advice Service has to forward original documents to the relevant providers, which may take some time.

Afterwards

Once Skipton has your new name

Your account numbers stay the same, so your savings and mortgage carry on as before. If you pay into your savings from another bank, the payment may be checked against the name Skipton holds through Confirmation of Payee, and Pay.UK says a personal account has to match the exact registered name. Once the change is made, use your new name for those payments, and give it to anyone else who pays into the account. Pay.UK: Confirmation of Payee

Your credit file catches up as lenders report your new name. Our guide to name changes and your credit report explains how the old and new names stay linked, and the name change checklist keeps track of everyone else.

Your questions answered

Frequently asked questions

Fill in its change of name form with your former and new signatures, add original or certified copies of your proof, and return it to a branch or post it to Principal Office, The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1DN.

Skipton’s form lists a simple deed poll. It says that where one is provided, it needs identification with your previous signature.

Yes. Skipton’s form says its branch colleagues will be happy to certify the documents for you.

No. Skipton says it can’t accept internet printouts, only original documents or a certified photocopy.

Yes. Skipton’s change of name form covers savings and mortgage accounts, with space to list any others.

Check the detail

Sources for this guide

Guidance and reference pages

Use the relevant organisation’s instructions when submitting your documents.

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Related guides

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A branch visit, and one ID document in your new name for an unenrolled deed poll.

Originals, certified copies and photocopies

Which version of your deed poll to send, and when.

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