For the first three years it operated from a room in public buildings before moving to an office provided by James Taylor, a local druggist and Manager of the Society from 1854 to 1875.

[1] The society started to operate in several other locations around the area including temporary branches in church halls and schools in order to make saving more available for the working classes.

The newly built head office was opened by Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood who at the time was president of the Yorkshire county association of building societies.

After an influence of more modern thinking and helped by the 1986 act which lifted many hurdles it faced with competing with retail banks, it soon recovered and branches were re-opened at Wombwell and Mexborough.

[2] At the time of the merger, the society had 8 branches located at Barnsley, Cudworth, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Mexborough, Rotherham, Wakefield, and Wombwell as well as its Regent Street Head office.

It was the 34th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £376 million as at 31 December 2007[3] and was a member of the Building Societies Association.