sentences:  The Society was founded in 1923 by local estate agent John Oliver Watkins  and a group of local business men as a mutual organisation to allow purchases of new homes in the aftermath of the First World War.Today it is one of only three remaining building societies based in Wales and the only building society or bank with its headquarters in Wales west of Cardiff.At 31 December 2019, the Society's total assets were over £370m with some 19,750 saver accounts and 1,800 mortgage accounts.