Civil Service Motoring Association
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| Company limited by guarantee | |
| Industry | Members club |
| Founded | United Kingdom (1923) |
| Founder | Frank Vernon Edwards |
| Headquarters | U.K., Brighton |
| Products | Discounts, Leisure Retreats, Magazine, Events, Groups |
| Services | Member benefits, offers, discounts, holidays and activities |
| Website | [1] |
Boundless by CSMA (formerly the Civil Service Motoring Association) is a private club in the UK, established in 1923. Its membership of around 300,000 is restricted to past and present members of the UK Civil Service and organisations that were formerly part of the British Civil Service, for instance Royal Mail and BT. Relatives of existing members may also join.
Boundless by CSMA is a mutual organisation. It was founded as the Civil Service Motoring Association in 1923 by Frank Vernon Edwards, an executive officer in the Ministry of Labour who had an interest in motorcycle trials.
CSMA Club was designed to be a small motorsport organisation of around 300 members, but by 1930 the membership was over 5,000. The membership currently stands at around 300,000.
Originally concentrating on the sporting and leisure activities associated with motoring, Boundless by CSMA has developed into primarily a provider of membership benefits in motoring, lifestyle and leisure areas. Today its member benefits include discounts on insurance, shopping, holidays, banking, new cars, attraction tickets, cinema, travel, leisure and roadside rescue, providing these through relationships with Approved Partners, notably LV= Frizzell Insurance, with which it has worked since 1923.
Members of the club also have access to a range of clubs and groups focusing on hobbies and interests from classic cars to photography, as well as a range of events throughout the UK.
CSMA Club formerly owned and operated a vehicle breakdown rescue service for members and the general public, branded Britannia Rescue. In 2007, CSMA sold Britannia Rescue to Liverpool Victoria, the owner of the Frizzell Insurance brand (now known as LV=).
Boundless by CSMA owns and operates a number of "Holiday and Leisure properties" in the UK. These currently include
- Ghyll Manor Hotel & Restaurant, a Country House Hotel in West Sussex
- Wheel Farm Cottages, self-catering holiday cottages in Devon
- Cotswold Cottages, self-catering cottages in Gloucestershire
- Whitemead Forest Park, a holiday park in Parkend, Forest of Dean.
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