For example, sorting code 00-00-00 would represent the main bank office, and the first subbank office registered would have the suffix 01.
Fields format is: SORT CODE, BANK NAME, BIC, ADDRESS INFORMATION
'160063','THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC','RBOSGB2122','LONDONMARYLEBONE Chatham Customer Service Centre Western Avenue Waterside Chatham Marine ME4 4RT Phone: (845) 6014082 Chatham England'
'160079','THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC','RBOSGB2121','LONDON MAYFAIR Southampton Customer Service Cent Brunswick Gate 23 Brunswick Place SO15 2AQ Phone: (2380) 836339 Southampton England'
'160080','THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC','RBOSGB21604','PRIVATE BANK CHILDS Chatham Customer Service Centre Western Avenue Waterside Chatham Maritime Kent ME4 4RT Phone: (845) 6014082 Chatham England'
A Bank Code is a code assigned by a central bank, a Bank Supervisory Body or a Bankers Association in a country to all its licensed member banks. The rules vary to a great extent between the countries. The British and Irish sort codes are only used for domestic money transfers. Although there is a strong correlation between BIC Codes and sort codes, sort codes are not explicitly encoded into BIC codes.