# MELROSE FIRST
MELROSE, MA · NCUA charter 14820 · asset band <$50M · latest filing 2018-09 · stopped filing after 2018-09 (departed; for a credit union that is almost always a merger)
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Who the members are: federal charter, multiple common bond, organized 1962. 1,544 members of 2,500 potential (61.8% of the field); checking penetration 10% (share draft accounts per 100 members); loans per 100 members 18.

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *quiet fade*. Composite score 1 of 18 (one point per flag across 17 flags, capital below 7% counted twice).

## What the filing shows

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $11.7M |
| Members | 1,544 (-4.6% YoY) |
| Full-time staff | 2 |
| Net worth | $1.9M |
| Net worth ratio | 16.0% (p68 of band) |
| ROA (annualized) | 0.33% (p40 of band) |
| Total delinquency | 0.01% (p13 of band) |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | -0.02% (p11 of band) |
| Loans / shares | 70% (p64 of band) |
| Cash / assets | 8.2% |
| Borrowings / assets | 0.00% |
| Net interest margin | 3.03% (p42 of band) |
| Operating expense / assets | 3.10% (p41 of band) |
| Vehicles % of loans | 24% (p15 of band) |
| Indirect vehicle % of vehicle (all-channel basis before 2022) | 0% |
| Third-party paper % of net worth | 0% (p45 of band) |
| Vehicle delinquency | 0.00% (p14 of band) |
| Vehicle NCO | 0.00% (p24 of band) |
| Repossessed % of vehicle book | 0.00% (p45 of band) |
| Real estate % of loans | 65% |
| Credit cards % of loans | 0% |
| Unsecured % of loans | 10% |
| Commercial % of net worth | 0% |
| Core shares % of member funds | 91% |
| Certificates % of member funds | 9% |
| Average share balance | $6,012 |
| Participations bought / yr | $0 |
| Participations sold / yr | $0 |
| Participations outstanding | – |
| Loans outstanding per 100 members | 18% |
| Loans granted per 100 members, annualized | 7% |
| Average loan balance | $24,395 |
| Loans granted, annualized | $3.0M |

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **members leaving** (`shrink_members`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03 | 1 | losing money |  |
| 2016-06 | 1 |  |  |
| 2016-09 | 2 | net worth falling |  |
| 2016-12 | 2 |  |  |
| 2017-03 | 2 |  |  |
| 2017-06 | 1 |  | net worth falling |
| 2017-09 | 0 |  | losing money |
| 2017-12 | 2 | net worth falling, members leaving |  |
| 2018-03 | 2 |  |  |
| 2018-06 | 2 |  |  |
| 2018-09 | 1 |  | net worth falling |

## In the news (Google News, unfiltered, newest first; check the city)

- nothing found for that search

## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/#cu=14820 (every cell opens its formula and NCUA account codes; the News tab is the same search)
- Latest row, JSON: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/summary.json · history: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/h/36.json (key "14820", columns cycle, assets, loans, shares, networth, nwr, roa, total_dq_pct, total_nco_pct, vehicle, veh_pct_loans, indirect, ind_pct_veh, ind_veh, ind_re, ind_comm, ind_other, ind_pct_loans, loans_n, granted_n_ytd, granted_ann, loan_pen, granted_pen, avg_loan_bal, loans_per_fte, veh_part, tp_pct_nw, veh_dq_pct, veh_nco_pct, repo_pct_veh, members_yoy, ltos, cash_pct, borrow_pct, nim_pct, opex_pct, risk_score, members, fte, cash_total, invest_sec, allowance_eff, int_income_ytd, int_exp_ytd, provision_eff_ytd, nonint_income_ytd, nonint_exp_ytd, net_income_ytd, n_flags, re_pct_loans, cc_pct_loans, comm_pct_loans, cert_pct_shares, core_pct_shares, part_buy_ann, part_sell_ann, pot_members, sh_draft_n, chk_pen, fom_pen, flags)
- Participation history: https://getbookiq.com/participation-desk/#cu=14820
- Field definitions: https://getbookiq.com/dictionary/#cu-ltos and the rest of the credit union dictionary
- Source: NCUA 5300 call report bulk files. Income fields are annualized by cycle month (Mar x4, Jun x2, Sep x4/3, Dec x1). Percentiles are within the asset band in the same quarter.

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