Exhibit 4.8

                     FORM OF CLASS B GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE

                                              CUSIP:   [ ]

                                              ISIN:    [ ]

IF THIS NOTE  CERTIFICATE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. (OR SUCH OTHER
PERSON AS MAY BE  NOMINATED  BY THE  DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY  ("DTC") FOR THE
PURPOSE) (COLLECTIVELY, "CEDE & CO.") AS NOMINEE FOR DTC, THEN, UNLESS THIS NOTE
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT  FOR  REGISTRATION  OR  TRANSFER,  EXCHANGE  OR  PAYMENT  AND ANY NOTE
CERTIFICATE  ISSUED  UPON  REGISTRATION  OF  TRANSFER  OR  EXCHANGE OF THIS NOTE
CERTIFICATE  IS  REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. (OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY
BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORISED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF DTC) AND ANY PAYMENT HEREUNDER
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. (OR, AS THE CASE MAY BE, SUCH OTHER PERSON), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE  OR OTHER  USE  HEREOF  FOR  VALUE OR  OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY  PERSON IS
WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO. (OR, AS THE CASE MAY BE,
SUCH OTHER PERSON), HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

                  CLASS B GRACECHURCH CARD FUNDING (NO. 5) PLC
                   (incorporated with limited liability under
                         the laws of England and Wales)

                                      $[ ]
                Class B Floating Rate Asset-Backed Notes due [ ]


                         CLASS B GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE

1.    Introduction

      This  Class B Global  Note  Certificate  is issued in  respect of the $[ ]
      Class B Floating Rate Asset-Backed  Notes due [ ] (the "Class B Notes") of
      Gracechurch Card Funding (No. 5) PLC (the "Issuer"). The Class B Notes are
      constituted  by, are  subject  to, and have the  benefit  of, a trust deed
      dated [ ] September  2003 (as amended or  supplemented  from time to time,
      the "Trust  Deed")  between the Issuer and The Bank of New York as trustee
      (the "Trustee",  which expression  includes all persons for the time being
      appointed trustee or trustees under the Trust Deed) and are the subject of
      a Paying  Agency and Agent Bank  Agreement  dated [ ]  September  2003 (as
      amended or  supplemented  from time to time,  the "Paying Agency and Agent
      Bank  Agreement")  and made  between the  Issuer,  The Bank of New York as
      registrar  (the  "Registrar",  which  expression  includes  any  successor
      registrar  appointed  from  time to time in  connection  with the  Class B
      Notes),  The Bank of New York as principal  paying agent, the other paying
      agents and the transfer agents named therein and the Trustee.



2.    References to Conditions

      Any reference herein to the "Conditions" is to the terms and conditions of
      the  Class  B  Notes  attached  hereto  and any  reference  to a  numbered
      "Condition" is to the correspondingly numbered provision thereof.

3.    Registered holder

      This is to certify that:

                                   CEDE & CO.

      is the person  registered  in the register  maintained by the Registrar in
      relation  to the Class B Notes  (the  "Register")  as the duly  registered
      holder (the "Holder") of the Class B Notes  represented  from time to time
      by this Class B Global Note Certificate.

4.    Promise to pay

      The Issuer, for value received,  hereby promises to pay to the Holder such
      principal  sum  as is  noted  in the  records  of the  custodian  for  The
      Depository Trust Company (the "DTC Custodian" and "DTC",  respectively) as
      being the principal amount of this Class B Global Note Certificate for the
      time being on the Interest  Payment Date in [ ] or on such earlier date or
      dates as the same may become  payable in accordance  with the  Conditions,
      and to pay  interest on such  principal  sum in arrear on the dates and at
      the rate specified in the Conditions, together with any additional amounts
      payable  in  accordance  with  the  Conditions,  all  subject  to  and  in
      accordance with the Conditions.

5.    Transfers in whole

      Transfers  of this  Class B Global  Note  Certificate  shall be limited to
      transfers in whole,  but not in part, to nominees of DTC or to a successor
      of DTC or to such successor's nominee.

6.    Exchange for Class B Individual Note Certificates

      This Class B Global Note  Certificate  will be exchanged in whole (but not
      in part) for duly authenticated and completed individual note certificates
      ("Class  B  Individual  Note  Certificates")  in  substantially  the  form
      (subject to completion)  set out in the Seventh  Schedule (Form of Class B
      Individual  Note  Certificate)  to the Trust Deed if any of the  following
      events occurs:

      (a)   the Notes become immediately due and repayable by reason of an Event
            of Default; or

      (b)   DTC at any time notifies the Issuer that it is at any time unwilling
            or unable to hold the Global Note  Certificates  or is  unwilling or
            unable  to  continue  as or has  ceased  to be,  a  clearing  agency
            registered  under the United States  Securities  and Exchange Act of
            1934 and in each case the  Issuer  is  unable to locate a  qualified
            successor within 90 days of receiving such notification;

            Such  exchange  shall be effected  in  accordance  with  paragraph 7
            (Delivery of Class B Individual Note Certificates) below. The Issuer
            shall  notify  the  Holder


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            of the  occurrence  of any of the events  specified in paragraph (a)
            and (b) above as soon as practicable thereafter.

7.    Delivery of Class B Individual Note Certificates

      Whenever this Class B Global Note Certificate is to be exchanged for Class
      B Individual Note Certificates,  such Class B Individual Note Certificates
      shall be issued in an aggregate  principal  amount equal to the  principal
      amount of this Class B Global Note  Certificate  within five business days
      of the delivery, by or on behalf of the Noteholders, DTC, Euroclear and/or
      Clearstream,  Luxembourg,  to the  Registrar  of  such  information  as is
      required to complete and deliver such Class B Individual Note Certificates
      (including,  without limitation, the names and addresses of the persons in
      whose names the Class B Individual Note  Certificates are to be registered
      and the  principal  amount  of each such  person's  holding)  against  the
      surrender of this Class B Global Note  Certificate at the Specified Office
      (as defined in the  Conditions) of the  Registrar.  Such exchange shall be
      effected in accordance  with the provisions of the Paying Agency and Agent
      Bank   Agreement  and  the   regulations   concerning   the  transfer  and
      registration  of  Class  B  Notes  scheduled  thereto  (if  any)  and,  in
      particular, shall be effected without charge to any Holder or the Trustee,
      but against such  indemnity as the Registrar may require in respect of any
      transfer  tax,  governmental  charge or any cost or  expense  relating  to
      insurance,  postage,  transportation  or any similar  charge in connection
      with the delivery of such Individual Note Certificates,  which will be the
      sole  responsibility of the Issuer. No service charge will be made for any
      registration of transfer or exchange of any Individual Note  Certificates.
      In this paragraph,  "business day" means a day on which  commercial  banks
      are open for business  (including  dealings in foreign  currencies) in the
      city in which the Registrar has its Specified Office.

8.    Conditions apply

      Save as otherwise  provided herein, the Holder of this Class B Global Note
      Certificate  shall have the benefit of, and be subject to, the  Conditions
      and,  for the  purposes  of this  Class B  Global  Note  Certificate,  any
      reference in the Conditions to "Note  Certificate" or "Note  Certificates"
      shall, except where the context otherwise requires,  be construed so as to
      include this Class B Global Note Certificate.

9.    Notices

      Notwithstanding  Condition  14  (Notices),  so long as this Class B Global
      Note Certificate is held on behalf of DTC or any other clearing system (an
      "Alternative  Clearing  System"),  notices  to  Holders  of  Class B Notes
      represented  by this  Class B  Global  Note  Certificate  may be  given by
      delivery  of the  relevant  notice  to DTC or (as the  case  may be)  such
      Alternative Clearing System.

10.   Legends

      The  statements  set out in the legends above are an integral part of this
      Class B Global Note Certificate and, by acceptance hereof,  each Holder of
      this Class B Global Note Certificate  agrees to be subject to and bound by
      such legends.


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11.   Determination of entitlement

      This Class B Global Note  Certificate is evidence of entitlement  only and
      is not a document of title.  Entitlements  are  determined by the Register
      and only the  Holder is  entitled  to  payment  in respect of this Class B
      Global Note Certificate.

12.   Authentication

      This Class B Global  Note  Certificate  shall not be valid for any purpose
      until it has been  authenticated for and on behalf of The Bank of New York
      as registrar.

13.   Governing law

      This  Class B  Global  Note  Certificate  is  governed  by,  and  shall be
      construed in accordance with, English law.

AS WITNESS the manual or  facsimile  signature  of a duly  authorised  person on
behalf of the Issuer.



Gracechurch Card Funding (No. 5) PLC

By: ...............................
    [manual or facsimile signature]
    (duly authorised)


ISSUED as of [issue date]


AUTHENTICATED for and on behalf of
The Bank of New York
as registrar without recourse, warranty
or liability

By: ...............................
    [manual signature]
    (duly authorised)


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                                FORM OF TRANSFER



FOR VALUE RECEIVED  ...........................,  being the registered holder of
this     Class    B    Global     Note     Certificate,     hereby     transfers
to..............................................................................
of..............................................................................
.................................................................................
.......................................,

$ .....................................  in principal amount of the $[ ] Class B
Asset-Backed  Floating  Rate Notes due [ ] (the "Class B Notes") of  Gracechurch
Card Funding (No. 5) PLC (the "Issuer") and irrevocably  requests and authorises
The Bank of New York,  in its  capacity as  registrar in relation to the Class B
Notes (or any  successor  to The Bank of New York,  in its  capacity as such) to
effect the  relevant  transfer by means of  appropriate  entries in the register
kept by it.


Dated:......................................



By: ........................................
      (duly authorised)


Notes

(b)   The name of the  person by or on whose  behalf  this form of  transfer  is
      signed  must  correspond  with the  name of the  registered  holder  as it
      appears on the face of this Class B Global Note Certificate.

(c)   A  representative  of such registered  holder should state the capacity in
      which he signs, e.g. executor.

(d)   The signature of the person effecting a transfer shall conform to any list
      of duly authorised  specimen  signatures supplied by the registered holder
      or be  certified  by a  recognised  bank,  notary  public or in such other
      manner as the Registrar may require.


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             [Terms and Conditions as set out in the Ninth Schedule]



PRINCIPAL PAYING AGENT                              REGISTRAR, NEW YORK PAYING
                                                     AGENT AND TRANSFER AGENT

 The Bank of New York                                  The Bank of New York
  One Canada Square                                       One Wall Street
    London E14 5Al                                           New York
          UK                                                 New York
                                                             USA 10286

                        PAYING AGENTS AND TRANSFER AGENTS

                    [Name]                                  [Name]
                  [Address]                                [Address]



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