Social housing providers play a vital role in delivering affordable, secure homes and supporting community wellbeing. Yet the sector operates under significant financial, regulatory, and operational pressure, navigating volatile costs, complex governance requirements, and heightened regulatory scrutiny around resident safety and service quality.
We partner with housing associations, for-profit providers, care organisations, and management bodies to strengthen financial resilience, governance accountability, and operational effectiveness.
Core Social Housing Services
Governance and Regulatory Compliance
We provide governance reviews, assurance mapping, and support with compliance against the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) standards. Our services help boards and executive teams demonstrate adherence to the Governance and Financial Viability Standard, Tenant Satisfaction Measures, and consumer regulation. We support governance frameworks that uphold resident voice, risk clarity, and strategic alignment.
External and Internal Audit Services
Our audit methodology is tailored to the specific requirements of registered providers, including group structures, component accounting, impairment testing, and rent compliance. We deliver robust financial audits, internal audit programmes and value-for-money assessments, ensuring transparency to funders, regulators and residents alike.
Financial Viability and Strategic Planning
We assist providers with long-term financial planning, covenant compliance reviews and stress testing to meet the expectations of regulators and lenders. Our work includes merger modelling, stock rationalisation planning, and business plan assessments that underpin sound decision-making and financial sustainability.
Risk Management and Assurance
We help housing organisations manage risk across governance, operations, health and safety, and regulatory compliance. This includes enterprise risk frameworks, internal controls evaluations, and assurance reporting to boards and audit committees. Our approach is informed by deep sector insight and regulatory expectations.
Specialist Advisory Services
Resident Safety and Building Compliance
We support organisations in navigating complex safety regulations, from fire and building safety compliance to reporting obligations under the Building Safety Act. We help clients embed compliance systems, manage audit trails, and align with regulator expectations for transparency and resident engagement.
Group Structures and Complex Entities
We advise large providers and diversified groups on intra-group governance, funding flows, shared service arrangements, and ring-fencing. Our team helps ensure clarity of responsibilities, legal compliance, and effective oversight across entities operating in housing, care, and commercial subsidiaries.
Performance Optimisation and Efficiency
We conduct operational reviews to identify efficiencies in asset management, development, delivery, and back-office services. Our work helps providers deliver on cost-efficiency targets, regulatory value-for-money expectations, and improved service outcomes for residents.
Why Choose Our Social Housing Team
Specialist Expertise: Deep experience advising traditional and for-profit providers, ALMOs and housing-cum-care groups
Sector-Aligned Solutions: Services built around regulatory priorities, financial scrutiny and resident expectations
Strategic Perspective: Practical insight on balancing financial sustainability, compliance and social purpose
End-to-End Support: From audit and risk to governance and transformation, we offer fully integrated expertise
Getting Started
Whether you are responding to new safety obligations, re-forecasting amid economic pressures, or planning organisational change, we provide tailored support grounded in sector knowledge and regulatory foresight.
Contact our housing team to explore how we can strengthen your resilience, governance and impact in a rapidly evolving operating environment. We are proud to support the organisations that provide safe, secure homes and essential services to communities across the UK.