Governance frameworks and practices need regular review to ensure they remain fit for purpose and aligned with changing business needs. We offer governance effectiveness reviews, governance improvement planning and implementation support, board skills assessments, advice on succession and remuneration, customer voice assessments and solutions and a range of company secretarial support. We work with clients, whether housing associations, local authorities or for profit registered providers, to identify approaches and solutions that fit their particular context and culture, and to share best practices in governance.

Please contact Julian Paine / Kelsey Walker

Savills advises a wide range of housing associations, from G15 members and national RPs to community-based organisations, on strategic partnerships of all types. Our offer is based on the key principle of creating strong, sustainable partnerships that deliver great homes and services and create added value to support investment in existing homes, new affordable homes and wider communities. From business strategy and corporate governance to risk based due diligence and integration planning, our multi-disciplinary team of trusted advisors offers sector leading expertise that is flexible and right-sized to best support you in exploring and delivering your ambition.

Please contact Alan Ward / More information on Strategic Partnerships

Get on the front foot for the Regulator’s periodic inspection of your compliance with its economic standards and the extent to which you can demonstrate you are meeting the outcomes of the consumer standards. Through our Regulatory Inspection Healthcheck, we help housing associations, local authorities and for profit registered providers to identify the likely scope of your inspection, matters that may be raised by the Regulator, and actions you can take to strengthen assurance. Whether your inspection is two years or two months away, our extensive experience of regulatory assurance processes, ability to gain insight into your business, and understanding of key current issues facing other registered providers or on the Regulator’s radar will build confidence and a shared understanding within the leadership team.

Please contact Kelsey Walker

Through our Consumer Standards Gap Analysis Reviews and Complaints Reviews we help housing associations, local authorities and for profit registered providers to know how well they can demonstrate that the required outcomes of the Regulator’s Consumer Standards and the Housing Ombudsman’s expectations are being met. These are highly practical reviews which stand in the customers’ shoes, strongly align with providers’ co-regulation approaches and include evaluation of self-assessments and supporting evidence, customer information and reporting. 

Please contact Julian Paine

Savills has guided many for-profit and non-profit providers through the Regulator’s registrations process. We work alongside applicants to prepare bespoke business plans, governance structures and operating frameworks; advise on board composition and interface with parent companies; assist with presenting evidence of corporate plans and regulatory compliance; and support interaction with the regulator during the application process. Before and after registration our clients benefit from access to our expertise on raising and deploying capital, property acquisition, regulatory compliance, and sustaining excellence in governance.

Please contact Steve Partridge

With our extensive experience of regulatory support and recovery we work alongside executive teams and boards during self-referral, responses to regulatory queries, root cause analysis, improvement planning and implementation of action plans. Support is intensive and confidential, and co-ordinates access to a range of Savills services as organisations take meaningful steps towards understanding and addressing regulatory findings. Navigating a period of reactive regulatory engagement is demanding but, in time, RPs can emerge stronger.

Please contact Kelsey Walker

We provide a full range of risk management services to help clients navigate the complex regulatory and operational landscape with confidence. Services include risk assessment facilitation, assurance mapping, risk appetite review and development, controls workshops and training, and risk reporting review and development. Our hands-on support enables registered providers to adopt and deploy risk management techniques that are aligned with business activities, and provides assurance on their efficacy.

Please contact Kelsey Walker