We are Places for People. Community is who we are and what we do.
We are the UK's leading Social Enterprise. We change lives by creating and supporting thriving Communities.
Our business consists of complementary companies that are market leaders in homes and Communities, regeneration and development, investment management, property management and leisure.
We own or manage more than 245,000 properties that are the homes to around 500,000 Customers right across the UK.
We operate 100 leisure facilities that support the health and Wellbeing of our Customers with an average of 1.9m visits a month.
Using the power of partnership and working collaboratively, almost 11,600 Colleagues in more than 20 specialist companies create Communities and provide People with opportunities and choice in a way that few organisations can match.
What sets us apart from other organisations, is that beyond providing housing or leisure opportunities, we have a genuine commitment to improving people’s lives and Communities as a whole. Through our social impact work, we use our precious resources to make a real and lasting difference through schemes that offer support with employment, health and Wellbeing, finances, homelessness prevention and more. In 2022, our social impact work delivered £272 million in wellbeing value to Communities and £300 million in 2023.
The Wates Group was established in 1897 and is one of the leading privately-owned construction, development and property services companies in the UK. We employ almost 6,000 people, working with a range of clients and partners from across the public and private sectors.
Also, we strive to continue our DEI efforts to ensure a supportive workplace through our initiatives and employee networks. We are proud to sponsor Premiership Women's Rugby, driving impactful change to redefine what inclusion and equal opportunity look like in rugby and the built environment industry.
L&Q is one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers.
We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.
Today that passion about the importance of housing, and our not-for-profit ethos, gives us our social purpose.
All our resources and all our energy are channelled towards providing better housing at a lower cost than can be provided in the private sector – and building more of it. We provide greater security of tenure and services people can rely on.
250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
It’s important our 3,000-strong workforce reflects the residents we serve. We have been named one of Britain’s top LGBT+ employers and one of the best workplaces for women and wellbeing.