We know that connecting with your peers, exhibitors and sponsors gives you the opportunity to consider services and solutions that can help your organisation deliver its mission and social purpose.

At the conference, we've left plenty of time in the schedule to give you the opportunity to browse the exhibition, catch-up with leading suppliers, view product demonstrations, download additional content and more.

Feel free to pop by the exhibition when it suits you or if you prefer to plan your day, contact the supplier directly below and organise a time to meet.

For information about exhibiting at this event please contact Alexander Barrett or Julian Hurst at Foremarke Exhibitions on 02088778897 or housing@foremarke.uk.com

Exhibitors

Altair

With unrivalled experience and diverse expertise in housing and placemaking, Altair provides high-quality, creative solutions to the varied and rapidly changing challenges facing organisations operating in housing and regeneration today.
Altair’s consultancy services have a positive impact on the communities our clients operate in. The team inspire confidence and change in the housing sector with real-world expertise, thought leadership and insight. Working in collaboration with clients, Altair’s consultants provide professional advice required to grow, remain resilient and build sustainable businesses.

Abovo-Consult

Abovo Consult is an independent consultancy, specialising in local authority and housing association finance and strategy. Our services include:
- a full suite of in-house developed and managed Excel-based BP tools;
- business planning and related financial advice;
- support and training for HousingBrixx software;
- development and regeneration appraisal;
- merger and acquisition due diligence;
- strategic options appraisal and stock rationalisation.

Knowledge-sharing, approachability, flexibility and user-friendly reporting go hand-in-hand with an absolute commitment to quality and customer-oriented solutions. We provide ongoing business planning services to over 60 of the largest 200 HAs and now 10 LAs, including long-term assignments.

aberdeen Investments

aberdeen Investments is a global specialist asset manager.

We manage £369 billion in assets (as at 30 June 2024), with a footprint in more than 25 locations. We help investors to achieve their financial goals through our specialist knowledge and by investing over the long term.

aberdeen is recognised for its expertise in Asia, emerging markets, specialist equities, real assets, and both public and private credit. Our solutions include managed portfolios, enhanced index and quantitative investing, and investing for the needs of insurers and pension providers.

Central to our strategy is a firm commitment to environmental, social, and governance principles. We promote sustainable investment through active ownership and embedding expertise where it’s most impactful.

We strive to create investment opportunities beyond tomorrow.

Anthony Collins Solicitors

Rated as one of the top UK law firms acting for borrowers in the social housing sector, Anthony Collins’ experienced and leading finance solicitors advise on all aspects of social housing finance. This includes bank loans, aggregator loans, capital markets and advise on the structuring of loans to joint ventures. They advised the RSL on the only bond issued by a Welsh RSL and over the last 12 months advised on over £1.2 Billion of new loans in the English and Welsh social housing sector.

Anthony Collins is B Corp accredited law firm with a clear purpose – to improve lives, communities and society. The firm is nationally leading in the social housing sector with multi-disciplinary teams servicing all the strategic and legal needs of housing associations and local authorities across the country.

Barclays

Supporting businesses turning over more than £6.5m pa, Barclays Corporate Banking has the banking excellence you’d expect with the data and insights you don’t. We look beyond banking to help you see what really matters. Through our dedicated sector and regional specialists, and the power of the wider Barclays network, we can act on those insights together. We can provide you with innovative financing solutions that help you achieve a more expansive, better-connected future for your business. We’ve supported the Social Housing sector for over 20 years and understand the sector’s challenges and opportunities. See things differently with Big Picture Banking at Barclays.

Biscon Planning - Business Continuity

Biscon Planning is a full lifecycle Business Continuity consultancy which supports social housing providers across the UK. Our experienced and qualified consultants are MBCI (Members of the Business Continuity Institute).

We are a National Housing Federation (NHF) sector supplier and have provided consultancy and advice to organisations for over 20 years on all aspects of risk and the business continuity lifecycle, from writing Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) from scratch, to reviewing / updating Plans and exercising / testing existing programmes.

Biscon specialises in delivering a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) for clients following an in-depth, and practical business impact assessment (BIA).
Biscon also provides consultative services in enterprise risk management and resilience in the supply chain.

Castlefield Recruitment

Castlefield Recruitment are recruitment specialists, operating nationally, within Social Housing and the wider Public Sector in Interim, Permanent and Retained assignments.

Across Castlefield our consultants specialise in Finance, Procurement, HR, Development, Assets and Sustainability. Within Finance we have an excellent track record in Management and Financial Accounting, Senior Leadership and Executive posts, Treasury and Business Planning, Part Qualified and Transactional Finance, Rents and Service Charges.

Centrus

Centrus is an international corporate finance firm group committed to sustainability, real assets, and essential services. Social and Affordable housing is at the heart of what we do. We are the UK’s leading treasury and corporate finance advisor to the sector, with broader expertise across the allied sectors, ensuring our clients benefit from multi-disciplinary sharing of best practice and in-house expertise. We also provide treasury reporting and technology solutions via our Centrus Analytics team. As a certified B Corporation, we specialise in advice and investment for projects, organisations and assets which matter to people, communities, and the environment.

CFMS

CFMS provide corporate performance management solutions for Financial & Operational Planning and Reporting. We tend to work with organisations that use spreadsheets and require solutions that are more analysable, maintainable and robust. We have a strong presence within Social Housing delivering Budgeting, Forecasting. Management Accounts, Service Charge Allocations.

Chatham Financial

Chatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. A leader in debt and derivative solutions, Chatham provides clients with access to in-depth knowledge, innovative tools, and an incomparable team of nearly 700 employees to help mitigate risks associated with interest rate, foreign currency, and commodity exposures. Founded in 1991, Chatham serves more than 3,000 companies across a wide range of industries — handling over $700 billion in transaction volume annually and helping businesses maximize their value in the capital markets, every day. To learn more, visit chathamfinancial.com.

Civica

Civica is a GovTech leader with over 30 years of proven expertise in delivering improved outcomes within the public sector. Our modern technology supports 400+ Housing providers to deliver essential everyday services. We help organisations deliver multi-channel services and better outcomes for people and places while unlocking significant savings.

Civica Financials, our financial management cloud platform, provides a single view for informed management decisions that optimise business efficiency and minimise risk. Through powerful integration, automation and insightful reporting, you can track the financial consequences of every decision and action you might take. We can help you to seamlessly connect data and systems by integrating with Civica’s Cx Housing Management solution.

Clarke Willmott

Clarke Willmott is a leading law firm that takes pride in being different. Our strong reputation is built on genuine client relationships and our exceptional people. Our national team of specialist social housing solicitors is one of the largest in the UK, acting for over 100 housing associations across England and Wales and is on most major frameworks including HALA, CHIC, SEC and ASW. We offer pragmatic, commercially-minded advice on a comprehensive range of legal matters that clients can understand and trust. Our housing finance team advises on funding agreements, including private placements/aggregated bonds, and on all property security.

The Co-operative Bank

We are the original ethical bank. Everything we do is guided by our customers, and their values. This means we choose very carefully who banks with us; we refuse banking services to organisations involved in the extraction of fossil fuels, animal cruelty or that do business with oppressive regimes. Instead, we partner with organisations that make change happen, those who stand up for the rights of others. And those who, like us, champion wellbeing, diversity, fair pay, community and inclusion.
john.rangecroft@co-operativebank.co.uk
sean.fahy@co-operativebank.co.uk

Commercial Initiatives

At this time of economic uncertainty, any unexpected business disruption could be disastrous. But with good Business Continuity Management, your organisation can be resilient no matter what comes your way.

For well over 20 years, the team at Commercial Initiatives has specialised in Business Continuity within the housing sector, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to assist you in planning, training, and embedding resilience throughout your organisation.

Don't wait until it's too late. Contact Commercial Initiatives today to ensure the resilience of your organisation.

Courtman & Co

Since 1976, Courtman & Co have specialised in Lock-Up Garage Asset Management across the South of England. With our unrivaled experience, we deliver strategic, proven and dedicated solutions to landlords, to maximise rental revenue, reduce costs and enhance the capital value of their portfolio. Driven by expertise, upheld by trust.

Crowe

Crowe U.K. is a national audit, tax, advisory and risk firm with global reach and local expertise. We are an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top ten accounting networks in the world.
We are one of the UK’s leading teams serving the non profit sector and have in-depth experience in and knowledge of, social housing, gained through more than 20 years of active involvement in the sector. We have advised Registered Providers (RPs), local authorities, Arm’s Length Management Organisations (ALMOs), homelessness charities, and domiciliary care providers, as well as private sector developers.

Cubed Tax

Cubed Tax distinguishes itself in the housing sector by offering hands-on practical VAT and tax advice. Our leadership team boasts over two decades of expertise advising the housing sector and we have developed a unique business model to efficiently share our valuable experience. We focus on dedicating ample time to our clients, addressing and resolving intricate tax matters in a pragmatic way. Our commitment extends to building a collaborative network within the sector, aiding the exchange of best practices and opportunities. Clients benefit from us being proactive and ensuring a thorough understanding of their needs. A complimentary consultation with our team is available so that you can explore tailored solutions for your tax challenges.

Devonshires

Devonshires is a ‘full service’ law firm operating from offices in London, Leeds, Birmingham & Colchester. Legal services are provided throughout the UK, with clients ranging from some of the world’s largest multi-national corporations to private individuals. Devonshires have specialised in providing legal advice to social housing providers of all kinds (registered and unregistered, for-profit and non-profit, local authorities, and private registered providers) since the early 1970s. We advise clients on the full range of legal issues, including housing management, development (including property and sales), employment, corporate and finance. Our Development, Finance, Securitisation and Housing Management teams are some of the largest in the sector, with strength in depth to deal with the largest and most complex of transactions.

DTP

An independent consultancy providing high quality support to housing providers across the UK, our mission is to help businesses improve by offering a different perspective. We provide innovative and refreshing approaches to how organisations are run, and believe this differentiates us and gives us a unique insight into the market.

DWS Group

DWS Group (DWS) with EUR 841bn of assets under management (as of 31 March 2023) aspires to be one of the world's leading asset managers. Building on more than 60 years of experience, it has a reputation for excellence in Germany, Europe, the Americas and Asia. DWS is recognized by clients globally as a trusted source for integrated investment solutions, stability and innovation across a full spectrum of investment disciplines.

Era Group

Unlock Hidden Savings with ERA Group: Let’s face it—keeping costs under control can be a challenge. That’s where we come in. At ERA Group, we work alongside not-for-profit organisations and built environment leaders to find those hidden savings in your costs, while making sure you keep strong supplier relationships and don’t compromise on quality.
ERA Group isn’t your typical consultancy. We’ve been helping organisations like yours since 1992, and we know that every pound counts. Our team of experts specialises in over 40 different cost categories, finding opportunities that others often miss.
Here’s how we help:
• Specialist Expertise: Our consultants know their cost areas inside out—they spot savings where others don’t.
• Proven Global Reach: We’ve worked with over 4,000 clients around the world, helping manage more than £10bn in spending.
• Tailored for Your Sector: For not-for-profits and the built environment, we’ve delivered results for 300+ clients, managing £800m annually.
Real Results You Can Count On: We’ve worked with organisations you’ll recognise, like Sue Ryder and Ikea, helping them achieve long-term financial benefits without cutting corners.
And here’s what we’ve achieved recently:
• Saved Magna Housing 33% on insurance.
• Cut 60% off telecommunications costs.
• Delivered over 6% savings on fuel cards.
Let’s start with a no-obligation review. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

First Actuarial LLP

First Actuarial specialises in providing pensions advice to the housing sector.
We are currently advising over 100 housing providers across the UK giving us a unique insight into how the sector is managing retirement provision for its staff. Our specialist team supports employers participating in SHPS, LGPS, DC, Growth Plan and their own schemes. These include housing providers, charities, care providers and contractors.
Our advice is tailored to the individual needs of our clients covering areas such as Pension Strategy, SHPS Valuation, Member Consultation, Risk Mitigation, LGPS Valuations, Cessation Debts, Pension Accounting, SHPS Bulk Transfers and Staff Financial Education.

Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary, and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, Fitch Solutions, Fitch Learning and Sustainable Fitch. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com.

Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network operating under a single brand with just two members: Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories, and Forvis Mazars, LLP in the United States. Both members share a commitment to providing an unrivalled client experience in audit, tax and advisory services worldwide.
Our combined teams of 40,000+ professionals leverage a deep understanding of our clients’ industries to deliver consistent and agile solutions that feel right, personal, and natural to organisations of all sizes, both locally and globally.

With almost 40 years of experience partnering with more than 300 UK housing associations, we are a trusted provider in delivering expert services to the social housing sector. Our dedicated social housing team is committed to staying at the forefront of the sector’s evolving needs. We maintain strong links with the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) in England and the National Housing Federation, have excellent knowledge of regulatory standards and a proven track record of sharing our sector insights with our clients. We support a range of clients, including traditional housing associations, large scale voluntary transfers, arm’s length management organisations, for profit providers, and organisations with complex group structures, helping them to navigate regulatory changes, meet emerging challenges, and deliver high-quality, compliant housing solutions.

Gallagher

With almost 50 years of experience within social housing, Gallagher is one of the sector’s leading insurance brokers, providing relevant, practical insurance and risk management advice. From comprehensive, cost-effective insurance policies to risk management and claims management, we’ve got it covered.
As a specialist independent broker, we offer housing associations a range of benefits including:
• Bespoke insurance programmes
• Comprehensive risk management service
• Robust claims management service
• Dealing directly with your clients
Come and meet our experienced team to discuss your insurance requirements at the NHF Finance Conference. We look forward to meeting you!

GB Social Housing plc

GB Social Housing PLC is a finance company with the sole purpose of providing loans to the UK social housing sector.
All our loans are funded via rated bonds (A- stable by Standard & Poors) with all bonds listed on The International Stock Exchange.
GBSH loans provide borrowers with the following benefits:
- Long dated maturities
- Competitive fixed rates
- Flexible financial covenants requiring less asset cover for stronger interest cover and gearing
- The ability to substitute secured assets during the life of the loan, and
- Low fees and charges, in line with the group’s charitable purpose

Gibbs Laidler Consulting

At Gibbs Laidler we pride ourselves on being completely independent from insurers and brokers to give our clients unrivalled tender management, insurance and risk management advice. Our extensive experience is available to assist those responsible for risk and insurance, as well as procurement. With over 25 years as consultants in the ever-changing housing association sector, we provide our clients with the ability to make informed decisions; be it on a tender, a renewal, a development insurance issue or any other risk or insurance matter. It is our unique position of expertise and independence that allows us to offer unbiased services.

Goodman Masson

We are recruiters who thrive on connecting great talent with great organisations. We bring the best people together to make progress powered by honesty, allyship and trust.

Our dedicated Housing team brings deep sector expertise to every engagement, understanding the unique challenges and opportunities within social housing. We've successfully partnered with a diverse range of clients, including nine G15 Housing Associations, ALMOs, and Local Authorities, delivering tailored recruitment solutions.

Whether you're expanding your team, refining your hiring strategy or exploring new opportunities, our expert recruiters can help.

Housing Insight

Housing Insight is a team of specialists providing social housing software solutions since 2016.
PanConnect, our innovative technology, supports housing providers across the UK in making day to day operations more efficient and effective.
We have built a reputation for delivering top-class, user-friendly software that empowers staff, residents and key stakeholders to enhance communication, expedite housing processes and benefit from an all-round better experience.
We pride ourselves on ease of implementation, ability to integrate with housing systems and unrivalled support to help our customers achieve their goals and delight their residents.

Housemark

Housemark is the leading data and insight company for the UK housing sector. As a catalyst and change partner, we are here to give you greater confidence to make evidence-based decisions that make a difference. By gathering on time insight we show you what is possible, how you could be performing and how you could make it happen. Only with Housemark can you access insight, analysis and services that makes a difference to your customers, your people and your business.

iplicit

iplicit is the award-winning cloud-based accounting system that’s equal to the demands placed on housing association finance teams.
Its powerful automation features typically save finance departments many hours a month, releasing them from repetitive data entry and from doing laborious work in spreadsheets to produce reports.
It powerfully addresses the key needs of the sector, including partial VAT, fixed asset capitalisation and depreciation, and tracking of multiple projects and grants.
iplicit can be smoothly integrated with other core software such as housing management systems. And most importantly, it puts reliable, real-time information into the hands of your organisation’s decision makers.

Isio

Isio is an industry-leading challenger, providing diverse expertise across Pensions, Benefits, Wealth and Investment. Our housing team drives positive change for the sector. Our unique culture fosters proactive forward-thinkers and a “people, finance and governance” approach informs effective decision making. Our purpose is to create better outcomes for our clients, our people and society and deliver greater financial confidence for everyone. We have deep insight into LGPS, SHPS, Trust-based DB and DC and fresh ideas on accessing LGPS surplus, DB end-game planning and flexible benefits. Talk to us today to see how our bolder thinking can get you better results.

JLL

JLL is one of the sector’s leading firms of valuers, surveyors, property advisers and agents. Our team has been part of the social housing sector for 30 years. We work with Registered Providers of all types and sizes, funders, investors, developers and local authorities. We advise on the valuation, condition, development and transaction of social housing of all types, throughout the UK. We add value to our clients through the trusted, professional advice and support we give. By optimising the value of housing assets, we enable them to contribute more to meeting housing need and fulfilling our clients’ social purpose.

Kefron

Kefron provides a comprehensive range of information management solutions, including accounts payable automation. Our flagship solution, Kefron AP, is an accurate, adaptable, and user-friendly AI-powered invoice automation tool designed to simplify even the most complex AP processes with next-generation touch-free processing.
Only Kefron AP offers extraction optimization as standard, at no extra charge. Our proprietary AI technology handles the heavy lifting, while our team of skilled Extraction Experts refines and optimizes the process, so you don’t have to. With Kefron AP, everything just flows.

Kick ICT Group

We support housing associations of all sizes throughout the UK where we combine 35 years’ sector experience with market-leading software to help transform organisations. We’re passionate about delivering and supporting powerful financial management software and visual analytics solutions to social housing providers who use this technology to empower their teams and tenants, streamline processes and ultimately transform their organisation in a digital world. We’re also helping to give time back to their IT teams who trust us to support the day to day running of their infrastructure - cloud or on-premise, allowing them to focus on what they do best.

King & Shaxson

King & Shaxson Limited provides dealing and custody services to a wide range of clients including local authorities, universities, housing associations and charities allowing them to maximise the return on their cash balances through access to the best market rates. Our business is based on strong relationships we have built across 150 years in the UK money markets. With over £7.5 billion of client assets in custody, as well as being registered with the UK’s Debt Management Office as a primary participant, King & Shaxson is uniquely positioned to provide a full service meeting all our clients’ needs.

KnowledgeBus

KnowledgeBus enables IT buyers to quickly benchmark purchases against daily trade guide price and stock levels on over 150,000 products from more than 2,500 manufacturers. Our range of IT spend analysis tools also help buyers identify, track and forecast market dynamics more efficiently. As reassurance of the ROI opportunity, we offer a free, no obligation spend analysis on a sample of IT product purchases spanning 12 months. The analysis reveals the actual margins you have been paying, any overcharging and an indication of potential cost savings. Get yours today!

KPMG

KPMG is a leading provider of audit, assurance and tax services to housing associations. We also support associations to achieve better outcomes in areas as diverse as fraud prevention, financing, mergers, cyber security, decarbonisation, procurement, technology driven transformation (including asset management) and programme assurance. Our team of over 300 specialists supports housing associations to drive social change.

Our social housing team is closely linked to colleagues who work with private sector housebuilders, regeneration developers and contractors. We also help health and social care providers and central, regional and local government bodies.

LCP

LCP is a leading pensions and benefits consultancy with particular expertise in helping housing associations to provide better pensions to their staff and to manage legacy pension issues. This is a time of significant change for pension schemes. The NHF is working in partnership with LCP, a market-leading pensions and benefits consultancy with considerable experience in our sector, to engage effectively with regulators and policymakers on pension policy. LCP will also ensure our member organisations are fully aware of key developments and opportunities in the pensions and benefits arena affecting housing associations.

Lloyds

Lloyds’ vision is to enable accessible, quality, and sustainable housing that meets the UK’s long-term needs, with our strategy focussed on three core pillars of: Supply, Accessibility and Sustainability
We remain one of the largest funders to social housing, delivering over £18.5 billion of new financing to the sector since 2018. Our regionally based relationship team supports over 340 housing associations across the UK.
We have partnered with the national charity Crisis to tackle homelessness across the UK, with joint calls for one million new and genuinely affordable homes to be built to help those on the lowest incomes.

M&G Trustee Company

M&G Trustee Company Limited (MTCL), formerly Prudential Trustee Company Limited (PTCL) was first established back in the 1920s as part of Prudential Assurance Company. In the 1980s PTCL was formally incorporated as a private limited company and became part of M&G Investments when Prudential acquired M&G in 1999. Following our demerger from the Prudential group in 2019, MTCL is now part of M&G plc.
The complexity and variety of debt structures today requires issuers, borrowers and investors to exercise particular care in the execution of transactions.
At MTCL, we specialise in executing Corporate Trust services with maximum efficiency and minimum risk. Although we have been established for over 100 years, our company has continued to evolve to cover a wide range of trustee and agency services.

M3

M3 products and services help clients to control the cost of building maintenance and housing development with flexible, cost-effective solutions.
We cover the whole project lifecycle, from appraisal, development and management. Our products include the M3NHF Schedule of Rates, M3Central and M3Pamwin Plus for quick offer appraisals.

Mackie Myers

Mackie Myers is a growing specialist finance, operations and executive search agency with offices in London, Oxford and Cambridge. The owners and partners have over 60 years’ experience in recruiting finance recruitment projects within a range of sectors, a significant portion of which has been within Social Housing. Our track record includes working with the majority of G15 providers whilst our geography and network allows us to work with many SME providers across the country.
We are executive level recruiters operating at the mid to senior level market, offering our clients unrivalled expertise and quality of delivery for companies looking to build their teams. To find out more about our company and point of difference, please visit our website.

Marsh

With more than four decades of public sector and social housing experience, Marsh can help you. We are committed to helping our clients build a unique insurance profile and determine an approach that drives value and mitigates your risks. Our housing specialists offer assessment of your current risk financing strategy and use data-driven decisions to generate potential new savings in the face of ongoing budgetary restraints and rising costs.

Our dedicated social housing services include:
• Specialist social housing insurance products
• Claims solutions
• Risk management
• Business continuity & emergency planning
• Analytics: fund review
• Cyber assessment
• All construction risks
• Property valuations
• Tenant's contents insurance schemes

Michael Page

Michael Page have worked with the social housing sector for over 30 years. We have an established team who work specifically with the Finance teams within Housing Associations across the UK and therefore understand the push and pull points of the sector.
We run a mentoring scheme for the sector in conjunction with WISH (Women in Social Housing) and the CFO community network to help information sharing and support the sector holistically.
We have offices across the country and have recruited a wide variety of roles. Please do get in contact by emailing elizabethcampion@pageexecutive.com.

Mobysoft

At Mobysoft our vision is to deliver accurate predictive insights that help social housing providers to deliver a more consistent and equitable service.
RentSense, our flagship solution, is trusted by over 180 social landlords across 1.8 million social tenancies, helping these landlords optimise income, whilst treating tenants consistently, fairly and respectfully, by focusing on the right tenants at the right time.
Mobysoft will also be showcasing our new Repairs solution, RepairSense, that uses AI and machine learning to optimise the quality of repairs whilst also increasing tenant satisfaction.

Moody's

For more than 115 years, Moody's Ratings has been a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis helping businesses, governments, and other entities around the globe to anticipate, adapt and thrive in this era of exponential risk.

MORhomes

MORhomes is a unique and innovative borrowing vehicle for the UK social housing sector. It is constituted as a PLC and applies the highest standards of corporate governance. Its shares are owned by over 60 major not-for-profit UK housing associations. Its public debt is traded on the London Stock Exchange. We raise finance on the bond markets and lend it on to housing associations, who must be shareholders. Our first public issue of £250m was completed in February 2019 and we have now on-lent £542.4m.

MRI Software

MRI Software is a leading provider of web-based solutions for housing associations and local authorities in the UK and Ireland.

Orchard, Castleton and Housing Partners and Real Asset Management have come together as part of MRI Software to form MRI Social Housing – a perfect fit of proven technology brands and the broadest solution set in the sector from a single provider. Our powerful combination offers unprecedented choice and extensive options to connect complementary applications.

NatWest

We’ve supported the social housing sector for over 30 years, establishing a large and wide-ranging customer base across the UK. It’s given us a real appreciation of what you do and what you need from your bank.
Our team of relationship managers work with you to understand your specific business needs so we can offer guidance and tailored support to help you achieve your strategic objectives.
To find out more contact: Ian Sillars, Regional Director Housing Finance, NatWest

NEC Software Solutions

We provide technology that helps keep people safer, healthier and better connected worldwide.

Our customers are housing providers, national governments and local authorities. They’re also police forces, emergency services and international health bodies working to prevent harm and provide the right support.

Blending the latest tech with deep housing experience, our digital platform is purpose-built for housing providers. It’s a full-service platform spanning assets, housing management, repairs and risk yet holds the data in one place. It’s a simple approach that can transform delivery for your teams, customers and partners.

One single, open platform.

Now that’s brighter thinking!

Newbridge Advisors

Newbridge Advisors is an independent advisory firm which specialises in social housing financing and development advisory as two of its core pillars. We are a team of highly experienced and dedicated professionals, ensuring seamless execution for our clients. Key areas of focus with our clients include Treasury Support, Debt Advisory (Bonds, Loans and PPs), Balance Sheet Optimisation, ESG Strategy, Investor Relations, Development Viability and Funding.

Nordkap Treasury Management Software

Ever since we founded Nordkap in Stockholm in 2011, we’ve had a clear vision of what we want to do: make the finance and treasury world easier to navigate. We saw an untapped opportunity to create innovative solutions that could alleviate real estate companies’ work, making what previously had been complicated and laborious a lot easier and more efficient. Simply put, we saw a potential to do things differently – do things better.

Ortec Finance

Ortec Finance is a leading global provider of technology and solutions for risk and return management in the financial and real estate sectors. We provide advanced financial forecasting software to housing associations, helping them to make better investment decisions and optimize their social contributions. With 30 years of experience and more than 200 customers in the Dutch social housing sector, our specialized software helps draw up and stress test business plans, balancing financial and social performance. Our financial planning approach improves efficiency, planning quality, financial control and decision-making.

PIB Insurance Brokers

PIB is the preferred insurance supplier to the NHF, meeting all housing organisations’ requirements for insurance, risk management and employee benefits. Whether it’s insurance expertise, tailored home contents, managing risk, meeting your health and safety requirements or empowering your people through employee benefits, we are on hand to support you, supporting, advising and protecting you at every step.
Come along to the PIB stand and meet our team of experts to discuss your insurance and risk requirements.

PKF

PKF is one of the UK’s largest and most successful accountancy brands. We provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services. In the UK we have 180 partners and 1450+ staff but internationally PKF operates in 150 countries around the world from over 440 offices and has over 21,000 staff worldwide.

Quantum Advisory

Quantum Advisory assists housing associations with their pension and employee benefit arrangements. We design, maintain and review pension schemes to ensure they are operating effectively. We provide advice on standalone pension schemes as well as multi-employer schemes such as SHPS, LGPS and Group Personal Defined Contribution Pension arrangements.

Our team of experts have helped many housing associations reduce the cost of, or completely exit, their LGPS or other pension arrangements and establish alternative benefit packages for employees. Any benefit changes need to be communicated to employees clearly so they are understood. We assist employers by drafting employee consultation documents, providing statements with employee specific pension projections illustrating how the changes impact them, delivering group employee presentations backed up with one-to-one employee sessions.

We also help employers set up salary exchange arrangements for employee pension contributions where significant national insurance savings can be enjoyed by both housing associations and their employees. This is even more relevant now with employer national insurance contributions increasing from April.

We take pride in having a really close relationship with our clients and encourage them to use as little or as much of our expertise as they feel is needed.

Resource

Resource is an integrated communications company, providing creative strategy, marketing, design, digital solutions, print and mailing services. We work with over 100 housing providers and have over 20 years’ experience of producing digital and printed communications such as resident newsletters, annual reports, corporate plans, rent notice and service charge letters and multichannel campaigns.

RSM

RSM’s specialist social housing group provide audit, tax and consulting services including data governance advisory, service charge reviews, fraud advisory and more, to over 150 registered providers, putting us amongst the top audit providers in the UK. Over the years we have developed a longstanding sector presence and established strong relationships with the Regulator, NHF, Winmark Affordable Housing, sector publications and press.

S&P Global Ratings

S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), is a leading provider of credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. With more than 1.1 million credit ratings outstanding, approximately 1,400 credit analysts and a presence in 28 countries, we offer a unique combination of global coverage and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide. Learn more at www.spglobal.com/ratings

S3TAX

S3TAX has been designed to meet the need for specialist and dedicated taxation support and training in the housing and third sectors.

S3TAX offers:
• Specialist, experienced, and proactive support across all taxes, including VAT, Employment Taxes, CIS, SDLT, LBTT, LTT, Corporation Tax, RDPT, and Customs Duties
• A dedicated sector-focused approach using consultants who have a comprehensive understanding of the housing and third sectors
• Sensible, value for money, fees. S3TAX doesn’t charge the eye-watering rates typically seen from large firms of advisors
• No audit conflicts as S3TAX provides only taxation services

Sage

Sage Intacct is the #1 cloud-based financial management solution designed to empower Housing Associations. Built by finance experts, it helps associations save money, streamline operations, and enhance decision-making. With integrated reporting, advanced automation, and real-time insights, Housing Associations can operate more efficiently. Sage Intacct offers end-to-end control over AP and AR, manages properties as fixed assets, stores vital contract information, and connects to Housing Management systems via Open API. Join thousands of organisations leveraging Sage Intacct to maximise impact and efficiency.

Santander

Santander has supported the housing sector for over 20 years and remains committed to supporting our customers.

Please visit our stand to meet our dedicated sector specialists and find out how we can help your business grow.

Savills

Savills
• Treasury – Savills Financial Consultants
• Valuations
• Development and Regeneration
• Stock condition, compliance, procurement and energy
• Strategic consultancy, asset management and transactions
• Regulation, risk and recovery

Our treasury, valuation, and consultancy teams look forward to seeing you at NHF Finance Conference

Secure Parking and Storage (SPS)

Secure Parking and Storage (SPS) is the UK’s leading provider of garage management solutions, operating solely within the social housing sector. We currently manage nearly 15,000 units across the country for various RSLs and councils. SPS will also purchase garage stock generating a capital receipt and giving the organisation a cash injection. Come and see us today and explore how we can help increase revenues using your garage portfolio.

Sellick Partnership

At Sellick Partnership, we have a proven track record of delivering real added value, and we have built an unrivalled reputation for excellence in supporting the public sector for over 20 years across our professional services specialisms. Our experienced consultants work with clients across the UK, supporting their recruitment needs right up to the senior and executive level on an interim, contract and permanent basis.

Sellick Partnership supply to the public and not-for-profit sectors through frameworks including Crown Commercial Service (CCS), HealthTrust Europe and the ESPO Strategic HR Services Framework.

Visit us to discuss your current recruitment challenges, career goals and to find out more about our services. Alternatively, please visit our website at www.sellickpartnership.co.uk.

The Housing Finance Company (THFC)

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) is the UK’s leading affordable housing aggregator. Set up in 1987, THFC issues long-term bonds in the Sterling capital markets and on-lends the proceeds to housing associations.

Throughout its history THFC has demonstrated its commitment to the social purpose of housing associations by innovating new products to achieve the best possible terms of funding, allowing its 150+ HA borrowers to grow and meet the demand for affordable housing. As a not-for-profit, the Group’s surpluses are retained and reinvested to ensure THFC can continue to provide competitively priced funding for HAs long into the future.

By serving the affordable housing sector in this way THFC has become a trusted name and achieved steady growth. Its Group loan book now totals over £8bn and it has a dedicated and experienced team, allowing it to offer a comprehensive in-house service.

The THFC model allows investors to diversify risk through THFC as an aggregating financial intermediary, and housing associations to get long-term, low-cost funding on standardised terms

TIAA

TIAA was originally formed by a consortium of housing associations to meet the specialist internal audit needs of the housing sector. Over twenty years later, we are now one of the largest business assurance providers to this sector.
Offering a comprehensive range of services including internal audit, anti-crime, security management, IT audit, and cyber assurance services, TIAA has the capacity, knowledge, and expertise to deliver an excellent service tailored to our clients’ unique requirements.
This year we were delighted to gain our certification as a B Corporation (B Corp), demonstrating that TIAA meets high standards of social and environmental performance.

TPT Retirement Solutions (SHPS)

65,000 current employees.
Originally set up in 1977, the Scheme has grown with the expansion of the social housing sector.

As a pension scheme provided by TPT Retirement Solutions, one of the leading workplace pension funds in the UK, SHPS offers employers a one-stop shop with competitive costs and a quality, award winning service.

Employees who commit to a career in the social housing sector may move between employers without having to leave SHPS.

Trace Solutions

Few companies understand service charges better than Trace Solutions. Founded in 1974, Trace’s software powers many of the UK’s largest property management organisations. Trace remains a leading innovator in the property sector.

In recent years many Housing Associations have also come to rely on Trace’s BlueBox software, a ’best of breed’ service charge system of immense power. Social housing users include Peabody, Thirteen Group, Together and PA Housing.

BlueBox integrates easily with existing housing systems to provide sophisticated service charge functionality, maximising the recovery of costs, providing personalised outputs for tenants, and liberating staff from the dreaded service charge spreadsheets.

Triodos Bank

Triodos is headquartered in The Netherlands and has been active in the UK for 30 years. We only fund organisations delivering social, environmental or cultural impact, and social housing is a key lending sector for us; since 2008, we have arranged loan facilities totalling more than £500m to over 50 housing associations across the UK. Most of our customers are small to medium sized associations with a strong local community focus. We lend from £1m to £20m, and look to develop long term lending relationships; in the last 15 years we have provided follow-on facilities to most of our customers as they have grown.

Trowers & Hamlins

We offer clients a unique perspective on doing business in and with the housing sector – a perspective informed by working with clients engaged in the delivery, funding and policy of housing at all levels both nationally and internationally. We act for registered providers (for profits and not-for-profits), private entities, institutional investors, local authorities, ALMOs, house builders, developers, contractors and Government agencies.
Whether you are an established organisation operating in the housing sector, a new participant or potential investor, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Utility Aid

Utility Aid is the UK's largest energy broker for the not-for-profit sector, and they’re delighted to be working with National Housing Federation to offer you access to their expertise. Their dedicated team provides a high-level service to manage and maintain your portfolio, covering procurement, Bureau services, full account management, historical audits, carbon reporting, and net zero planning. Their invoice validation services has saved their charity customers over £8million.

Vantage

The Future Leaders programme has been developed specifically for finance and corporate services managers in response to the challenging operating environment facing housing providers. https://yourvantage.co.uk/future-leaders/

Our performance club helps strategic finance and business improvement leaders drive improvement in VFM through sharing and discussing financial intelligence and insights https://yourvantage.co.uk/improvement-club/

Through our clubs and forums we help the sector share best practice and lessons-learned, and lead collaborations in key areas of strategic importance - applications open now https://yourvantage.co.uk/clubs-forums/

Venn

Venn is a specialist investment manager in European private debt with a strong focus on residential real estate, including a consumer residential mortgage lending business, the UK Government-backed Private Rented Sector and Affordable Homes lending schemes, and a range of real estate debt funds.

Workday

Workday is the AI Platform that unites HR and finance to keep the social housing sector moving forward. Workday has unique capabilities to bring external data from sources such as housing management systems into Workday at drill down level to give you unprecedented insights across the enterprise. With unrivalled deployment and customer satisfaction success rates, Workday is proving itself as a strategic partner to the sector.

Xledger

Xledger is a best-of-breed cloud-based finance software that helps over 10,000 customers in more than 60 countries to streamline, automate and consolidate their finances. Transform your finance function by effortlessly integrating Xledger with your property management system and empower your organisation with real time insight and superior financial control.

Zurich Municipal

At Zurich, we help you protect communities. Our insurance supports your residents in ways you might not think. From creating safe, secure homes with the support of proactive flood prevention alerts, to protecting the physical and mental health of your team through access to nurses, counsellors and therapists. So, you can protect their future in more ways than one.