Social Housing Purchasing Patterns - 2022

The total rental income for Social Housing providers across England was £19,711,862,953.00 for the year 2022, according to figures produced by the UK Regulator for Housing, across a total property portfolio of 4,170,516 properties. These properties include General Needs and Independent Living properties. Emergency and Shared Ownership properties were not included in this short analysis of social housing spending.

 

Of the income received by Local Authority Registered Providers (LARP) and Private Registered Providers (PRP, more commonly referred to as Housing Associations or HA’s) within England, 39.1% was spent on direct spend categories (spending directly associated with the maintenance of properties) and 60.9% was spent on indirect spend categories (spending that supports the provision of properties).

 

The figures below for direct and indirect purchasing detail the annual and property level of spending within the social housing sector across England for 2022 by major spend category. All figures include VAT, as VAT cannot be reclaimed by housing providers registered with the Regulator of Social Housing as charities within the UK under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.

 
Social Housing Rent and Total Income by Accommodation Type - England

Rent Category	LARP Weekly Net Rent	No of LARP Properties	PRP Weekly Net Rent	No of PRP Properties	Total Rental Income - 2022
General Needs (Social Rent)	£89.53	1,428,026	£98.05	1,826,339	£15,346,185,336.50
General Needs (Affordable Rent)	£131.92	29,203	£136.72	294,526	£2,206,002,724.00
Independent Living (Social Rent)	£78.10	102,435	£95.60	333,961	£1,996,342,255.00
Independent Living (Affordable Rent)	£130.26	4,576	£181.29	14,731	£163,332,637.50
Total Rental Income - 2022					£19,711,862,953.00

Direct Social Housing Spend - England

Major Spend Category - Direct	Annual Direct Spend	Annual Average Spend Per Property
Property Services	£6,165,446,828.79	£1,528.45
Utilities	£696,753,253.84	£172.73
Housing Services	£440,412,093.30	£109.18
Estates Management	£263,867,174.84	£65.41
Independent Living	£140,783,793.67	£34.90
Total Direct Spend	£7,707,263,144.44	£1,910.67

Indirect Social Housing Spend - England

Major Spend Category - Indirect	Annual Indirect Spend	Annual Average Spend Per Property
Overheads	£3,723,344,903.07	£923.04
Finance	£3,535,997,469.31	£876.59
HR	£1,700,961,172.65	£421.68
Corporate	£1,685,099,437.98	£417.75
IT	£537,150,289.41	£133.16
Facilities	£433,699,300.76	£107.52
Fleet	£284,867,671.96	£70.62
Communications	£98,834,854.61	£24.50
Procurement	£4,644,708.82	£1.15
Total Indirect Spend	£12,004,599,808.56	£2,976.00

Social Housing Top 20 Direct Spend Categories - England

Top 20 Direct Spend Category	Annual Direct Spend	Annual Average Spend Per Property
Roofing & Wet Goods Maintenance Services	£984,628,959.79	£244.09
Supply, Install and Servicing of Heating & Hot Water Systems	£855,089,821.11	£211.98
Voids Works	£779,558,247.72	£193.26
Building Materials	£642,161,144.49	£159.20
Supply & Install of Kitchens & Bathrooms	£482,262,952.38	£119.56
Supply & Install of Doors & Windows (Capital Works)	£411,963,070.20	£102.13
Fire Stopping Works and Services	£374,850,099.62	£92.93
Reactive Property Maintenance Services	£286,171,690.47	£70.94
Fire Alarm Fire Safety Equipment & Emergency Lighting	£179,592,142.94	£44.52
Electrical Periodic Testing & Remedial Works	£174,731,566.75	£43.32
Hire of Skips and Associated Waste Disposal Services	£149,562,331.19	£37.08
Cyclical External Repair & Decoration Services	£148,120,603.84	£36.72
Alarm Call System Installation, Maintenance & Servicing	£134,025,473.56	£33.23
Property Ventilation Installation and Maintenance Services	£126,849,385.40	£31.45
Out of Hours Reactive Property Maintenance Services	£109,453,359.45	£27.13
Grounds Maintenance	£107,616,413.51	£26.68
Door Access Control Systems	£104,098,897.06	£25.81
Supply, Install and Maintenance of Lifts	£96,493,735.71	£23.92
Asbestos Removal Services	£93,912,543.20	£23.28
Wastewater & Sewerage Drain Maintenance Services	£44,033,217.22	£10.92

NB: The annual average spend per property has been calculated by dividing the annual total spend for that category by the total number of social housing properties used for this short analysis. These figures may be lower than the actual amount spent by housing providers due to the vagaries of this type of brief spend analysis. This analysis also excludes property development spending which is normally funded by external borrowings.

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