Housing association · Mixed · >40,000 homes

The Guinness Partnership Limited

64,292 homes across 151 council areas, mostly in Cheshire East, Milton Keynes and Havant. Registered social landlord no. 4729. On this page: what their tenants say, how they handle complaints, the regulator's grades, how many homes they own and where, typical rents and how to swap your home.

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Size, areas and typical rents

The Guinness Partnership Limited owns about 64,292 social homes across 151 council areas (2024/25).

The 10 areas with the most homes:

marks a place guide in that council area: what it's like to live there, rents and homes to swap.

Typical weekly rents

Average housing association rents in the areas this landlord works in, weighted by where its homes are, 2024/25. Your own rent depends on the exact home.

Size	Social rent	Affordable rent
Bedsit	£88	£135
1 bed	£103	£145
2 bed	£119	£174
3 bed	£132	£195
4 bed	£148	£227

The regulator's verdict

The Regulator of Social Housing grades landlords on how well they look after tenants (consumer standards, C1 best to C4 worst) and, for housing associations, on governance (G) and financial viability (V).

C1 Consumer standards meets the consumer standards · Apr 2026

G1 Governance well governed · Apr 2026

V2 Financial viability financially viable but with risks to manage · Apr 2026

Councils are graded on consumer standards only. A grade is a snapshot at the date shown; the regulator publishes updates as it inspects.

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What tenants say

From the regulator's Tenant Satisfaction Measures survey, 2024/25, based on 6,672 tenant responses. Each figure is the share of tenants who said they were satisfied.

Satisfied with the overall service 67.7% worse than the sector median of 71.8%

Satisfied with repairs 71.3% worse than the sector median of 73.6%

Satisfied with time taken for repairs 68.8% about the sector median (69.5%)

Home is well maintained 70.1% worse than the sector median of 71.9%

Home is safe 76.2% worse than the sector median of 77.6%

Landlord listens and acts 60.2% worse than the sector median of 61.6%

Kept informed 69.8% worse than the sector median of 72.0%

Treated fairly and with respect 75.1% worse than the sector median of 77.9%

Satisfied with complaints handling 33.1% worse than the sector median of 35.5%

Communal areas clean and well maintained 69.3% better than the sector median of 66.7%

Positive contribution to the neighbourhood 64.3% about the sector median (64.6%)

Satisfied with handling of anti-social behaviour 63% better than the sector median of 59.5%

The thin marker on each bar is the median across all landlords in the data set.

Repairs, safety and complaints

From the landlord's own records reported to the regulator for 2024/25.

100% Gas safety checks completed about the sector median (100.0%)

98.9% Fire risk assessments completed worse than the sector median of 100.0%

95.6% Asbestos surveys completed worse than the sector median of 100.0%

97.5% Legionella risk assessments completed worse than the sector median of 100.0%

97.9% Lift safety checks completed worse than the sector median of 100.0%

0.2% Homes NOT meeting the Decent Homes Standard about the sector median (0.5%)

78.3% Non-emergency repairs done on time worse than the sector median of 82.5%

88.4% Emergency repairs done on time worse than the sector median of 94.9%

56.1 Stage 1 complaints per 1,000 homes worse than the sector median of 53.9

74.6% Stage 1 complaints answered on time worse than the sector median of 89.9

14.1 Stage 2 complaints per 1,000 homes worse than the sector median of 8.4

93.1% Stage 2 complaints answered on time better than the sector median of 88.9

159.9 Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes worse than the sector median of 36.0

Repair targets: 60 24

Housing Ombudsman decisions

In the Ombudsman's 2025-26 review, The Guinness Partnership Limited had 176 complaint determinations. 57% of findings went against the landlord (sector average 60%).

57%maladministration rate
better than the sector average of 60%

465orders made

£103,740compensation ordered

You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "The Guinness Partnership Limited" to see published complaints about this landlord.

Swapping with a tenant of Guinness Partnership?

Both landlords have to approve a mutual exchange, and both have 42 days to decide. They can only refuse on the grounds set out in the Housing Act 1985. Get the application in early, keep your rent account clear, and ask for the decision in writing.

Can I swap? How a swap works Complaints and support

Page last updated: 26 September 2026

Sources

Registration details: Regulator of Social Housing, register of providers of social housing.
Grades: Regulator of Social Housing, regulatory judgements and notices, published 29 April 2026.
Homes owned by council area and average rents: Regulator of Social Housing, Statistical Data Return 2024/25 (Open Government Licence).
Complaint performance: Housing Ombudsman, annual complaints review landlord tables 2025-26.
Tenant satisfaction, repairs, safety and complaints figures: Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures 2024/25, full data set. Sector medians are calculated across all landlords in that data set.