Look Ahead Care and Support Limited

1,000 homes across 22 council areas, mostly in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Bracknell Forest. Registered social landlord no. LH0013. 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.

Size, areas and typical rents

Look Ahead Care and Support Limited owns about 1,000 social homes across 22 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.

SizeSocial rentAffordable rent
Bedsit£111£184
1 bed£128£213
2 bed£147£247
3 bed£166£270
4 bed£183£295

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).

C2 Consumer standards meets the standards but has some weaknesses to fix · Sep 2026
G2 Governance governed adequately, some improvements needed · Sep 2026
V2 Financial viability financially viable but with risks to manage · Sep 2026

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

Homes to swap from Look Ahead Care and Support Limited tenants

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What tenants say

From the regulator's Tenant Satisfaction Measures survey, 2024/25, based on 393 tenant responses. Each figure is the share of tenants who said they were satisfied.

Satisfied with the overall service 78.9% better than the sector median of 71.8%
Satisfied with repairs 76.8% better than the sector median of 73.6%
Satisfied with time taken for repairs 69% about the sector median (69.5%)
Home is well maintained 76% better than the sector median of 71.9%
Home is safe 78.4% about the sector median (77.6%)
Landlord listens and acts 74.2% better than the sector median of 61.6%
Kept informed 79.3% better than the sector median of 72.0%
Treated fairly and with respect 81.2% better than the sector median of 77.9%
Satisfied with complaints handling 58.9% better than the sector median of 35.5%
Communal areas clean and well maintained 78.1% better than the sector median of 66.7%
Positive contribution to the neighbourhood 71.7% better than the sector median of 64.6%
Satisfied with handling of anti-social behaviour 67.5% better than the sector median of 59.5%

The thin marker on each bar is the median across all landlords in the data set. The landlord's own TSM report: lookahead.org.uk/our-performance/.

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%)
100% Fire risk assessments completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Asbestos surveys completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Legionella risk assessments completed about the sector median (100.0%)
100% Lift safety checks completed about the sector median (100.0%)
1.4% Homes NOT meeting the Decent Homes Standard about the sector median (0.5%)
86% Non-emergency repairs done on time better than the sector median of 82.5%
84% Emergency repairs done on time worse than the sector median of 94.9%
29 Stage 1 complaints per 1,000 homes better than the sector median of 53.9
80% Stage 1 complaints answered on time worse than the sector median of 89.9
1 Stage 2 complaints per 1,000 homes better than the sector median of 8.4
100% Stage 2 complaints answered on time better than the sector median of 88.9
23.2 Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes better than the sector median of 36.0

Repair targets: 20 4

Housing Ombudsman decisions

You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "Look Ahead Care and Support Limited" to see published complaints about this landlord.

Swapping with a tenant of Look Ahead Care and Support?

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.

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