The Papworth Trust
Papworth Trust tenants can swap homes with other social housing tenants through a mutual exchange, with Papworth Trust's permission.
667 homes across 20 council areas, mostly in South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough. Registered social landlord no. LH1648. On this page: how many homes they own and where, typical rents, how to swap your home and how to check their reputation.
Size, areas and typical rents
The Papworth Trust owns about 667 social homes across 20 council areas (2025/26).
The 10 areas with the most homes:
Our place guides in each council area: what it's like to live there.
- South Cambridgeshire436 Cambourne
- Huntingdonshire34 Huntingdon · St Ives · St Neots
- Peterborough31 Peterborough
- North Hertfordshire22 Hitchin · Letchworth · Royston
- Fenland20 March · Whittlesey · Wisbech
- Luton18 Luton
- Cambridge14 Cambridge
- Bedford14 Bedford
- Breckland13 Attleborough · Dereham · Swaffham · Thetford
- Epping Forest12 Epping · Chigwell · Chipping Ongar · Loughton · Waltham Abbey
All 20 council areas (10 more)
- Epping Forest12 Epping · Chigwell · Chipping Ongar · Loughton · Waltham Abbey
- Mid Suffolk9 Stowmarket
- West Suffolk7 Bury St Edmunds · Clare · Haverhill · Mildenhall · Newmarket
- East Hertfordshire6 Bishop's Stortford · Hertford · Ware
- Castle Point4 Canvey Island · South Benfleet
- Basildon4 Basildon · Billericay · Wickford
- East Cambridgeshire4 Ely
- East Suffolk3 Beccles · Felixstowe · Halesworth · Lowestoft · Southwold · Woodbridge
- Broadland2 Sprowston
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk2 King's Lynn · Downham Market
Typical weekly rents
Average housing association rents in the areas this landlord works in, weighted by where its homes are, 2025/26. Your own rent depends on the exact home.
| Size | Social rent | Affordable rent |
|---|---|---|
| Bedsit | £90 | £148 |
| 1 bed | £111 | £162 |
| 2 bed | £132 | £195 |
| 3 bed | £148 | £229 |
| 4 bed | £163 | £276 |
Homes to swap from The Papworth Trust tenants
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Housing Ombudsman decisions
You can search the Housing Ombudsman decisions archive for "The Papworth Trust" to see published complaints about this landlord.
How to check Papworth Trust's reputation
There are no published tenant satisfaction scores for Papworth Trust. Landlords with fewer than 1,000 homes must still measure tenant satisfaction and share the results with their own tenants, but they don't have to send them to the regulator, so no national figures exist. With about 667 homes, Papworth Trust is in that group.
You can still get a good picture before you swap into one of their homes:
- Ask for their tenant satisfaction results and complaints report. Every social landlord must publish its complaints policy and a yearly report on the complaints it has handled, usually on its website or on request.
- Search the Housing Ombudsman's decisions for "The Papworth Trust" in the decisions archive. No results is common for small landlords and usually a good sign.
- Check the regulator's judgements. The Regulator of Social Housing lists any regulatory judgements and notices it has published about a landlord.
- Ask the tenant you're swapping with. How quickly are repairs done? How easy is it to get hold of someone? Is there a tenants' group? A current tenant's answer is often the best guide.
- Look at the area too. Most of their homes are in South Cambridgeshire: see our Cambourne guide for what it's like to live there.
Swapping with a tenant of Papworth Trust?
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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