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Census: largest 100 councils
Local authorityDirector of housingGenderAgeEthnicityUnits Region(s)Method of meeting
     (rented only) decent homes
Ashfield Ian Dethick M 50 W 7476 EM A
Aylesbury Vale Nigel Brooke M 50 W 7600 SE U
Barking & Dagenham David Woods M 54 W 20,000 L PFI, R
Barnet Nigel Hamilton M 52 W 11,000 L A
Barnsley Steve Jagger M 43 W 21,000 Y&H A
Basildon Steve Shynn M 48 W 11,932 SE A
Bassetlaw Bernard Coleman (A) M 44 W 7524 EM A
Birmingham Elaine Elkington F 47 W 70,652 WM U
Blyth Valley Vacant n/a n/a n/a 7000 NE A
Bolton George Caswell M 54 W 20,000 NW A
Braintree Don Townsend M 58 W 8377 SE U
Brent Martin Cheeseman M 54 W 9949 L A
Brighton & Hove Ian Long M 52 W 12,705 SE U
Bristol Ian Crawley M 53 W 30,000 SW R
Bury Susan Jordan F 48 W 9000 NW A
Cambridge Liz Bisset F50 W 7896 E R
Camden Neil Litherland M /W 24,686 L U
Chesterfield Andy Simpson M 50 W 10,000 EM U
Crawley Jim Redwood M 51 W 8500 SE U
Croydon Mike Davis M 56 W 14,250 L R
Dacorum Colin Farrar M 54 W 10,500 E R
Derby Phil Davies (A) M 52 W 14,199 EM A
Derwentside Steve Melvin M 48 W 7649 NE L PLANNED
Doncaster vacant n/a n/a n/a 23,000 NE A PLANNED
Dudley John Stringer M / W 24,543 WM U (decision pending)
Ealing Tom Dent M / W 14,000 L A
Easington Alan Caygill (A) M 55 W 9900 NE A
East Riding of Yorkshire James Johnson M 54 W 11,300 Y&H R
Enfield Donald Graham M / / 12,256 L U
Gateshead Steve Bramwell M 52 W 22,700 NE A
Greenwich Richard ThompsonM / W 25,000 L R
Hackney Steve Tucker M 48 W 32,000 L A PLANNED
Hammersmith James Reilly M 47 W 13,778 L A
Haringey Stephen Clarke M 47 W 17,454 L A PLANNED
Harlow Trevor Jex (Interim) M 57 W 10,000 SE R
Havering Barry Kendler M 56 W 11,156 L A PLANNED, PT
Hillingdon Jeff Maslen M 60 W 11,400 L A
Hounslow Bernadette O’Shea F 46 W 14,000 L A
Ipswich Richard Dowling M 42 W 8500 E R
Islington Eamon McGoldrick M 48 W 39,000 L A
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Tony Hall M 44 W 7046 E L
Kingston-upon-Hull Bill Pearch M / W 30,011 Y&H R
Kirklees Tony Hood M 53 W 24,227 Y&H A
Lambeth Stewart Holton M 52 W 41,546 L R, PT, A
Leeds Neil Evans M 41 W 62,595 Y&H A
Leicester Mike Forrester M / W 23,478 EM R
Lewisham David Lewis M 38 B 35,000 L U
Lincoln John Bibby M 50 W 8277 Y&H U
Liverpool Cath Green F 45 W 19,000 NW L
Luton Jo Cleary F / W 8000 E U
Manchester Steve Rumbelow M 44 W 46,000 NW L, A, PFI PLANNED
Mansfield Paul Wollam M // 7351 NE U (decision pending)
Middlesbrough Bernard Williams (L) M 56 W 12,000 NE L
Milton Keynes John Holman M /W 12,500 SE U
Newcastle-upon-Tyne John Lee (A) M 45 W 32,000 NE A
Newham Chris Wood M 46 W 20,673 L A, PFI
North East Derbyshire Richard Oliver M / W 8500 EM U
North East Lincolnshire Russell Thompson (L) M 41 W 8500 Y&H L
North Lincolnshire Nigel Richardson M 46 W 10,200 Y&H L PLANNED
Local authorityDirector of housingGenderAgeEthnicityUnits Region(s)Method of meeting
     (rented only) decent homes
North Tyneside Paul Tanney M 44 W 16,637 NE U
Northampton Vacant n/a n/a n/a 12,600 EM U
Norwich Stuart Mudie M 51 W 16,250 E U
Nottingham Lynne Pennington (A) F 48 W 31,000 EM A
Oldham Hugh Broadbent (A) M 53 W 15,708 NW A
Oxford Michael Lawrence M 44 W 8111 SE U
Peterborough Mick Leggett (L) M 53 W 9700 E L
Plymouth Clive Turner M 49 W 16,000 SW U
Portsmouth Owen Buckwell M 50 W 15,330 SW U
Reading Eileen Means F / W 7521 SE U
Rochdale Paul Beardmore M 46 W 14,700 NW A
Rotherham Tom Cray M 46 W 23,500 Y&H A
Salford Colin Mayhead M / W 29,000 NW U
Sandwell Brian Oakley M 54 W 33,500 WM A
Sedgefield Colin Steel M 44 W 9091 NE L PLANNED
Sefton Roy Williams M 44 W 12,000 NW L
Sheffield Peter Morton (A) M49 W 53,500 Y&H A, PT PLANNED
Solihull John King M 50 W 11,105 WM A
South Gloucestershire Andrew Graham M 49 W 7990 SW L PLANNED
South Tyneside Paul Hanson M 40 W 19,564 NE A
Southampton Nick Murphy M 43 W 18,000 SE U
Southwark Keith Broxup M 51 W 43,000 L U
Stevenage Celia Twomey F 55 W 8400 SE U
Stockport Ged Lucas M 50 W 12,500 NW A PLANNED
Stockton-on-Tees Julie Allport F / W 12,113 NE A
Stoke-on-Trent Steve Robinson M 49 W 20,456 WM U
Sutton Peter Dolan M 50 W 7948 L A, PT
Swindon Bernie Brannan M 49 W 11,000 SW R
Thurrock Ian Rydings M 45 W 10,500 E U
Tower Hamlets Maureen McEleney F 43 W 23,000 L U, PT
Trafford Matthew Gardiner (L) M 48 W 9800 NW L
Wakefield Kevin Dodd (L) M 46 W 32,000 Y&H L
Waltham Forest David Brown (Interim)M 52 W 11,409 L A
Wandsworth Chris Buss M 49 W 17,807 L R
Warrington Peter Mercer (A) M 48 W 9200 NW A
Welwyn Hatfield John Briggs M 49 W 9510 E R
Westminster Rosemary Westbrook F / W 12,624 L A
Wigan Peter Gee (A) M 58 W 24,598 NW A
Wirral Brian Simpson (L) M / W 13,100 NW L
Wolverhampton Bruce Moore (A) M 40 W 26,174 WM A PLANNED
York Steve Waddington M 38 W 8100 Y&H R
Key: (A) = Head of ALMO HA = Housing association HC = Housing company HG = Housing group HT = Housing trust (L) = Head of LSVT RSL = Registered social landlord TMO = Tenant management organisation / = information not provided
Method ofmeeting decent homes: A = Existing ALMO A Planned = ALMO planned L = Existing large-scale voluntary transfer PFI = Private finance initiative PFI PLANNED = Planned PFI PT = Existing partial transfer PT PLANNED = Partial transfer planned R = Retention U = Undecided
Census: largest 100 RSLs
Organisation Chief executive Gender Age Ethnicity Units Annual Region(s)
     (owned andturnover (£) 
     managed)  
Accent Group Martin Kelly M 47 W 17,000 48m SE, NW, NE
Acton HA Peter McCormack M 48 W 6926 41m L, SE
Aldwyck HA Rod Poole (interim) M 58 W 7010 29m SE, E
Amber Valley Housing Lindsey Williams F 41 W 5367 16.2m EM
Anchor Trust John Belcher M 57 W 30,952 217.9m All
Aragon HA Alan Humphreys M 48 W 6100 20m SE, E
Arena HAGraham Eades M 50 W 11,466 43m Y&H, NW
Aspire HousingTony Billington M 58 W 8986 20.8m WM
Bedfordshire Pilgrims HAJohn Cross M 51 W 11,000 46m SE, E, EM
Bradford West Geraldine Howley F 47 W 6500 16m Y&H
Bromford Carinthia HA Mick Kent M 52 W 14,500 52.6m EM, WM, SE, SW
Community HT Group       
Broomleigh HA Neil McCall M 46 W 14,000 50m L
Carlisle HA Patrick Leonard M 47 W 6700 18.5m NW
Central Sunderland HCPeter Walls M 52 W 7328 18.427m NE
Chelmer Housing Partnership Stuart Stackhouse M 51 W 14,980 25m SE
Chester & District HTJohn Denny M 45 W 6400 16.8m NW
Circle 33 HT Donald Hoodless M 63 W 21,522 55.7m L, SE, E
Coast & Country Housing Iain Sim M 48 W 11,000 33m NE
Derwent HA John Martin M 57 W 7537 16.967m EM, WM, Y&H
Devon & Cornwall HATeresa Butchers F 54 W 8600 26.8m SW
Downland HA Keith Exford M 50 W 9000 100m SE
Ealing Family HA Rod Cahill M 52 W 7500 50m L, SE
East Homes June Barnes F 50 W 12,000 48.3m L, SE
East Midlands HA Chan Kataria M 47 A 7000 21m EM
English Churches HG Peter Walters M 51 W 10,829 73m All
Family HA Carol Radmore F 51 W 13,21656.1m L, SE
Focus HA Richard Clark M 56 W 13,832 61.1m WM
Regeneration Group       
Genesis HG Anu Vedi M 50 A 41,000 131.7m L, SE
Guinness Trust Simon Dow M 54 W 26,000 98m All
Hanover HA John Gatward M 55 W 11,700 43m All
Havebury Steve Cook M 54 W 5700 18m E
Housing Partnership       
Helena Housing Rob Young M 49 W 13,500 39.2mNW
Herefordshire Housing Tony Jaques M 51 W 5400 19.836m* WM
High Weald HA Sarah Boden (interim) F 39 W 5500 22.7m L, SE
Home Group Malcolm Levi M 57 W 28,674 79.849m EM, WM, Y&H,
       W, NE
Horizon HG Ben Wilson M 52 W 16,000 70m L, SE
Houghton & Hetton HCPeter Walls M 52 W5611 14.670m NE
Housing 21 Melinda Phillips F 54 W 13,440 67m N, M, S
Housing HartlepoolCatherine Purdy F 38 W 7246 20m NE
Huntingdonshire Chan Abraham M 47 A 5400 20m E
Housing Partnership       
Irwell Valley HA Tom Manion M 48 W 7500 23m NW
Jephson Homes HABob Strachan M 53 W 14,500 42m SE, SW, E, EM,
Knightstone HA Nick Horne M 45 W 11,000 33m SE, SW
Knowsley HT John McHale M 56 W 15,064 40m NW
Leicester HA David Seviour M 56 W 8000 25m EM, WM
Liverpool HT David Bebb M 60 W 9793 31.1m NW
London & Quadrant HT Don Wood M 59 W41,000 121m L, SE
Magna HA Graham Colls M 49 W 7918 29.048m SW, SE
Maidstone HT Peter Stringer M 48 W 6210 23.5m SE
Manchester & District HA Ian Perry M 54 W 9968 26m NW
Metropolitan HT Tony Shoults M 61 W 17,300 75m L, EM, WM
MHS Homes John Sands M 53 W 7500 35m L, SE
Organisation Chief executive Gender Age Ethnicity Units Annual Region(s)
     (owned andturnover (£) 
     managed)  
Moat HGJohn Barker M 53 W 13,648 44m SE
New Charter Housing (North) Ian Munro M 50 W 7916 28.1m NW
New Charter Housing (South) Ian Munro M 50 W 7000 27.1m NW
North British Housing David Cowans M 47 W 46,684126m All
North Hertfordshire Homes Kevin Thompson M 52 W 8773 30.272m E
North Sunderland HCPeter Walls M 52 W 7041 18.293m NE
Northern Counties HA Ken Irving M 59 W 20,200 67m NW
Notting Hill HT Kate Davies F 48 W 19,000 126m L
Nottingham Community HA Andrew Malone M 60 W 7000 38m EM
Orbit HG Paul Tennant M 44 W 27,000 94m SE, SW, E, EM,
Paddington Churches HA Anu Vedi M 50A 11,390 54.824m L, SE
Pathmeads HA Anu Vedi M 50 A 22,000 83.401m L, SE
Peabody Trust Stephen Howlett M 52W 18,07376m L
Pennine Housing 2000 David Procter M 55 W 11,000 28m Y&H
Raglan HA Alan Seabright M 57 W 10,000 37m L, SE, SW, E, EM,
       WM
Richmond Housing David Done M 43 W 8500 27m L
Partnership        
Riverside Housing Deborah ShackletonF 52 W 40,000 110m EM, WM, NW
Royal Borough of Gordon Perry M 47 W 9700 36m** L
Kensington & Chelsea TMO       
Russett Homes John Ridley M 51 W 6350 25m SE
Servite Houses Matthew Fox M 47 W 13,400 £74m L
Shaftesbury HA James Tickell (acting) M 47W 11,900 64m SE
SLFHA Clive Coley M / B 9779 33m L
Somer Community HT Alan Ward M 42 W 9000 28m SW
South Somerset Homes Geoff Atkinson M 49 W 8300 27m SW
South Sunderland HCPeter Walls M 52 W 6690 17.893m NE
South Warwickshire HA Wendy Temple F / W 5669 18.490m EM, WM
Southern HG Tom Dacey M / W 18,297 64m SE
Sovereign HA Ann Santry F 46 W 12,400 43.1m SE, SW
Springboard HA Anu Vedi M50A570034.5mL, SW
Stadium HA Nick Wood M 52 W 9711 57.414m L
Swale HA Brian Horton M 38 W 7417 26m L, SE
Thames Valley HA Keith Holloway M 52 W 8136 29.4m L, SE
Three Valleys Housing Kanwaljit Singh M 50 A 5439 13.5m EM
Touchstone HA Tom Murtha M 52 W 12,000 35m EM, WM
Trent & Dove Housing Ron Dougan M 40 W 5150 12.921m WM
Twin Valley HomesPhil Richards M 51 W 8500 25.5m NW
Washington HC Peter Walls M 52 W 6893 19.133m NE
Weaver Vale HT Steve Jennings M 46 W 6350 19.1m NW
Western Challenge HA Wayne Morris M 52 W 7000 26m SE, SW
Westlea HA David Ashmore M 49 W 6000 25m SW
West Wiltshire Henriette van DethF55W5057£17.7mSW
Housing Society       
Whitefriars Homes North Howard Farrand M 57 W 857420.9m EM
Whitefriars Homes South Howard Farrand M 57 W 9427 25.1m EM
William Sutton HAMike Morris M 61 W 14,000 45m All
Willow Park HT Mervyn Jones M 50 W 7800 23m NW
Wrekin HT John Broadhead M / W 11,000 35m WM
Wyre Forest Ray Brookes M 49 W 5500 / WM
Community Housing       
Yorkshire Housing Bill Payne M 49 W 8419 34m Y&H
* Amount covers 16 months from transfer in November 2002
** Turnover of housing revenue account