This page provides basic information about Watford Community Housing and its subsidiary companies.
Watford Community Housing is a charitable, not-for-profit housing association registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
Like all housing associations, we’re regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing, which sets the standards we are expected to meet to ensure that we’re properly governed, financially viable and delivering value for money.
We’re also a member of the National Housing Federation (NHF) and have adopted the 2015 NHF Code of Governance.
Watford Community Housing Trust
Registered society number: 30183R
Registered housing trust number: L4495
VAT number: 911 5648 32
Clarendon Living Limited
Registered company number: 05670451
Hart Homes (Watford) Limited
Registered company number: 10250718
Hart Homes Housing Developments LLP
Registered company number: OC415576
Three Rivers Homes Limited
Registered company number: 10689139
Three Rivers Homes Housing Developments LLP
Registered company number: OC417495
WCHT Devco Ltd
Registered company number: 09816640
As a registered provider and charity, Watford Community Housing is committed to eliminating corruption and bribery and achieving the highest standards of governance in all its activities. Watford Community Housing wishes to carry out its business transparently and fairly and therefore operates a zero-tolerance policy towards corruption and bribery. Watford Community Housing expects that any organisation wishing to undertake business with us or any organisation being invited to undertake business with us must also demonstrate such commitment to conducting business without corruption and bribery.
Watford Community Housing is a charitable, registered housing provider and parent of the Watford Community Housing Group. As well as being a charitable housing provider, Watford Community Housing is a ‘community gateway’ association, whose 6,000-plus tenants have an active role in the organisation’s affairs. The Group has over 180 employees and operates in the UK. Watford Community Housing has an annual turnover of £35.5m (as at March 2019).
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business and operate a zero tolerance policy on these practices. We procure goods and services in accordance with EU and UK legislation. This Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery or human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.
We will carry out due diligence on new contractors and suppliers to assess their awareness of and compliance with the Modern Slavery Act. We expect our contractors and suppliers to mirror our zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking, complying with all applicable law and legislation in this area to protect the rights and freedoms of people. This includes prohibitions on slavery, people trafficking, forced labour, employment rights, health and safety protections and environmental legislation.
We may ask contractors to carry out or agree to audits of key suppliers where we have suspicions that there may be non-compliance with the legislation. We may also remove them from our supply chain at the earliest opportunity.
Watford Community Housing requires all new contractors and suppliers to confirm to Watford Community Housing in writing as part of any new competitive tender/procurement process or non-competitive selection process that they comply with these provisions.
All staff were required to undergo a mandatory e-Learning training course on modern slavery between January and March 2019 which will be repeated regularly.
We have additional policies to support the identification of modern slavery risks, as follows : -
(i) Whistleblowing Policy: for staff to raise any concerns about our supply chain without fear of reprisals;
(ii) Recruitment and Selection Policy: contains controls around applicant background and right to work checks; and
(iii) Procurement - as part of our annual contract register/supplier monitoring we ask suppliers to confirm their adherence to the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
The statement at this section 4 is made pursuant to s54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our Group slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 2018/19.