Governance and Policy

As a not-for-profit company, we follow a strict set of governance structures across our group. North Devon Homes (NDH) has a subsidiary called Anchorwood Ltd. This company develops and sells housing on the open market, and all profits are invested directly back into NDH, allowing us to build more affordable housing for people in North Devon.

In 2004, we set up a partnership with three other southwest housing associations and formed the Advantage South West partnership, of which NDH holds a 25% share. Since its formation, the group has added more members across the southwest and created a committee of like-minded organisations to help combat the housing crisis in the area.

Our Group Governance Structure

Having an effective governance system in place is essential to running a successful organisation. At NDH, we have a number of measures in place to help:

A skilled Board for the NDH business
A skilled Board for the Anchorwood Ltd business
A dedicated Executive Team
Subcommittees for Audit and Risk and Remuneration
A Customer Board Partnership (CBP) committee
A Scrutiny customer panel

NDH follows the National Housing Federation’s codes of governance and standards. We regularly assess our compliance and report our outcomes in our annual Financial Statements and Annual Report to Tenants, both of which you can download on our Performance page.

We are also regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing. You can read our regulatory judgement here.

Read our Modern Slavery and Trafficking Statement here.

Our Policies

Our policies detail what we do and how we do it. They demonstrate our core values and principles, outline our commitments, and provide a guideline for how we deliver our business strategies. You can view the policies that affect our customers here: