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Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements (STAIRs)

Are you one of our tenants who is looking to search for information about us or make a request for specific performance data or information? You will soon be able to do this through STAIRs.

What is STAIRs?

STAIRs stands for Social Tenant Access to Information Requirement scheme. The government have introduced a new standard aimed at improving transparency for tenants of social housing providers, such as Red Kite.

When is STAIRs being implemented?

The STAIRs consultation period ended in July 2024, and following this a policy statement was issued by the government. This contained a publication scheme that lists information that we are required to publish from 1st October 2026, and also explained how we will be required to respond to STAIRs requests for information from 1st April 2027.

On this page you can now find information that we are required to publish under STAIRs, and to make things easier we’ve used the STAIRs classifications here to organise the information, and linking to other relevant pages on our website where appropriate.

We're committed to making information easy to find and understand, and helping tenants stay informed about the services that matter to them – we'll continue to add and update information here and across our website, but if you think we haven’t published information that we hold that should be included, you can ask us to review this.

STAIRs Publication Scheme

You can find out everything you want to know about Red Kite in the About us section of the website:

Our Feedback pages describe our complaints process and how we prioritise feedback.

Our Volunteer with us pages explain how our tenant volunteers make a positive difference in their community by helping to shape the services we provide. They make sure that we remain truly tenant-led through everything that we do.

Our Tenants and Community Strategy brings together our commitments to:

  • supporting tenants as individuals

  • strengthening community connection and wellbeing and our role as place-shapers, and

  • ensuring tenant voices genuinely shape what we do.

We currently publish minutes and agendas from some of our tenant-led groups:

Every year, our Resident Representative Team (RRT) decides to focus on a particular service area and conduct a detailed scrutiny review.

We publish details of all aspects of our income and our spending in our annual financial statements. We also publish a more accessible and tenant-friendly annual report, which includes bar charts illustrating our total annual income and expenditure.

Each year, we publish information about your rent:

  • changes to your rent

  • why the change is happening

  • how we use your rent

  • what support is available if you’re struggling to pay your rent.

Red Kite tenants can view their rent account statements via the tenant portal. Tenants can also see which services are covered by the service charges that they pay, as can leaseholders.

Information on our procurement procedures can be found on our Procurement page.

We have contracts that exceed £500 in value for the provision of housing management services with the following contractors and suppliers:

Contracts and tenders that exceed £500 for housing management services

Contractor/Supplier Name

Contract provision

Gilmartins Ltd

Repairs & voids

FSG Property Services

Planned maintenance programmes - roofing

Bellway Homes Ltd

Property developer

Alexander James Contracts

Property developer

Sureserve Compliance South Ltd

Electrical & heating contracts

Taylor Wimpey West London

Property developer

EON Energy Solution Ltd

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

Beechcroft Developments Ltd

Property developer

Sureserve Compliance Fire Ltd

Fire remedial works

Clive's Drives Ltd

Civil works - pathways & driveways

Arthur J Gallagher Housing Ltd

Business insurance

John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance Ltd

Grounds Maintenance

Pelhams Interiors

 

Ian Williams Ltd

Cyclical decorations

ROCK IT Specialists Ltd

IT managed service provider

SPB Services Marlow Ltd

Handyman services

Sasse Facilities Management Ltd

Communal & window cleaning

Knights Professional Services Ltd

Legal services (housing management court injuctions)

Parrotts Construction

Property developer

Neilds Property Services Ltd

Aids and adaptations

Delta Surveys Ltd

SHDF consultants

Specialist Computer Centres PLC

Software licensing

Campbell Tickell Ltd

Social housing consultancy

Anthony Collins Solicitors

Legal services

Telnik Roofing Ltd

Repairs contractor (disrepair works)

Woods Building Services

Asbestos removal works

M & S Bees Knees

Pest control

Blaser Mills Solicitors

Legal services

Sureserve Compliance Water Ltd

Legionella water treatment

BPM Project Managemant Ltd

Employers agent, Clerk of Works & principal designer

Experian Ltd

Credit search

Woodward Property Management Ltd

Hampden Court service charge (access to main road)

Putnam Construction Services

Property developer

PCDS Ltd

Structural surveys & consultancy

Ayling Fencing LJ and PC Ayling

Civil works - fencing

SLN (Aylesbury)

Groundworks - large scale

Elliott Jordan CIS

Domestic & commercial electrical works

Vintec Laboratories Ltd

Asbestos surveys

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Legal services

TechLabs London

Dynamics developer

BT Payment Services Ltd

Telephony

Bidvest Noonan (UK) Ltd

 

Cleardata UK Ltd

Scanning/postal services

Housing Partners Ltd

Tenancy analytics

8X8 UK Ltd

Telephony

Tenon FM Ltd

Office cleaning

TSG Building Services plc

Planned maintenance programmes

Altair Consultancy and Advisory Services Ltd

Board recruitment agency

Phoenix Software Ltd

IT licences & consultancy

CORGI Technical Services Ltd

Auditing and training (gas and electric)

Remus Management Ltd

Managing agents

RD Contractors

Adaptation works

Prolink GB Ltd

Newsletter printing

IRG Advisors t/a Berwick Partners

Recruitment consultancy

FinanSys Solutions Ltd

Finance system

Heartwood Tree Surgeons Ltd

Tree maintenance works

Regulator of Social Housing

 

Kenstanley Ltd

Senior operations resource consultancy

Assured Fire Safety Consultancy Ltd

Fire risk assessments

Appello Careline Ltd

Out of office phone service

TPTracker Ltd

Tenant satisfaction surveys

Buckingham Hotels Group Ltd

Decanting accomodation

Michael Dyson Associates Ltd

Architect and structural design employers agent

TBS Hygiene Ltd

Dog bins

ActiveIS Ltd

Red Kite website support

Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Legal services

Westwood Associates Ltd

IT hardware

Legal and General

 

Gravitas Recruitment Group Ltd

Recruitment consultancy

Civica UK Ltd (formally Keystone)

IT licences

British Gas Trading Ltd Acc A

New build energy supplier

HQN Ltd

 

Crystal Clear Window Works t/a Parkwell S

Window repairs

Tunstall Healthcare UK Ltd

Community alarms

Signscope Design

External signage

Jones Lang LaSalle Ltd

Property evaluations & advice

Dulux Decorator Center

Tenant decorating vouchers

Thompson Wilson Chartered Surveyors

Site valuations

Kendall Kingscott Ltd

Employers agent

Esuasive DB Group ltd

Dynamics developer

National Lease Plans

Lease plan

Beever and Struthers Chartered Accountants BA

Internal audit services/Policy reviews

Simplyhealth Access

Staff healthplan

S.Tel Consultants Ltd

IT consultant

Ingleton Wood LLP

Construction consultants

National Housing Federation

 

Thames Water Utilities

Water supply

Buzzacott LLP

Financial statements auditing

Pure Cyber Ltd

Cyber security specialists

Trowers Hamlins Services

Legal services

IRIS Software Ltd

Cascade system

Acorn Environmental Management Group

Tree surveys

Weald t/n Advisory Insurance Brokers Ltd

Insurance brokers

ESRI UK Ltd

GIS mapping software

The Compliance Workbook Ltd

Compliance system

M and G Trustee Company Ltd

 

ARK Consultancy Ltd

Stock transfer - verification surveys and reviews

Niyaa People Ltd

Housing recruitment specialists

SCCI Alphatrack

Digital aerial repairs

Leading Edge Leadership Ltd

Training provider (JJ Lynch)

Wycombe Mind

Tenant support

Project Map Ltd

IT licences (Proggio)

Buckinghamshire Council

 

Access Paysuite Ltd

 

Savills UK Ltd

Property consultants

Avoira Ltd

Meeting room tech provider

Forest HR Ltd

Salary benchmarking

Video Arts Ltd

Learning platform

Wadsworth Security Products Ltd

Security services

Gamma Business Communications Ltd

Telephony

Tpas

Tenant engagement

Clearway Environmental Services (UK) Ltd

Void property security

HML PM Ltd c/o Hamlet Grove Management Co Ltd

Residential property specialists

Housemark Ltd

Housing survey data

Ricoh UK Ltd

MFDs

Clearfast Services Ltd

Drainage services

Alternatives to Conflict

Conflict resolution services

AD Construction Group

Planned maintenance programmes

ION Consultants

Asbestos - audits, reports and training

Ocean Media Group Ltd

Housing conferences and exhibition management

Forde & McHugh Ltd

Civils - streetlighting & internal communal

James Stevens Associates Ltd

Recruitment consultancy

Castleton Technologies Ltd

IT licences

Just Ask Estate Services Ltd

Bulk waste provider

M3 Housing

SoR provider (IT)

Seymour Taylor Audit Ltd

Payroll services

Enerveo Ltd

Streetlight repairs

Social Link OpportuniTEA Café

Support group

Chiltern Domestic Appliances Ltd

Washing machine repairs

Wycombe Homeless Connection

Tenant support

Corporate Plans and Objectives

Our Corporate Strategy lays out how we will deliver the priorities of our tenants, including ensuring our homes are safe, warm and in good condition, and can serve as a strong foundation for tenants’ lives; and developing homes for the future by increasing the number of affordable homes available to the local community by planning for 500 new homes by 2030, equivalent to 100 per year.

You can find updates on our ongoing and completed maintenance projects in the section on our refurbishment projects.

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) improvement works

The table below was submitted as part of our 2026 Tenant Satisfaction Measures return:

Number of homes by EPC rating

EPC rating

Number of homes

EPC-A

25

EPC-B

243

EPC-C

4,565

EPC-D

734

EPC-E

44

EPC-F

8

EPC-G

0

EPC not known

28

EPC not required

0

Total

5,647

Going forward we are tracking monthly changes resulting from our EPC improvement works, which will allow us to provide regular monthly updates on progress.

Stock transfers

Information about our original stock transfer can be found in the About us section. You can also find information about a 2025 transfer from Riverside in the news section.

Stock condition data

  • Year of most recent stock condition survey: 2025/26

  • Number of units inspected: 273

  • Number of units failing the Decent Homes Standard at inspection: 1

  • Percentage of stock physically inspected within the last 5 years: 88%

We have recently commenced our new stock condition survey programme, and we aim to publish data from that survey here once it has been completed.

We publish monthly updates on a range of metrics on the Our performance pages in the About us section of the website.

Following a review by the regulator in November 2025, we were given a grading of G1/V1. This grading shows that we met the regulator’s financial viability requirements (V1) and governance requirements (G1). We have not yet been assessed against the RSH's consumer requirements, which were introduced from 1st April 2024.

Internal audits

In 2026/27 the following tenant-facing services are being audited by Menzies LLP:

  • Antisocial behaviour

  • Customer services and complaints management

  • Electrical safety

  • Damp and mould management (compliance with Awaab’s Law)

  • Service charges

  • Planned maintenance including stock condition data.

Details of previous years' internal audits are included in our annual financial statements.

In January 2024 internal auditors conducted an audit of our antisocial behaviour service and gave us a Green assurance rating with no recommendations.

Inspections outcomes

The Housing Ombudsman publish decisions on any cases investigated on their website. Also, our Regulator of Social Housing Regulatory Judgement from November 2025 can be found on the RSH website.

Media releases

Our media releases can be found on the Press and media page.

A Value for Money report is included in our annual financial statement, but we also produce shorter versions, which focus on those measures most important to tenants.

Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs)

We have published the latest TSM data which includes the following information:

  • Overall satisfaction

  • Keeping properties in good repair

  • Maintaining building safety

  • Respectful and helpful engagement

  • Effective handling of complaints

  • Responsible neighbourhood management.

Complaint metrics

Our Give us your feedback section includes the following complaints performance information:

The TSM data referred to above includes data on our performance against the complaints indicators (CH01 and CH02), and the Our performance pages include monthly data on the percentage of formal complaints resolved within target time.

Data breach data

Data breaches and remedial actions taken are reported to the Audit & Risk Committee on a quarterly basis:

September-October 2025

Total of 15 data breaches reported:

  • letter sent to wrong person - 8

  • personal data published on website - 1

  • email sent to wrong person - 5

  • personal information disclosed verbally - 1 – this was reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

November 2025 to January 2026

Total of 7 data breaches reported:

  • letter sent to wrong person - 1

  • email sent to wrong person - 4

  • SMS sent to wrong person - 1

  • letter sent to deceased person - 1

February-April 2026

Total of 4 data breaches reported:

  • email sent to wrong person - 1

  • letter sent to wrong person - 3

April-September 2026

Total of 7 data breaches reported:

  • personal data published on website - 1

  • personal data disclosed - 4

  • email sent to wrong person - 1

  • phone call made to wrong person - 1

Health and safety assessments

We have a monthly schedule of Health and Safety assessments that covers all of our homes.

Number of Health and Safety assessments carried out per month by type

Inspection type

March 2026

April 2026

May 2026

June 2026

July 2026

August 2026

September 2026

Health and Safety inspections completed

92

93

91

92

94

94

95

Fire alarm tests completed

180

164

152

182

160

152

184

Sheltered facilities inspections completed

21

27

27

27

27

27

27

Building inspections completed

29

28

30

30

30

29

30

Service road inspections completed

32

39

38

35

39

24

36

Play area inspections completed

19

20

20

20

20

15

19

Estate inspections completed

19

23

25

21

28

10

21

If you are a Red Kite tenant and would like details of any of the inspection information shown in the table above for your block or individual home please contact us and we can provide this.

We also carry out regular risk assessments of the play areas we manage:

Play area risk assessment inspection dates and number of risks identified

Name of play area

Date of last monthly inspection

Number of risks identified
(rated medium or above)

Date of last annual inspection

Number of risks identified
(rated medium or above)

Bowerdean Road

28/10/2026

0

26/08/2026

0

Conway House

26/10/2026

0

25/08/2026

0

Cross Road

26/10/2026

0

25/08/2026

0

Desborough Street

26/10/2026

0

25/08/2026

0

Donnington Gardens

28/09/2026

0

24/08/2026

0

Herbert Road

28/10/2026

0

26/08/2026

0

Hillary Road

28/10/2026

1

25/08/2026

0

Melbourne Road

28/10/2026

0

26/08/2026

0

Micklefield Road

28/10/2026

0

26/08/2026

0

Newfield Gardens

28/09/2026

0

24/08/2026

1

Oakwood

26/10/2026

0

06/08/2026

0

Redman Road

26/10/2026

0

25/08/2026

0

Roundwood Road

28/10/2026

0

26/08/2026

0

Sandygate Close

28/09/2026

0

24/08/2026

0

Shelley Road

28/09/2026

0

24/08/2026

0

Simmons Way

26/10/2026

0

25/08/2026

0

The Pastures

26/10/2026

0

29/08/2026

0

The Pines

26/10/2026

0

25/08/2026

0

Wallace Close

28/09/2026

0

24/08/2026

0

Welles Road

26/10/2026

1

24/08/2026

0

Wiltshire Road

28/09/2026

0

24/08/2026

0

If you are a Red Kite tenant and would like details of any of the risk assessments shown in the table above please contact us and we can provide this.

Number of evictions

In the last three years we have carried out the following numbers of evictions:

  • 2024/25 = 9 - 7 for rent arrears, 1 no succession, 1 home abandoned

  • 2025/26 = 6 - 3 for ASB, 1 for rent arrears, 1 home abandoned, 1 for tenancy fraud

  • 2026/27 to date = 6 - all for rent arrears.

We aim to update this information quarterly.

Awaab’s law compliance

The following graphs show monthly response times for emergency and significant hazards:

Temporary moves (decants)

As at 25th August 2026, there have been seven temporary moves carried out in 2026/27.

There were 29 temporary moves carried out in the previous year, 2025/26.

Description of services

The About us section describes all of our core services.

Advice and guidance for tenants

The Your Home and Supporting you sections of our website contains extensive advice, guidance and support for our residents.

Our social homes are let through choice-based lettings schemes which operate in the areas we cover:

We do not own any buildings that are covered by the Building Safety Act 2022, i.e. buildings of 18 metres or more in height or seven or more storeys and containing at least two homes.

We carry out a rolling programme of estate inspections across the year, upcoming inspection details can be found in the What's on section.

We currently hold the following information in registers required by law:

Information held in registers required by law, as at September 2026

Compliance area

Asset base

Compliant

Compliance

Overdue

Landlord Gas Safety Certificates

5,852

5,851

99.98%

1

Electrical Certificates (General Needs)

6,074

6.071

99.95%

3

Electrical Certificates (Communal Areas)

226

226

100%

0

Fire Risk Assessments (Communal)

212

212

100%

0

Asbestos Risk Assessments (Communal)

288

288

100%

0

Water Risk Assessments (Communal)

26

26

100%

0

Passenger Lift Inspections

9

9

100%

0

If you are a Red Kite tenant and would like details of any of the compliance information shown in the table above for your individual block please contact us and we can provide this.

Aids and adaptations

Since April 2024 we have installed a total of 480 adaptations to our homes, to meet the needs of our tenants:

  • 1 specialist washing and drying toilet

  • 18 ramps/access modifications

  • 5 extensions

  • 2 off-road parking places

  • 61 level access showers

  • 10 stairlifts

  • 383 minor adaptations - grab bars, shower seats, hand rails, etc.

If you, or a member of your family, become disabled, or have a disability which affects your enjoyment of your home, we might be able to help by providing you with a home that is adapted to your needs, or adapting your existing Red Kite home - find out more about aids and adaptations

Our policies page contains our decision-making policies as well as our policies relating to the management of social housing.

Information requests

From April 2027, new STAIRs rules will allow you to request certain information on things like:

  • Antisocial behaviour
  • Complaints handling
  • Procedures and performance
  • Health & safety
  • Rent rates
  • Property conditions, repairs, and improvements to property
  • Service charges
  • Stock profile
  • Energy efficiency information
  • Estate management.

You can make a request now on any of these topics using any of the usual methods to contact us.