{{Short description|Mutual provider of social housing services in the United Kingdom}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2013}} {{Use British English|date=July 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} [[File:2010-10-13-london-by-RalfR-068.jpg|thumb|Guinness Trust Buildings in Snowsfields, London Borough of Southwark]] '''The Guinness Partnership''' is one of the largest providers of [[affordable housing]] in England. Founded as a charitable trust in 1890, it is now a [[Community Benefit Society]] with eight members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/28391|title=Mutuals Public Register: The Guinness Partnership Limited|website=mutuals.fca.org.uk|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref> [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] classify it as a real estate owner and developer.<ref name=bl-tgpl/>
{{As of|2024||df=}}, the Guinness Partnership owns and manages around 68,000 homes, and provides services to more than 140,000 people.
==History== The Guinness Trust was founded in 1890 by the then [[Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh|Edward Cecil Guinness]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/|title=Our history|website=The Guinness Partnership|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref> a great-grandson of the founder of the [[Guinness Brewery]], to help homeless people in London and [[Dublin]]. Edward Cecil Guinness was created the 1st [[Baron]] Iveagh in 1891, the 1st [[Viscount]] Iveagh in 1905, and the 1st [[Earl of Iveagh]] in 1919. Lord Iveagh, as he became, donated £200,000 to set up the Guinness Trust in London, the equivalent of £25 million in today's money.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the [[Iveagh Trust]] based in Dublin took responsibility for Ireland. The Guinness Trust extended its objectives outside London in 1962, eventually operating in all parts of England. It was not related to the brewery company. The history of its first century was published by Peter Malpass in 1998.
In 1992, the Guinness Trust Group acquired the Parchment Group, parent company of Hermitage Housing Association.<ref name=GH>[http://www.guinnesshermitage.co.uk/page.asp?id=37 Guinness Hermitage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409043359/http://www.guinnesshermitage.co.uk/page.asp?id=37 |date=9 April 2008 }} website, retrieved 30 April 2008</ref> The combined group is now known as The Guinness Partnership. Northern Counties Housing Association joined the Partnership in 2008.<ref name=men-20051221>{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/housing-trusts-set-for-merger-talks-1097125 |title=Housing trusts set for merger talks |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=21 December 2005 |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=NCHA>[http://www.ncha.co.uk/nchaweb/archive Northern Counties joins The Guinness Partnership], 10 Jan 2008. Northern Counties press release. Retrieved 30 April 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006050459/http://www.ncha.co.uk/nchaweb/archive |date=October 6, 2006 }}</ref>
In 2022, Guinness Partnership announced that it has joined the [[G15 (housing associations)|G15]] group of large housing associations in London, the body which aims to provide a collective voice for large, registered housing providers in the capital.<ref name=bl-tgpl>{{cite web |url=https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/guinness-joins-g15-housing-association-group-in-london/5119819.article |title=Guinness joins G15 housing association group in London |publisher=Housing Today |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref>
==Structure== Catriona Simons has been the current Group Chief Executive of The Partnership since 2015 and is also a serving Executive Board Member for the partnership. Catriona had also previously served as Deputy Chief Executive of the partnership after joining Guinness in December 2009. Prior to her appointments with The Guinness Partnership, Ms Simons started her career with Ernst & Young and was also Group Finance Director at Peabody.
https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/about-us/who-we-are/executive-team/
Chris Wilson is the current Chair of The Guinness Partnership Limited, a board member of Guinness Housing Association Limited, Chair of the Property Committee, and a Member of the Remuneration, Nominations, People & Culture Committee.
https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/about-us/who-we-are/our-board/
In 2012, the housing properties and operations of The Guinness Trust were combined with those of the other main housing divisions in the Group to form a single charitable company operating nationwide, The Guinness Partnership Limited.
The Guinness Partnership and Wulvern Housing Limited merged on 31 January 2017.
The sales and marketing team is responsible for the sales of the Partnership's shared ownership and market sale properties across England. They are known as Guinness Homes and have a separate website to the Partnership's main website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guinness Homes |url=https://www.guinnesshomes.co.uk/ |access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Iveagh Market]] *[[Housing in the United Kingdom]] *[[Real estate in the United Kingdom]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Guinness Trust}} * {{Official website}} * [http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/125 The Guinness Partnership 125th anniversary microsite] * {{EW charity|208076|The Guinness Trust}} {{Housing associations in London}}
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