# The Guinness Partnership > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Guinness_Partnership > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Guinness_Partnership.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guinness_Partnership > Source revision: 1342918455 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Mutual provider of social housing services in the United Kingdom This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Guinness Partnership" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Guinness Trust Buildings in Snowsfields, London Borough of Southwark **The Guinness Partnership** is one of the largest providers of [affordable housing](/source/Affordable_housing) in England. Founded as a charitable trust in 1890, it is now a [Community Benefit Society](/source/Community_Benefit_Society) with eight members.[1] [Bloomberg](/source/Bloomberg_L.P.) classify it as a real estate owner and developer.[2] As of 2024[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Guinness_Partnership&action=edit), 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 Cecil Guinness](/source/Edward_Guinness%2C_1st_Earl_of_Iveagh),[3] a great-grandson of the founder of the [Guinness Brewery](/source/Guinness_Brewery), to help homeless people in London and [Dublin](/source/Dublin). Edward Cecil Guinness was created the 1st [Baron](/source/Baron) Iveagh in 1891, the 1st [Viscount](/source/Viscount) Iveagh in 1905, and the 1st [Earl of Iveagh](/source/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](/source/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.[4] The combined group is now known as The Guinness Partnership. Northern Counties Housing Association joined the Partnership in 2008.[5][6] In 2022, Guinness Partnership announced that it has joined the [G15](/source/G15_(housing_associations)) group of large housing associations in London, the body which aims to provide a collective voice for large, registered housing providers in the capital.[2] ## 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/](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/](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.[7] ## See also - [Iveagh Market](/source/Iveagh_Market) - [Housing in the United Kingdom](/source/Housing_in_the_United_Kingdom) - [Real estate in the United Kingdom](/source/Real_estate_in_the_United_Kingdom) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mutuals Public Register: The Guinness Partnership Limited"](https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/28391). *mutuals.fca.org.uk*. Retrieved 7 July 2019. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bl-tgpl_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bl-tgpl_2-1) ["Guinness joins G15 housing association group in London"](https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/guinness-joins-g15-housing-association-group-in-london/5119819.article). Housing Today. Retrieved 12 November 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Our history"](https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/). *The Guinness Partnership*. Retrieved 7 July 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-GH_4-0)** [Guinness Hermitage](http://www.guinnesshermitage.co.uk/page.asp?id=37) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080409043359/http://www.guinnesshermitage.co.uk/page.asp?id=37) 9 April 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) website, retrieved 30 April 2008 1. **[^](#cite_ref-men-20051221_5-0)** ["Housing trusts set for merger talks"](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/housing-trusts-set-for-merger-talks-1097125). *Manchester Evening News*. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NCHA_6-0)** [Northern Counties joins The Guinness Partnership](http://www.ncha.co.uk/nchaweb/archive), 10 Jan 2008. Northern Counties press release. Retrieved 30 April 2008 [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20061006050459/http://www.ncha.co.uk/nchaweb/archive) October 6, 2006, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Guinness Homes"](https://www.guinnesshomes.co.uk/). Retrieved 7 July 2019. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Guinness Trust](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Guinness_Trust). - [Official website](https://www.guinnesspartnership.com/) - [The Guinness Partnership 125th anniversary microsite](http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/125) - ["*The Guinness Trust, registered charity no. 208076*"](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=208076&subId=0). [Charity Commission for England and Wales](/source/Charity_Commission_for_England_and_Wales). v t e Housing associations in London G15 A2 Dominion Clarion Guinness Partnership Hyde Group L&Q (East Thames) Metropolitan Thames Valley Notting Hill Genesis Peabody (Catalyst Housing) Riverside (One Housing) Southern (Optivto) Sovereign Network Group (Network Homes) Local associations Poplar HARCA Shepherds Bush Housing Association Hornsey Housing Trust Newlon Housing Trust Origin Housing Agudas Israel Housing National associations in London Anchor Hanover Group (Anchor · Hanover Housing Association) Places for People Housing cooperatives Glenkerry House Thamesmead Housing Co-operative --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Guinness Partnership](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guinness_Partnership) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guinness_Partnership?action=history)). 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