About Us

Our mission is to support the affordable housing sector to achieve its goals and deliver the high quality homes and services that residents deserve.

For more than 35 years, ARK Consultancy has been driven by a strong desire to see organisations perform at their best. Why? Because this leads to improved homes, stronger communities, and ultimately, better lives.

Our mission is to support the affordable housing sector to achieve its goals and deliver the high-quality homes and services that residents deserve.

We are known for our trustworthy, collaborative approach and our commitment to excellence. We help our clients drive positive change and deliver impactful results though high performing people, properties and resources.

The ARK Consultancy team

Our team of over 100 dedicated professionals from across the UK brings extensive experience of working at senior levels across all areas of housing. This diverse expertise allows us to offer comprehensive support, both strategically and operationally, ensuring that we can effectively address your unique challenges and goals. With our deep understanding of the industry, we are well-equipped to guide you through complex decisions and help you achieve your objectives.

We provide a wide range of project, interim and research services designed to support every aspect of your organisation. Whether you need assistance with asset management, development and regeneration, housing management, recruiting the right talent, managing organisational change, or driving growth, we have the knowledge and skills to help you maximise your resources effectively. We tailor our solutions to meet the specific needs of your organisation, ensuring that you can navigate challenges and seize opportunities with confidence.

Together, we help improve, transform, add value and effect change.

Visit our Case Studies page or follow us on LinkedIn to explore more of the work that we do and see how we make a positive difference in the social housing sector.

Our Values

Our values reflect our core beliefs and are integral to everything we do as an organisation. They guide our actions and decisions.

Excellence

We provide a first class service that goes beyond our clients’ expectations. We are scrupulous, efficient and diligent in all that we undertake. We have a track record for delivering high quality projects which add value.

Knowledge

We deliver a first-class service that consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations. We are meticulous, efficient, and diligent in everything we undertake. With a proven track record of delivering high-quality projects that add significant value, we pride ourselves on going the extra mile for our clients.

Integrity

We are insightful partners and critical friends, trusted because we deliver exceptional value for money. Our advice is honest, transparent, and reliable. Being friendly and approachable, we build long-lasting, strong relationships with our clients.

Commitment

We are deeply committed to working within the social housing sector because we aim to make a meaningful, positive difference to residents and their communities. We genuinely care about the people we work with and the environments we operate in. We pledge to be supportive, treating everyone with the utmost respect and empathy throughout our engagements.

As a consortium of local government and housing partners, we appointed ARK based on their excellent track record of working with such complexity. We have not been disappointed.

Mark Leeman
Strategy Specialist, Somerset West and Taunton Council

CHIC supported at all points throughout the process and made life much easier, especially helping to ease the administration and technical burdens. Ultimately, we have awarded and started trading with many local and regional contractors delivering vital works to our customers and within our communities.

Richard Orders
Senior Category Manager, Platform Housing

Following their reputation for delivering excellence, we appointed ARK to lead on the recruitment for Housing Innovation Manager. We are delighted with the high-quality service we received – their approach was bespoke to our needs and the team ensured they understood and delivered the council’s requirements.

Ruth Saunders
Head of Communities, Gloucester City Council

ARK’s work in our development team and on our programme has been excellent. Their consultant helped us work through the strategy, drafted procedures and led our team in the inception and delivery phases.

Group Director, Community Housing

The ARK team, over the last two years, have provided leadership, expertise and support to stabilise our approach to start the delivery of our Asset Management Strategy and improved services. Neil’s leadership and experience has helped to stabilise and enhance our culture whilst demonstrating value for money.

Wayne Davies
Director of Asset Management, Birmingham City Council

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Services

Our diverse range of services encompasses everything from strategic planning to operational delivery. We excel in areas such as asset management, development and regeneration, as well as people and organisational development, among many other specialised fields.