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What social landlords in England are like, from what the regulator and the Housing Ombudsman publish.

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Ocean Housing Group

Housing association.

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Rents out about 4,194 homes in England. This is the number of tenants in rented homes it counted for its 2025/26 tenant survey.

Source: [5]

The regulator's grade

The Regulator of Social Housing has not yet given Ocean Housing Group a grade for how it treats tenants.

Source: [1]

How it compares

We compared Ocean Housing Group with 118 similar landlords: housing associations and for-profit landlords, 1,000 to 9,999 homes. These are tenants' answers to the 2025/26 survey and the landlord's own records.

Overall satisfaction: 77.5% of tenants were happy with the service. That puts it in the lower middle of similar landlords. ↓ Down from upper middle in 2024/25.

Repairs and homes: in the lower middle. ↓ Down from top quarter in 2024/25.

Being heard: in the lower middle. ↓ Down from upper middle in 2024/25.

Neighbourhood: in the lower middle. ↓ Down from upper middle in 2024/25.

Top quarter means it did better than at least three in four similar landlords. Bottom quarter means it did worse than at least three in four.

Source: [5]

Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman

In 2025-26, the Housing Ombudsman looked at complaints about Ocean Housing Limited. It made 29 findings. It found the landlord at fault in 38% of them. It ordered or recommended £4,095 in compensation.

From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.

Source: [3]

Safety checks

Not all done (as at 31 March 2026):

  • Lift safety checks: done for 86.3% of homes that needed them

Source: [5]

The figures, 2025/26

MeasureFigureAmong similar landlords
Repairs and homes
Satisfied with repairs82.1%upper middle
Satisfied with how long the last repair took77.3%upper middle
Satisfied the home is well maintained82.5%upper middle
Homes that don't meet the Decent Homes Standard0.2%lower middle
Non-emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time76.6%bottom quarter
Emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time92.3%bottom quarter
Being heard
Satisfied the landlord listens and acts68.3%lower middle
Satisfied the landlord keeps them informed77.3%lower middle
Agree the landlord treats them fairly and with respect85.2%upper middle
Satisfied with how complaints are handled43.3%lower middle
First-stage complaints answered in time91.7%lower middle
Second-stage complaints answered in time81.5%bottom quarter
Neighbourhood
Satisfied communal areas are clean and well kept78.0%upper middle
Satisfied the landlord helps the neighbourhood71.7%upper middle
Satisfied with how anti-social behaviour is handled67.6%upper middle
Shown but not compared
Satisfied the home is safe86.2%
First-stage complaints per 1,000 homes57.3
Second-stage complaints per 1,000 homes15.4
Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes42.6
Anti-social behaviour cases involving hate incidents per 1,000 homes0.2

Source: [5]

Earlier Ombudsman figures

From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.

YearName in the reportFindingsAt fault
2024-25Ocean Housing Limited683%

Source: [2]

Where it has homes

Homes it owns in each council area, 31 March 2026. We added up the figures for each company in the group.

Source: [4]

Compare with other landlords

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page comes from one of these published files. We do not change them.

  1. Regulator of Social Housing, Regulatory Judgements and Enforcement Notices Table (current). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords with individual performance reports ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.39 MB) (2024-25). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
  3. Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords performance data tables ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.4 MB) (2025-26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
  4. Regulator of Social Housing, Private registered providers data release (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
  5. Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures Full Dataset (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.