Subsidiaries and joint ventures

Learn about our joint ventures and subsidiaries, including Compendium Living, Prospect Homes and Riverside Scotland, and how they deliver new homes, support communities and tackle homelessness across the UK.

Subsidiaries and joint ventures

Compendium Living

About Compendium Living

Compendium Living was set up in 2005 as a joint venture between Lovell Partnerships Ltd and The Riverside Group Ltd. Each organisation owns 50% of the company.

This partnership brings together:

  • One of the UK’s leading builders of affordable homes
  • One of the UK’s largest providers of social housing
What We Do

Compendium Living focuses on large, complex housing projects. These projects often include:

  • New homes
  • Urban regeneration
  • Long-term place‑making
Where We Work

Since 2005, Compendium Living has delivered, or is currently delivering, sustainable developments in:

  • Derby
  • Hull
  • Liverpool
  • Stoke‑on‑Trent
Working at Compendium Living

Compendium Living has a small number of directly employed staff. Most roles are filled through Lovell Partnerships or The Riverside Group, and are advertised on their websites.

Find job opportunities at:

Prospect Homes

About Prospect Homes

Prospect Homes builds homes across the North West and Lancashire.

The company was established in 2000 and has since built thousands of homes. These homes are enjoyed by:

  • Families
  • First‑time buyers
  • People looking to downsize or “rightsize”
What makes Prospect different

Prospect Homes is unique. All profits from home sales are returned to Riverside. This money is used to support:

  • Social value projects
  • Local communities across the UK
Current and future developments

Prospect has a strong pipeline of developments, including sites in:

  • Longridge
  • Leigh
  • Manchester
  • Burnley
  • Whalley
  • Burscough

Together, these developments will deliver around 500 new homes in the coming years.

Prospect is also working on several new developments for Riverside across Liverpool, making this an exciting time to join the team.

Careers and more information

Riverside Scotland

About Riverside Scotland

Riverside Scotland has been providing homes and support in local communities across South West Scotland for 28 years.

Founded in 1993 as Irvine Housing Association, the organisation has grown into one of the most ambitious and community‑focused housing associations in the west of Scotland.

Our purpose

Riverside Scotland combines:

  • Strong commercial skills
  • A clear social purpose

We are a business with a charitable heart.

Our homes and communities

We now manage more than 2,300 homes, supporting thousands of people across:

  • North Ayrshire
  • East Ayrshire
  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • South Ayrshire
Part of The Riverside Group

In 2011, Riverside Scotland became part of The Riverside Group, one of the UK’s oldest and largest housing associations.

The Riverside Group manages:

  • 56,000 homes
  • Across 160 local authorities in the UK

Since joining the group, Riverside Scotland has continued to grow through:

  • New‑build housing programmes
  • Improved services for existing customers
People at the heart of what we do
eople are central to Riverside Scotland:
  • The people who live in our homes
  • The people we support in our communities
  • Our skilled and experienced employees
We are committed to doing better for both our customers and our people.
Tackling homelessness

Riverside Scotland plays an active role in tackling homelessness.

Together with The Riverside Group, we:

  • Support around 12,000 homeless people each year across the UK

Locally, we:

  • Work closely with charity partners
  • Allocate 35% of vacant homes to people affected by homelessness
Looking ahead

Over the next three years, Riverside Scotland plans to:

  • Build 300 new homes
  • Invest over £2 million each year in existing homes
  • Improve digital services
  • Introduce new services to help people sustain their tenancies
  • Support place‑making in local communities
Careers