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Company description
NATIONAL HOUSE-BUILDING COUNCIL is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)”. Incorporated on 17 November 1936; registered for 89 years; registered office reported in MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS. Its primary declared activity is 65120 · Non-life insurance.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 18 trade marks, 1 procurement record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- NATIONAL HOUSE-BUILDING COUNCIL
- Company number
- 00320784
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
13 June 2026Next statement due
27 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 54.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 30.3%
- Women receiving bonus
- 80.8%
- Men receiving bonus
- 87.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 29.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 20.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 23.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 61.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499916.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499915.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499919.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499916.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499916.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499918.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499919.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499920.6% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 27 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £61,843,903
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £12,684,263
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £3,024,513
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £1,019,679
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 10.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention release
NHBC's Claims department release the retention in accordance with the terms of the contract.
It is noted in NHBC's internal claims management system that a retention is due and the full amount is normally paid in one payment at the end of the retention period (normally 24 months following practical completion).
- Retention in all contracts
- Yes
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- 2.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard payment terms are 30 days with suppliers for non-construction related contracts.
- Dispute resolution process
National House-Building Council actively seeks to resolve disputes by discussing them with the relevant supplier(s), typically involving members of the accounts payable and credit control departments and/or the procurement and commercial teams and/or where necessary members of management. However, where it is not possible to reach agreement, a number of potential dispute resolution methods (for example mediation, adjudication, expert determination, litigation and/or arbitration) may be used (these methods may be detailed in bespoke contractual arrangements). National House-Building Council’s standard payment terms for non-construction contract related payments are 30 days unless National House-Building Council agrees to different terms requested by a supplier. For construction contracts the payment terms are largely dependent on the specific requirements of individual projects and are subject to the requirements laid out in the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 21.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
NATIONAL HOUSE-BUILDING COUNCIL
LEI 213800CE2ZRM57UF7X62 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 4GJI
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 17 November 1936
- Initial LEI registration
- 15 January 2015
- LEI last updated
- 12 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 15 January 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- NHBC
- Legal address
- NHBC HOUSE, DAVY AVENUE, KNOWLHILL, MILTON KEYNES, GB-BKM, MK5 8FP, GB
- Headquarters address
- NHBC HOUSE, DAVY AVENUE, KNOWLHILL, MILTON KEYNES, GB-BKM, MK5 8FP, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- NATIONAL HOUSE-BUILDING COUNCIL
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024
- Approved
- 19 September 2024
- Sectors
- Financial, insurance and real estate activities
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 25 September 2024
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits discrimination
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Professional auditors
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Demonstrated progress
Within this statement, we have stated that we wish to consider the setting of KPI measures within the next 12 months.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
NHBC HUG
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 9,16,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2022
HUG
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 9,16,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2022
REZKI
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 9,16,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2022
SAFEMARK HEALTH AND SAFETY APPROVED BY NHBC certification mark
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 37,42
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2020
SAFEMARK
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 41,45
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
BUILDMARK
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 10 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 April 2027
NHBC
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 35,36,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 April 2027
THE ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTANT APPROVED INSPECTORS ACAI
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 35,37,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 September 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 September 2021
BUILDMARK CHOICE
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2021
NHBC
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2021
THE ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE APPROVED INSPECTORS ACAI
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 35,37,41
- Filed / designated
- 26 September 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 September 2026
NHBC SELECT
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 16 May 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 May 2026
BUILDMARK
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 20 May 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 May 2020
NHBC
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 16 February 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 February 2027
PRIDE IN THE JOB NHBC
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 6 February 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 February 2027
NHBC
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 9 January 1990
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 January 2027
BUILDMARK
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 19
- Filed / designated
- 26 November 1987
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 November 2024
NHBC
Owner National House-Building Council · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 9 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 October 2027
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 11 December 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.