Landlord
Orwell Housing Association Limited
Name shown exactly as the Ombudsman publishes it. If this landlord has merged or changed its name, older rulings may be listed under a former name.
Key figures
- Rulings published
- 4
- February 2023 to March 2025
- Maladministration found
- 2 of 4
- rulings with severe maladministration, maladministration or partial maladministration
- Severe maladministration
- 0
- the Ombudsman’s most serious finding
All landlords: maladministration found in 73% of rulings (13,428 of 18,334). With fewer than 10 rulings we show counts, not a percentage: one new ruling can change the picture a lot.
Open the full interactive viewSee, filter and share all 4 rulings.
What the Ombudsman decided
| Outcome | Rulings |
|---|---|
| Partial maladministration | 2 |
| No maladministration | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 |
“Maladministration found” on this site means the first three outcomes: severe maladministration, maladministration or partial maladministration. What these words mean.
Orders or recommendations
Number of rulings with each tag. The Ombudsman’s archive uses one tag for both orders and recommendations, and one ruling can have several. Where the outcome was reasonable redress or no maladministration, they are recommendations.
| Tag | Rulings |
|---|---|
| Apology | 2 |
| Compensation | 2 |
| Policy Review | 1 |
| Repairs | 1 |
| Take Specific Action (non-repair) | 1 |
What the complaints were about
| Category | Rulings | Maladministration found | Bar chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial | 2 | 1 | |
| ASB/ | 1 | 0 | |
| Estate Management | 1 | 0 | |
| Information and data management | 1 | 1 | |
| Managing Relations | 1 | 0 |
A ruling can have more than one category tag.
Rulings by year
| Year | Rulings | Maladministration found | Bar chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
Calendar years, by the date printed on each ruling.
Size and complaint rates
No Ombudsman 2025-26 report is published under this name.
Regulator of Social Housing, 2024/25
Tenant Satisfaction Measures, year to 31 March 2025.
3,980 homes owned social rent and shared ownership, 31 March 2025
- Stage 1 answered on time
- 96%
- Stage 2 answered on time
- 96.1%
“On time” means within the Complaint Handling Code timescales. Medians from the Regulator’s 2024/25 headline report. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The landlord’s own satisfaction results page (may now show 2025/26 figures)
Latest rulings
See and filter all 4The 4 most recent of 4 published rulings. Each links to the full ruling on the Ombudsman’s website.
- 27 March 2025Case 202335784 · Assured TenancyPartial maladministration
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint is about the: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the windows. The landlord’s handling of repairs to the shed roof. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s record keeping.”
Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation, Repairs, Take Specific Action (non-repair)
- 28 January 2025Case 202326522 · Assured TenancyPartial maladministration
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) (shortened) “The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of damp and mould and his request for an extractor fan in the bathroom. The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damaged possessions caused by mould and by paint splashes…”
Orders or recommendations: Apology, Compensation
- 22 December 2023Case 202112944 · Secure TenancyUnknown
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.”
- 8 February 2023Case 202120347 · Shared OwnershipNo maladministration
What the complaint was about (from the ruling) “The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision to include the cost of decontaminating bins within the service charge; The landlord not providing individual bins to residents; and The landlord’s refusal to install CCTV.”
Recommendations: Policy Review
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