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Our head office is based at:
5th Floor, Ockway House
41 Stamford Hill
London N16 5SR
Tel: 020 8800 9606
Fax: 020 8800 5990
Email: housing@ids.org.uk

About Us

The Industrial Dwellings Society (1885) Limited

IDS was established as the Four Per Cent Dwellings Company in 1885 by a group of Jewish philanthropists who hoped to relieve the overcrowding in homes in the East End of London.

In 1952, it became the Industrial Dwellings Society (1885) Ltd.

Today, IDS manages over 1,400 properties in Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Redbridge and Barnet.

The housing stock includes flats, houses, sheltered housing, accommodation for people with special needs, as well as a number of shared ownership properties.

We currently employ fifty staff, including residentially-based teams.

We have an on-going development portfolio, and enjoy enviable performance statistics in housing management and tenant satisfaction.

Our tenants are reflective of the general ethnic mix but we maintain strong links with Jewish communities and, in this respect, are regarded as a specialist housing provider.

President
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild

Board
Jonathan Davies (Chairman)
Robin Ellison (Vice Chairman) )

Penelope Conway
Maggie Cook

Michael Firman
Adam Goldwater
Marian Herbst
Oscar Low

Omar Mapara

Bernard Myers

Leon Newmark (Tenant Member)
Daniel Pfeffer

Janis Powell
Julian Romain
Myer Rothfeld
Nicola Solomons

Joseph Stauber

Cllr. Fajana-Thomas (Representing LB Hackney)

Chief Executive & Secretary
Paul Westbrook

Solicitors
Osmond Gaunt & Rose
Devonshires


Bankers
National Westminister Bank plc; Dexia Credit Local

Auditors
External: Nexia Smith & Williamson
Internal: Horwath Clark Whitehill


Registered by the Tenants Services Authority
Number L 0266

Registered as a Housing Association Under
the Industrial Provident
Societies Act 1965
Number 14044

Registered Office
5th Floor, Ockway House
41 Stamford Hill,
London N16 5SR
Telephone: 020-8800 9606
Facsimile: 020-8800 5990
Email: housing@ids.org.uk
Website: www.ids.org.uk


Staff    
     
Central Staff    
Chief Executive   Paul Westbrook
     
PA to the Chief Executive
Telephonist/Receptionist
  Madge Raymond
Munni Begum
     
Technical Services    
Director of Technical Services  

Melvin Dawson

Senior Surveyor   Sean Kelly

Building Surveyor

 

Darren Watson

Sukhbinder Soor

Technical Services Administrators  

Jane Patterson
Catherine Gibson

Jane Harper

Technical Services Coordinator   Marsha Allen
Gas Fitter   Kim Wiltshire
Decorator   Michael McFarlane
Gas Engineer   Tony Smith
Multi Trader   Michael Harvey
Electrician   James Green
     
Finance    
Director of Finance   Abdur Rashid Choudhury
Finance Manager   Tajul Islam
Finance Officer   Gillian Young
Finance Officer   Phuong Le
Finance Assistant   Aniela Akram
     
Housing Management    
Director of Housing Services   Richard Hawkins
Housing Manager   Alan Finkel
Rental Income Manager   Renu McDonald
Allocations and Lettings Manager   Karl Stuart
Tenant Participation Officer   Ernest Lee
Supported Housing Manager   Annette Henry
Housing Welfare & Support Officer   Robert Davenport
     
Housing/Tenancy Enforcement   Stefan Hartman
Housing Services Administrator   Kevin McLaughlin
Housing Administrator   Florence Hines
Estate Managers   Richard Cousins
Martin Crump
David Donovan
Mary Powell
Sheltered Scheme Managers   Margaret Hartley
Merle Donovan
Nicola Faulkner
Janice Dalziel
     
Caretakers    

John Caruana
Mohamed Bouyahiaoui
Neil Thompson
Omar Funes
Andrew Brookes

Shuzna Khatun

  Rafael Larce
Val McLoughlin
Dean Walsh
Darren Pemble
Michael Rowan
Darrell Thompson