About us & Leadership

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Vision & Values

Our Values
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Build Relationships

Provide answers that matter. Make a difference. Be accountable. Say what can be done and do what we can.

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Add Value

No job is too big. As one Ringley, none of us above any job at all. If it can be done, do it promptly, effectively and with a smile.

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Take the Initiative

Listen, step up, reach out and check in. Continually improve ourselves and our service delivery. Engage Suppliers that follow our standards.

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Who we are:

Ringley is a vertically integrated tech enabled data-led business: our tech simplifies what our people do giving them time to build relationships and think strategically. We are tenure-blind operate in social, affordable rent, market rent and the private sectors. We helped Moda set up their operations and have advised on over 15,000 BTR homes, we mobilise and lease-up coliving, multi-family, single family and later living sectors.

The Ringley Group was established in 1997 and is a one-stop-property-shop. We are: Asset Managers, Solicitors, Valuers, Engineers, Accountants, Block Managers, Lettings & Property Managers and more....

Our Vision:

Good Advice, Great Service by Brilliant People... Every Time

Our Mission:

To lead the market, generate recommendations, be known for giving friendly, clear, sound advice and delivering creative property management solutions

Our Values:

Building Relationships

Provide answers that matter. Make a difference. Be accountable. Say what can be done and do what we can.

Add Value

No job is too big. As one Ringley, none of us above any job at all. If it can be done, do it promptly, effectively and with a smile.

Take the Initiative

Listen, step up, reach out and check in. Continually improve ourselves and our service delivery. Engage Suppliers that follow our standards.

Strategic Board

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Richard is Group CEO of The Ringley Group; he is an ex MD of Property Management and Board member at both CBRE & Avison Young. Richard is market facing, responsible for strategic partnerships and growth, as well as establishing Ringley's position in the commercial asset and property management arena. Richard's experience spans over 30 years across all UK real estate asset classes, including mixed use development, commercial, surveying, and valuation.

Richard Williams

Group CEO

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Mary-Anne Bowring as Group MD has taken Ringley from a start-up to employing over 200 people and achieving the prestigious Investors in People GOLD Standard. Under her leadership, The Ringley Group has harnessed technology to add value to all living sectors: build-to-rent and institutional block management, e.g., the Wellcome Trust. She set up Work by Ringley, c200 workspaces in Camden Town, and invested in digital disrupters 'Virgin Land' whose digital platform sources land for developers large and small.

Mary-Anne Bowring

Group MD

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As co-founder, Mehdi is the Group Chairman and is responsible for strategic direction, funding, and partnerships as well as group property strategy. He also passionately leads people strategies, the wellbeing agenda so that we have a diverse and inclusive environment.

Mehdi Mehra

Group Chairman

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Martin Samworth (previous Chairman of CBRE Advisory and current Chair of RICS Board) joins as a Non-Exec Director/Strategic Adviser to support the group’s growth in the living sectors which comprises its tech platform, asset management, operational oversight and property management parts of the business. Together, these offer a unique vertically integrated, end-to-end solution that can support in-house operators and those who outsource and crave a single tech-stack rather than an array of disconnected apps.

Martin Samworth

Strategic Adviser

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Andrew is responsible for the operational delivery and growth of our Western region with a practical passion for Clients and their properties. Andrew manages some of Ringley’s largest complex sites and is well known in Cardiff Bay for tackling cladding and other developer issues. Andrew brings a no-nonsense military approach to managing complex sites, making light work of improvement projects and capital works and takes the time to meet residents and incorporate their feedback to build common purpose.

Andrew Pratt

Director

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Jonathan is a strategic advisor and Non-Executive Director at The Ringley Group. A seasoned business technologist and entrepreneur, he has held senior executive roles including CTO at Get Living and Travelodge, and CIO at Rank Group. He brings board-level experience across real estate and hospitality, with a focus on customer experience, digital transformation, and growth. He is also the founder of Rentiful and Chair at Trade Classics.

Jonathan Greenstead

Strategic Advisor

Our Management Team

The expertise within the Group enables us to deliver our promises to our clients.

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Sabuj Sarkar joins as BTR Relationship Director to drive our BTR platform, Una Living and Una Consult. He brings operational experience of multi-family build to rent, coliving, student. Sabuj adds value throughout the entire life cycle, from design concept, contractor relations, mobilisation, staffing structures, training, procedures, lease up and retention strategies.

Sabuj Sarkar

BTR Relationship Director

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Chris Curtis is Operations Director of Ringley Integrated Site Staff Solutions (RISSS) and runs the 'services' side of the business which includes: carpet cleaning, gutter cleaning, window cleaning and mobile cleaners that are cross trained to insource tests for emergency lighting, fire alarms, and AOVs to save reduce CO2 from travel miles and save Clients money along with App based inspection reports to provide vital audit trail to keep Clients safe.

Chris Curtis

Operations Director of RISSS

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Nick Pratt is MD of Ringley Integrated Site Staff Solutions (RISSS) whose motto is simple: Stand up | Smile | Service | Security RISS provides site staff throughout the UK both to mixed-use, leasehold and build to rent buildngs. Our teams fulfil the roles of housekeeping, caretaking, on-site facilities managers, concierge, security and grounds maintenance. We recruit, train and invest in our people and use cutting edge tech to deliver accountability, deliver efficiencies and improve net operating income for Clients.

Nick Pratt

MD of RISSS

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With a background in electrical engineering and logistics Karl has a passion for problem solving and property. He has grown with Ringley through the ranks over 6 years to be a valued member of the senior leadship team and becoming a Member of the TPI and IWFM re-enforcing the ringley core believes of education and promoting within.

Karl Bradley

Estates Director

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Nichola is a Registered Valuer and Director of Valuations London, Nichola leads Client relations and mentors the team who provide valuations for acquisition, loan security and portfolio re-structuring. Our residential valuation team expertise covers all living sectors including residential development, investment valuations and valuations for owner occupiers.

Nichola Pughe

Director of Valuation

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Chris is a Registered Valuer and Head of Valuation, Chris supports institutions in portfolio valuations for balance sheet and tax purposes and helps Clients’ with their rent reviews to drive value. Chris has been a RICS APC assessor and spearheads our ‘Young Valuers’ programme.

Chris Georgallis

MD Valuations

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Kate Robinson heads Estate & Block Management - London. Kate approach is compassion and empathy, which underpins our approach to block management 'Home by Ringley: ‘managing yours as our own’, whether that be mixed-use estates, leasehold blocks, housing developments, or live-work communities. Our aim being to ensure people enjoy where they live and that we maintain property values for owners.

Kate Robinson

Head of Block Management

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Building Engineering by Ringley: ‘We cover major projects throughout the UK from London, Cardiff and Manchester offices’. Our Chartered Surveyors and Engineers help a range of Clients in planning today for tomorrow, this can mean diagnosing problems, considering repair vs renewal and materials selection to deliver value in use.

Jon Curtis MRICS

Head of Building Surveying & FM

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James, a Chartered Building Surveyor, joined from EK Reinstatement Cost Assessment Ltd, a company he co-founded in 2019 under the Earl Kendrick Group. James has a wide variety of advisory experience in residential and commercial construction and leads Partnerships & Operations at Ringley Building Surveying and FM to expand the facets of our all areas of Building Consultancy including Building Safety Act casework.

James Paul

Partnerships & Ops Director

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VirginLand by Ringley are the developer’s outsourced land department and generate off-market deals that match Clients specific requirements with sector/regional exclusivity. We bring forward development opportunities using digital mapping and overlay multiple data sources to achieve a response rate of circa 18% and work across multiple sectors: e.g., residential, EV, PV roll-out, nursing homes and truck stops. Our team comprises: land finders, planners, and tech experts.

Dan Robinson

MD VirginLand

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We are a niche property law firm that specializes in all things property. From recovering service charges and ground rent arrears, fixing defective leases or extending them to helping leaseholders gain more control of their block, we provide tailored solutions on a range of property law topics. Our motto is simple - straightforward advice to best serve our clients.

Lee Harle

Head of Law

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Sarah Steel is a qualified accountant and acts as FD to support the MDs of each Ringley Group entity. She has been pivotal in furthering both the PlanetRent vertically integrated living sectors platform that tracks over 100 KPIs and provides robotic accounting and automates lettings for the living sectors. Sarah also provides oversight of client accounting procedures, internal audit, and service charge management.

Sarah Steel

Finance Director

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Denton King, a real estate investment and finance expert formerly of Round Hill Capital and Colliers joins to support the groups integrated investor developer operator ambition through site acquisition, capital raise, planning, and development. Denton brings experience in Build-to-Rent and Build-to-Sell projects throughout the United Kingdom, Canada, and Europe.

Denton King

RE Investment Finance

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Cathy has worked on a broad range of communications, marketing and events for over 20 years. Highly experienced in the property sector with over 8 years experience working in Build to Rent sector specifically, as well as broad experience in FMCG, travel and hospitality sectors. Her skill set includes extensive media relations, corporate communications, placemaking, resident engagement, events, stakeholder and community engagement and staff engagement.

Catherine Brennan

Head of Comms

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Andrew is responsible for the operational delivery and growth of our Western region with a practical passion for Clients and their properties. Andrew manages some of Ringley’s largest complex sites and is well known in Cardiff Bay for tackling cladding and other developer issues. Andrew brings a no-nonsense military approach to managing complex sites, making light work of improvement projects and capital works and takes the time to meet residents and incorporate their feedback to build common purpose.

Andrew Selwyn

Relationship Director

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Hannah is a Registered Valuer and Director of Valuations South. Hannah’s team cover in London and the South East with valuation expertise in development valuations, valuations for tax planning as well as valuations for loan security that are retail led mixed use, office and industrial sectors.

Hannah Munn

Director Valuation South

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As Head of Research & Innovation Tom brings 20 years experience and a doctorate in systems too. Tom’s background is both as an academic at Nottingham University for some years and as a Product Owner with a strong technical background in full-stack development and expertise in UX and design. Tom will further the Ringley AI Agenda, we are already a data-led business and provide deep insights and data trends tracking for Clients, but there is more to do.

Tom Lodge

Head of Research & Innovation

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Graham heads up Fund and Client Accounting for all facets of The Ringley Group and is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records and calculating NAVs for investment funds as well as ensuring accounting records comply with the accounting and tax standards.

Graham Pughe

Head of Fund Accounting

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Chris is a seasoned entrepreneur who launched and sold two start-up companies before age 27. With a background in real estate brokerage since 2006. Chris has sold properties worldwide and has extensive experience in sales, rentals, property management, off-plan sales, planning gain land deals.

Chris Stead

Commercial Director

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As Investment Director Oliver works the capital markets specializing in acquisitions and disposals in the living sector.

Oliver Hopkins

Investment Director

Key Clients & Why we do what we do is hugely important to us:

Our work empowers people to find great places to live, to buy their own homes or to start a business. Ultimately, through real estate operations and supporting services, we collect rent and drive value for our Client which pays out people’s pensions and investments.

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A "Force of Good"
“We believe it’s good and right to give back and provide opportunities for the new generation.”

Ringley Group supports a variety of charities and organisations through both our business initiatives and the efforts of our dedicated teams.

SUPPORTING DISABLED EMPLOYEES

We are proud to provide opportunities for people with disabilities within the Group and have done so since 2004

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MEDIOLIVER FOUNDATION

Through the MediOliver Foundation, we help provide clean water and education for children in Ethiopia.

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FUND RAISING FOR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS

Our team regularly support and raise money for charities close to their hearts. Ringley Group match funds for their efforts in a bid to support their team.

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REAL LIFE LEARNING 20,000 learning hours annually

Ringley Group offers apprenticeships across various disciplines, creating valuable opportunities for the next generation. We also dedicate thousands of hours to hands-on training and skill development in real-life situations, helping to equip future generations for success.

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History & Key Events:

We are established, deeply knowledgeable and innovative. Our logo is a hybrid of the RICS lion and the mythological homa bird which is said to spend its entire life flying invisibly high above the earth, never alighting on the ground, it has the body of a lion, the mane of a horse, the eye of an eagle and the ear of a deer which represent courage, strength, vision and listening. It is these characteristics that govern our vision – to provide clear, sound advice with absolute integrity, valuing different perspectives and listening to our customers to build lasting relationships.

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1997
Launched Investment Valuation team

In the beginning Investment valuation
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2004
Supporting disabled employees

Won national & regional Remploy awards for working with people with disabilities
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2004
Block Management surges ahead

Block Management service extends to key Freeholders and RTM blocks
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2010
Ringley Law - one of the UK's 1st MDPs

One of the 1st property/solicitors MDPs to launch 2010 under new SRA rules
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2011
Building Surveying takes off

Launched Ringley Building Engineering
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2011
Launched Apprenticeships

Our founders passion for helping people into work saw her appointed as a National Ambassador for NAS
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2011
Won World Skills Training award

Winner of a National Training Award
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2011
BTR PropTech launch

Launch of 1st living sectors end-to-end vertically integrated tech platform
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2018
BTR office opened in Manchester

Acquired Manchester lettings operation to fuel northern BTR growth
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2019
Built new HQ in Camden Town

Completed development of new 12,500 HQ premises in Camden Town
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2020
Work by Ringley launched

Eric appointed to head our flagship 190 desk Camden Gateway coworking/start up suites and provide advisory to the institutions.
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2021
Mixed Use Service Charge

Kate Robinson joins to lead in master site planning & setting out service charge schemes
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2021
Camden Gateway opens

Equity partner Eris Asare joins to grow 'Work by Ringley' beyond our Camden Gateway centre & advise BTR developers
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2022
Equity partners joined Valuation

Valuation experts Nichola and Chris strengthen our lending valuation team
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2022
VirginLand by Ringley

Digital entrepreneurs Dan and Charlie disrupt land sourcing
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2023
Living Sectors Investment Advisory

Oliver Hopkins joins Asset Management in Capital Markets to place investment in the living sectors
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2023
Ringley Law - Wales

Julian Ings, Escheat Law expert, co-author of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act guide joins as lead for Wales
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2023
Welsh Asset Management

Asset Manager formerly of Crown Estate Richard Read OBE joins as equity partner and heads Wales & West region
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2024
Group CEO appointed

Richard Williams joins as equity partner to develop commercial asset management & strategic partnerships
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2024
Una Living Advisory launched

Russel joins as Strategic Lead of Living Strategy & Operations from Quintain Living
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2024
Strategic Adviser

Proptech & Strategic Partnerships
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Launched Investment Valuation team

In the beginning Investment valuation

1997
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Supporting disabled employees

Won national & regional Remploy awards for working with people with disabilities

2004
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Block Management surges ahead

Block Management service extends to key Freeholders and RTM blocks

2004
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Ringley Law - one of the UK's 1st MDPs

One of the 1st property/solicitors MDPs to launch 2010 under new SRA rules

2010
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Building Surveying takes off

Launched Ringley Building Engineering

2011
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Launched Apprenticeships

Our founders passion for helping people into work saw her appointed as a National Ambassador for NAS

2011
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Won World Skills Training award

Winner of a National Training Award

2011
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BTR PropTech Launch

Launch of 1st living sectors end-to-end vertically integrated tech platform

2011
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BTR office opened in Manchester

Acquired Manchester lettings operation to fuel northern BTR growth

2018
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Built new HQ in Camden Town

Completed development of new 12,500 HQ premises in Camden Town

2019
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Opened our 1st Coworking centre

Launched Work by Ringley coworking & serviced apartments brand and opened flagship Camden Gateway centre

2021
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Equity partners joined Valuation

Valuation experts Nichola and Chris strengthen our lending valuation team

2022
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VirginLand by Ringley

Digital entrepreneurs Dan and Charlie disrupt land sourcing

2022
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Strategic Adviser

Proptech & Strategic Partnerships

2023
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Welsh Asset Management

Asset Manager formerly of Crown Estate Richard Read OBE joins as equity partner and heads Wales & West region

2023
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Ringley Law - Wales

Julian Ings, Escheat Law expert, co-author of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act guide joins as lead for Wales

2023
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Group CEO appointed

Richard Williams joins as equity partner to develop commercial asset management & strategic partnerships

2024
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Una Living Advisory launched

Russell appointed as the Strategic Lead of Living Strategy & Operations, formerly Operations Director at Quintain Living and Hilton Hotels

2024