EVH

Name

EVH

Legal name

Employers in Voluntary Housing Limited

Website

https://evh.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Membership-based HR and Employment Support Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Onboarding, Offboarding & Employee Lifecycle Administration (BPACAHAL)

Keywords

• Membership HR services
• Employment law support
• Health safety services
• Housing sector training
• Voluntary sector recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: One moderate annual fee provides unlimited HR support, health & safety, training, and recruitment services to member organizations in the not-for-profit housing sector.
2. Room Hire: Betty's Room venue hire generating revenue from meeting room rentals in Glasgow city centre. Full Day: £184 + VAT, Half Day: £112 + VAT.
3. Recruitment Services: Provides temporary and permanent recruitment services to housing and voluntary organizations, maintaining registers of candidates and matching with employer requirements.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EVH is a membership organization that provides not-for-profit employers in Scotland's housing and voluntary sector with unlimited HR support, health & safety services, training & consultancy, and recruitment services for one moderate annual fee. The organization supplements membership revenue through Betty's Room venue hire in Glasgow city centre and recruitment placement services for member organizations and job seekers.

Product overview

EVH (Employers in Voluntary Housing) is a membership organization providing back-office support services to social housing employers and voluntary sector organizations in Scotland. The organization offers a suite of interconnected services including HR Support (covering employment law, policies, and employee management), Health & Safety Services (in partnership with ACS Learning & Consultancy), Training & Consultancy, and Recruitment Services (including temporary and interim staffing). Additional offerings include Betty's Room venue hire for member meetings, publications and governing body resources, and the annual EVH Conference. Members pay an annual fee for unlimited access to these support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HR Support Comprehensive HR advisory service for member social housing employers covering absence management, discipline, performance management, employment law (including Employment Rights Act 2025), contracts, terms and conditions, TUPE, employee wellbeing, equality and diversity, pensions, redundancy, flexible working, and grievance.
• Health & Safety Services Health and safety support and audit services for housing organizations, delivered in partnership with ACS Learning & Consultancy Ltd. Includes H&S Info Notes, Control Manual, Landlord Safety Manual, audit services, risk assessments, asbestos, electrical safety, fire safety, legionella, lone working, occupational driving, and personal safety guidance.
• Training & Consultancy Training programs and HR consultancy services for member organizations covering governance, succession planning, employment basics, change management, leadership, equality and diversity, discipline and grievance, appraisals, and bespoke training offers ('Our Offer, Your Choice').
• Recruitment Services Recruitment support for housing and voluntary sector organizations including current vacancy postings, temporary staffing, interim manager placement, refer-a-friend program, and recruitment document templates.
• Betty's Room Venue Hire Meeting room hire facility for EVH members in Glasgow city centre (5th Floor, 137 Sauchiehall Street). Full Day: £184 + VAT; Half Day: £112 + VAT. Includes integrated AV equipment and induction loop system, holds up to 50 people theatre style.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003CHAS is EVH's designated charity. Since 2003, EVH has raised over £159,678 for CHAS, exceeding their £150K target. EVH staff and members participate in ongoing fundraising activities.
• ACS Learning & Consultancy LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACS Learning & Consultancy Ltd manages Health & Safety services in partnership with EVH. Membership includes access to their Support Service for H&S matters.
• Rowan ConsultancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRowan Consultancy provides employee counselling services as part of EVH's employee wellbeing offerings to member organizations.
• Optima HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOptima Health provides occupational health resources and Mental Health Fitness Hub as part of EVH's HR support offerings, with resources for employers to support team mental health.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Housing Quality Network (HQN): Membership-based network providing training, consultancy, and best-practice support to UK social-housing providers. Closely comparable to EVH in membership-based delivery of training and consultancy to housing associations, though with broader UK coverage.
• HouseMark: Data, benchmarking, and consultancy provider for the UK housing sector. Comparable to EVH in serving housing-association back-office needs, but focused on benchmarking, analytics, and performance rather than HR/H&S support.
• Campbell Tickell: Specialist executive recruitment, governance, and management consultancy for the UK housing and not-for-profit sectors. Comparable to EVH in serving housing-association HR, recruitment, and governance needs, though delivered via project-based consultancy rather than subscription.
• Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA): Trade body representing Scottish housing associations and co-operatives. Not a direct commercial peer but serves the same customer base and overlaps with EVH in policy representation and member services for the Scottish social-housing sector.

Broad incumbents

• Peninsula Group: Large UK employment-law, HR, and health & safety advisory firm serving SMEs on a subscription basis. Directly comparable subscription model to EVH but at much greater scale and broader sector reach.
• Croner (Croner-i): Long-established UK provider of HR, employment-law, and health & safety advice and information services to businesses. Overlaps with EVH on the HR/H&S advisory subscription model with broader sector coverage.
• Citation Group: UK provider of HR, health & safety, and employment-law support as a subscription service to SMEs across multiple sectors. Comparable to EVH in the bundled HR/H&S subscription model, but operates nationally across all verticals rather than specializing in social housing.

Direct peers

• ELAS (UK) Ltd: UK HR, employment-law, and health & safety consultancy offering outsourced HR support and retained advisory services to SMEs and not-for-profits. Closest functional peer to EVH in terms of bundled HR/H&S retained support for smaller employers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EVHstuff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evh-ltd---supporting-social-employers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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