UKAA AGM

On 1st December, the UKAA held its AGM: Special Report 2022. A significant number attended this online members’ event, chaired by UKAA CEO Brendan Geraghty and attended by President Lesley Roberts along with members of the Board.  

The UKAA has established itself as the leading presence within the rapidly growing UK Build to Rent (BTR) industry, with a membership covering a broad range of organisations, from investors through to suppliers. Since formation in 2016, the UKAA has established a strong reputation for the high quality of its events, webinars and conferences, and the networking and information sharing opportunities that these offer members.  We first serve our members, but also provide value and a voice to the wider BTR ecosystem.  

2022 Achievements   

In the past 12 months the UKAA has delivered the Best Practice Guide, fully launched online with 80+ contributions, a range of city reports, the BTR map, established two new regional hubs and secured 90+ pieces of media coverage. We have grown our social media following significantly and since January, we have welcomed 12,000 new users to our website.  

The UKAA has also delivered an extensive events programme including the UKAA Expo which welcomed a record 700 delegates and the flagship UKAA Annual BTR Conference & Industry Awards, a significant source of information sharing, business development and networking, to which a record 400+ delegates attended. In addition, in-person Study Tours were held in London, Liverpool, Manchester and San Diego along with 30+ webinars, five reverse trade shows, two drinks receptions and two roundtable events – collectively attracting over 4,000 attendees across 2022.  

Our Strategic Goals  

Looking ahead, our long-term goal is to be a recognised as an influential, sector specific institution, that promotes all facets of the BTR industry. We want to be relevant to our diverse membership, to wider BTR stakeholders and to society. To create a strong brand for the UKAA, where our endorsement is highly valued by members, the BTR business community, wider stakeholders, and our customers.    

At the AGM: Special Report we set out five clear, strategic goals for the UKAA to build on the strong foundations laid to date. These are:   

1. To be a source of research, benchmarks, and high-quality knowledge  

1. To recognise and promote high standards of operation and customer experience  

1. To influence and raise awareness among stakeholders, policy makers and customers  

1. To establish career paths and attract talent to BTR  

1. To deliver up to the minute information and guidance on issues that impact investment in and operation of BTR  

To become a strong voice for BTR in the UK we will involve and collaborate with stakeholders across single family, co-living, PBSA and hospitality, and work together with partner bodies. We will also significantly increase our production and distribution of knowledge, grow our educational resources and training, and our influence on policy makers and customers alike.  

2023 Membership Categories  

We are also defining a more focused categorisation of membership in 2023, to demonstrate the groups that make up the BTR industry to enable more targeted, relevant content and programmes for members to engage with and benefit from.  

These categories are defined as:  

• Investors/funders/asset owners  
• Developers  
• Operators  

• Professional advisors  
• Agents  
• Suppliers  

2023 Membership Fees 

To deliver the priorities our members seek, whilst still providing all the existing programmes that our members expect, requires the right level of resource. We appreciate these are challenging economic times, but to deliver the impact and benefits our members want to see means some increases in membership fees.  

The UKAA Board has reviewed the structure of membership fees (which have always been set at a low level in comparison with other membership bodies in related sectors) and fees will now be structured based on the new categories, with the scale of fee established by the criteria most appropriate to that type of organisation. The new structure is as follows: 

Membership fees 2023: 

This new fee structure will be applied to all membership renewals taking place in 2023 and members will be notified individually of their revised status in the coming weeks. 

For any queries regards 2023 membership categories and fees, please contact Amanda on [email protected].  

As a membership organisation the UKKAA must and does respond to the feedback of our members. Our industry is growing rapidly and has a very bright future; this comes with new challenges and opportunities. The UKAA must mirror and support this positive progression and to do this we need to evolve into an organisation with greater resources, capacity, and a stronger voice. We are at an inflection point and the proposed growth strategy, new membership structure and fees will allow us to make the necessary investment to deliver the objectives set by our members. Collectively we must act now to build a stronger UKAA, to support the growth of our members and to help the BTR industry thrive.  

Thank you for your ongoing support.  

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