Fire Risk Assessments designed for supported housing.
Whether you’re onboarding a new property, managing an existing scheme, or expanding your supported housing portfolio, our clear, practical Fire Risk Assessments help you identify fire risks, understand your legal responsibilities, and take the right steps to protect residents and maintain compliance.
A Fire Risk Assessment is a structured assessment of your premises that identifies potential fire hazards, evaluates the level of risk, and determines whether appropriate fire safety measures are in place.
For supported housing providers, the assessment also considers how the building is used, the needs of residents, and whether existing fire safety arrangements remain suitable for the property’s occupancy, layout, and level of support provided.
Your Fire Risk Assessment is carried out by one of our competent fire risk assessors, who understands the unique challenges of supported housing, not just the building itself, but the people who live there.
All of our assessors are DBS checked and Level 3 Safeguarding trained, giving them the knowledge and confidence to work appropriately in environments where vulnerable residents may be present. We carry out assessments with professionalism, sensitivity and minimal disruption to your service.
During the assessment, we’ll inspect your property to identify potential fire hazards, evaluate the level of risk, and review whether your current fire safety measures are appropriate for the way your supported housing scheme operates.
Unlike a standard Fire Risk Assessment, we also consider factors specific to supported housing, including:
• The level of support provided to residents
• The needs and vulnerabilities of occupants
• The property’s layout and occupancy
• How residents are likely to respond during an emergency
• Whether your current fire safety strategy remains appropriate for your scheme
Where appropriate, we’ll also provide practical guidance on fire safety solutions that are better suited to supported housing. For example, if your current fire detection system no longer reflects the needs of your residents, we can advise whether a different approach, such as upgrading from a Type 1 to a Type 3 Fire Risk Assessment, may be more appropriate for your case. Our recommendations are always based on your individual property, resident profile and the level of support you provide.
As part of the assessment, we’ll review:
• Potential sources of ignition
• Combustible materials and other fire hazards
• Escape routes and means of escape
• Emergency lighting
• Fire detection and alarm systems
• Fire doors and compartmentation
• Fire safety signage
• Fire extinguishers and other firefighting equipment
• Fire safety management procedures and documentation
Once complete, you’ll receive a clear, easy-to-understand Fire Risk Assessment report outlining our findings, your overall level of risk, and prioritised recommendations to help improve fire safety, protect your residents, and maintain compliance.
Keeping residents safe starts with understanding the fire risks within your property. A Fire Risk Assessment helps you identify potential hazards, review your existing fire safety measures, and understand whether anything needs to be improved to reduce risk.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person has a legal duty to carry out and regularly review a suitable and sufficient Fire Risk Assessment. In supported housing, this responsibility goes beyond the building itself. Every scheme is different, and your fire safety arrangements should reflect both the layout of the property and the individual needs of the people who live there.
Many residents may have reduced mobility, mental health conditions, cognitive impairments, or other support needs that could affect how they respond in an emergency. That’s why Fire Risk Assessments work alongside measures such as Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) and Person-Centred Fire Risk Assessments (PCFRAs), helping you ensure the right support is in place for those who need it most.
A well-managed Fire Risk Assessment also helps you keep accurate compliance records, prepare for inspections, and demonstrate to commissioners, local authorities, and other stakeholders that fire safety is being managed responsibly across your supported housing service.
Whether you’re welcoming a new property into your portfolio or reviewing an existing scheme, regular Fire Risk Assessments help you create safer homes for your residents while meeting your legal responsibilities with confidence.
Supported housing providers and other Responsible Persons have legal responsibilities for managing fire safety within their properties.
Our Fire Risk Assessments are completed in accordance with the following legislation, guidance, and recognised industry standards:
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Fire Safety Act 2021
• Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
• BS 9792:2025 – Fire Risk Assessment for Housing (HMOs, Supported Housing, Blocks of Flats and Specialised Residential Accommodation) (formerly PAS 79-2:2020)
• PAS 79-1:2020 – Fire Risk Assessment Methodology for Care Homes and Other Non-Domestic Premises
We are the UK’s only dedicated compliance service focused entirely on supported housing providers. We provide practical, dependable compliance support built around the needs of supported housing providers.
We specialise in supported housing compliance, providing end-to-end compliance services for supported housing providers, landlords and housing organisations across the UK. From one property to a nationwide portfolio, you’ll have one trusted compliance partner.
Our assessors are DBS checked and trained to Safeguarding Level 3, giving supported housing providers confidence that every site visit is carried out professionally, responsibly and with an understanding of vulnerable resident environments.
Based in Manchester, we provide supported housing compliance services across the UK, with a particular focus on Greater Manchester and the wider North West. Wherever your properties are located, we’re ready to help.
Our compliance reports are written in plain English, with clear findings, practical recommendations and documentation that’s ready to use. No unnecessary jargon, just reports that help you act quickly and stay compliant.
We help supported housing providers stay ahead of renewals, inspections and compliance deadlines with proactive reminders, dependable communication and a responsive team that keeps everything on track.
We coordinate your compliance services in one place, reducing administration, saving time and making property compliance easier to manage, so you can focus on supporting your residents.
“We use The Compliance Company for all of our Supported Housing properties, and have been delighted with the service they provide.
They deal with all of our annual certificates to ensure we are always compliant, we are provided with a folder of all of our up to date certificates and have signed up to their monthly direct direct package so we can manage our cashflow better.
Great service for supported housing or care providers looking for a single point of accountability on their properties”
“I have used Ryan and his team on several occasions for various property Compliance Certificates, both as a private landlord and as a Supported Housing organisation.
His communication is excellent, and Certificates are received within a timely manner, no ridiculously long waits for appointments, and he is as flexible as possible should an urgent requirement occur.”
“Great service and report issued very quickly. As a landlord we would highly recommend to other landlords.“
We provide Fire Risk Assessments across the UK for supported housing providers, care providers, managing agents, nominated individuals, and responsible persons, delivering compliance services that help keep residents safe and organisations compliant.
Our surveyors regularly work across:
• Greater Manchester (Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan)
• Merseyside (Liverpool, Wirral, St Helens, Southport, Knowsley, Sefton)
• Cheshire (Chester, Warrington, Crewe, Macclesfield, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Wilmslow)
• Lancashire (Preston, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Accrington, Rossendale, Chorley, Lancaster)
• West Yorkshire (Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Halifax, Dewsbury, Batley)
• South Yorkshire (Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley)
• North Yorkshire (York, Harrogate, Scarborough, Ripon, Selby, Skipton)
• East Midlands (Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire)
• Staffordshire (Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Tamworth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Burton upon Trent)
• West Midlands (Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell)
• North East (Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Durham)
• East Anglia (Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich, Peterborough)
• Greater London (Central, North, South, East, West London)
• Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Medway, Ashford, Dartford, Tunbridge Wells)
• Surrey (Guildford, Woking, Reigate, Epsom, Redhill)
• Essex (Chelmsford, Colchester, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Harlow)
• South Coast (Hampshire, Sussex, Portsmouth, Southampton, Brighton, Eastbourne)
• South West (Bristol, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Plymouth, Exeter, Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Taunton)
• South Wales (Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil)
• Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling, Perth)
Yes. Where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, the Responsible Person has a legal duty to ensure a suitable and sufficient Fire Risk Assessment is carried out and kept under review. For many supported housing schemes, this includes the communal areas and shared facilities. A Fire Risk Assessment helps identify fire hazards, evaluate fire risks, and determine whether appropriate fire safety measures are in place to protect residents, staff, and visitors.
The responsible person is whoever has control of the premises, typically the housing provider, employer, registered manager, or nominated individual managing the property’s compliance. In supported housing, that responsibility usually sits with the provider or the person formally appointed to oversee day-to-day safety. If you’re managing compliance for the property, the duty is almost certainly yours.
Yes. Every supported housing property requires its own individual fire risk assessment. Each building has a unique layout, construction type, occupancy profile and set of risks. A single assessment cannot legally cover multiple addresses. If you manage a portfolio, we can coordinate assessments across multiple sites to keep your compliance current and consistent.
Fire Risk Assessments should be reviewed at least annually and whenever significant changes could affect fire safety. This may include changes to the building, alterations to occupancy, changes in resident needs, refurbishment works or following a fire-related incident.
Keeping assessments up to date is an important part of demonstrating that fire safety is being actively managed across your supported housing services.
It’s common for a Fire Risk Assessment to identify recommendations for improvement. This doesn’t necessarily mean your service is unsafe or non-compliant.
Our reports prioritise recommendations according to risk, helping you understand what requires immediate attention, what can be planned over time and how to demonstrate ongoing compliance through a clear action plan.
Yes. Many of our clients manage multiple supported housing schemes across different locations.
Whether you’re onboarding new properties, expanding your portfolio or reviewing existing assessments, we can help coordinate Fire Risk Assessments across your organisation, making compliance simpler to manage and easier to monitor.
The right type of Fire Risk Assessment depends on your building, how it’s used, and the people who live there.
While many providers are familiar with Type 1 Fire Risk Assessments, which focus on the common areas of a building, we generally recommend a Type 3 Fire Risk Assessment for supported housing wherever it’s reasonably practicable.
A Type 3 assessment goes a step further by including a non-destructive inspection of a representative sample of residents’ accommodation, as well as the communal areas. This provides a more complete understanding of fire safety throughout the building and can help identify risks that wouldn’t be visible from the common parts alone.
Because supported housing often accommodates vulnerable residents and includes converted or older buildings, we believe a Type 3 assessment offers a more robust approach to protecting residents and demonstrating that fire safety is being managed effectively. We’ll always review your property and advise on the most appropriate assessment before any work is carried out.
To learn more about which type of Fire Risk Assessment is right for your supported housing property, read our Type 1 vs Type 3 guide.
It’s worth checking. If your supported housing property was built or refurbished before 2000, asbestos may be present and an appropriate survey may be needed to establish what is there and how it should be managed.
We regularly help supported housing providers manage both areas of compliance across the same property. Find out more about our Asbestos Surveys.
Potentially, yes. Fire safety and water hygiene are separate areas of compliance. In supported housing, water systems require more careful management, particularly where there are infrequently used outlets, stored hot water or residents who may be more vulnerable to the effects of Legionnaires’ disease. A Legionella Risk Assessment helps identify the risks and the control measures needed.
Find out how we can help with your property’s water hygiene compliance through our Legionella Risk Assessments.
We help you protect vulnerable residents from the serious health risks of Legionella and put a clear water safety plan in place.
Our assessments follow HSE L8 ACOP, HSG274 and BS 8580-1:2019, which are the core standards that define how Legionella risk must be identified and controlled in residential and care settings.
With a thorough assessment and tailored Scheme of Control, your water systems stay safe, monitored and compliant all year round.
We help you find out whether asbestos is present in your property and manage it properly.
Our surveys are conducted under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and follow HSG264 guidance, meaning your Management Survey or Refurbishment/Demolition Survey meets the legal standard required for supported housing and care properties.
With clear, practical reporting, your residents are protected, your contractors are safe and you have the documentation to prove you’ve done things right.
We provide professional PAT Testing (Portable Appliance Testing) for supported housing providers, helping you keep portable electrical equipment safe and appropriately maintained.
Our PAT testing service identifies damaged or faulty appliances through visual inspections and appropriate electrical testing, helping reduce the risk of electric shock, electrical faults and fire.
With clear reporting across your properties, we help you maintain a consistent approach to portable electrical equipment safety and compliance.
We provide professional Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for supported housing providers, helping you understand the energy efficiency of your properties.
Our EPC assessments provide an A–G energy efficiency rating and recommendations for potential improvements, giving you a clear picture of your property’s energy performance and helping you meet applicable energy-efficiency requirements.
We provide professional Emergency Lighting Servicing for supported housing providers, helping you maintain emergency lighting systems across your properties.
Our servicing includes the inspection, testing and maintenance of emergency lighting systems, helping ensure escape routes and other areas have appropriate illumination when normal lighting fails.
We provide professional Fire Alarm Servicing for supported housing providers, helping maintain fire detection and alarm systems across supported accommodation properties.
Our servicing includes the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire alarm systems, helping identify faults and maintain effective fire detection and warning for residents, staff and visitors.
Fire alarm systems provided as part of a property’s fire safety measures must be appropriately maintained. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places duties on the Responsible Person to maintain relevant fire safety measures in efficient working order and good repair.
We provide professional Gas Safety services for supported housing providers, helping you maintain safe gas appliances, fittings and flues across your properties.
Our annual gas safety checks are carried out by Gas Safe registered engineers in accordance with the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, helping identify safety issues and maintain clear records of the checks completed.
Identify damp, mould and moisture issues before they become bigger property problems. Our surveys help supported housing providers understand the condition of their properties and document findings clearly.
Our non-intrusive assessments use visual inspection, photographic evidence and moisture-meter readings to identify potential causes and recommend appropriate next steps.
We carry out assessments with reference to the Housing Act 2004 and HHSRS, supporting providers where applicable in responding to their responsibilities under Awaab’s Law.
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