SDS Catalyst is a specialist development benchmarking club for social housing developers, such as RSLs, ALMOs and Local Authorities.

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Benchmarking your development activity is important in achieving best value both at a scheme and an organisational level. SDS Catalyst members can compare their organisational costs with other social housing developers. They can also compare schemes having particular characteristics with similar schemes in the same area.

SDS Catalyst is a web based interactive club. Besides providing an online comparison of scheme costs, we also collect staffing and organisational data to provide members with an annual written report covering a wide variety of Key Performance Indicators. We also provide members with an efficiency report which compares Key Performance Indicators with the member's peer group and prior year results.

An optional Expert Commentary is also available giving a special insight into your organisation's performance.

Now in its 9th year, the club has over 60 members and the database holds over 105,000 units representing more than £13 billion worth of development. With the current political and regulatory drive for cost effectiveness, SDS Catalyst is the only development benchmarking club which enables you to assess development performance properly.

SDS Catalyst has established itself as the leading benchmarking club specialising in social housing development and is endorsed by HouseMark, the sector's main benchmarking club for all housing management performance indicators.

Here's what Ross Fraser, Chief Executive of HouseMark has to say about the club:

"We believe SDS Catalyst provides an excellent development benchmarking service to RSLs and we recommend it to our subscribers."

SDS Catalyst is administered jointly by SDS Shelton Development Services and Patrick Symington Consultancy. It is also the recommended provider for development benchmarking by HouseMark.