Shared Value
Our goal is to allocate capital to deliver sustainable returns to our shareholders whilst creating value for our other stakeholders including through the work of the Berkeley Foundation.
Our Approach
Our long-term strategy is to invest in opportunities with the right risk-adjusted returns, while ensuring our financial strength reflects the prevailing macro environment, and to make returns to the shareholders who support us to achieve our purpose. We have a unique operating model that is responsive to the cyclical nature of the housing market and focuses on transforming the most challenging and complex sites into exceptional places where communities thrive. Our Vision 2030 is about ensuring that we do this whilst also creating value for our other stakeholders, including through the work of the Berkeley Foundation.
Sustainable Returns
Delivering returns to our shareholders whilst creating value for other stakeholders
We will continue to deliver sustainable returns to our shareholders across the cycle, whilst creating value to our other stakeholders.
The housing market is cyclical in nature and is one of the key indicators of the health of the economy. Berkeley has a strong track record of delivering homes through numerous market cycles, predominantly in London and the South of England.
We seek to find the optimum development solution for each site in terms of both the social, natural and economic value for all stakeholders, and the returns we deliver to our shareholders. We firmly believe these two are mutually compatible and reinforcing.
Value to Society
Undertaking a broader assessment of our value to society across a range of indicators
We take a broad view of our impact on society, understanding that it is not limited to the boundary of our sites. For several years we have quantified our contribution as a business, in terms of the homes and communities we deliver and the jobs we create. Over the last five years, we have contributed £2.3bn to community facilities including affordable housing subsidies, and £13.6bn in total to UK GDP through direct activities by Berkeley, indirectly through supply chain spend and the induced effect of household spend.
The Berkeley Foundation
Engaging all employees in the work of the Berkeley Foundation
The Berkeley Foundation is a registered charity, working in partnership with the voluntary sector to help people overcome barriers, improve their lives and build a fairer society. Berkeley Group employees give their time and expertise to support the Berkeley Foundation’s partners. We have offered work placements and job opportunities, held careers days to help young people about to start their journey into employment and shared our expertise through skilled volunteering. We aim for every employee to engage in this important work or to get involved through charitable donations and fundraising, to help the Berkeley Foundation build a society where every person can thrive.
More information can be found on the Berkeley Foundation website here.
2024/25 Highlights
14.9% pre-tax return on equity
£2.7bn contribution to UK GDP
58% of employees involved in supporting the Berkeley Foundation
Awards, Accreditations & Partnerships
Listed Company Since 2003
FTSE4 Good Index Series
Sustainability Yearbook Member; Top 10% S&P Global CSA Score and Industry Mover
S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) 2024
Philanthropy Award, with the Berkeley Foundation
Better Society Awards 2025
Latest News
St Joseph to Open New Community Hub in Ladywood
St Joseph has helped safeguard the future of the Ladywood Community Project, which has been supporting the community for almost 40 years, by providing office and events space within a new hub in Ladywood.
Berkeley Foundation Launches £450,000 Fund for Small Charities
The Berkeley Foundation is offering small charities access to a further £450,000 of funding to strengthen their organisational resilience.
Victorian Gasholder Hosts a Cricketing First to Mark £750,000 Commitment to Disability Sport
The world’s most iconic gasholder became the stage of a cricketing masterclass today, as teams from the Lord’s Taverners, Surrey Cricket Club and Berkeley played matches at Oval Village in Lambeth.
Further Information
2025 Annual Report
An overview of financial and non-financial performance is detailed for 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025 in the Berkeley Group’s 2025 Annual Report.
Find Out More
Annual Report 2025 - PDF Version
Berkeley Foundation 2030 Strategic Plan
An overview of the Berkeley Foundation’s strategy, making sure the Foundation is fit for purpose for the 2020s and ready to meet the needs of young people and their communities.
2030 Strategic Plan
Our Vision 2030: 2025 Progress Update
This extract from the Berkeley Group’s 2025 Annual Report provides an update on progress towards meeting our targets across each of our ten strategic priorities and details highlights for the period May 2024 to April 2025.
Berkeley Group Our Vision 2030