TDS
Real EstateEngland, United Kingdom1001-5000 Employees
TDS Group operates in the UK real estate sector as a not-for-profit provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services. It maintains offices in Hemel Hempstead, Glasgow, and Belfast and is backed by industry organizations Propertymark, RICS, and NRLA, with charitable foundations aimed at raising standards in the private rented sector. The group encompasses several programs, including the Tenancy Deposit Scheme for England and Wales, Safe Deposits Scotland, TDS Northern Ireland, and dispute-resolution arms such as TDS Resolution and SDS Resolve, plus the New Homes Ombudsman for disputes between homebuyers and developers. Its services target agents, landlords, developers, and tenants/homebuyers, delivering deposit protection and independent mediation to facilitate mid-tenancy and pre-handover resolutions. The schemes collectively cover large numbers of deposits: over 1.6 million in England and Wales, more than 150,000 in Scotland, and over 55,000 in Northern Ireland, illustrating the organization's reach across the UK. The charitable foundations have contributed more than 1.8 million to organizations working to raise standards in the private rented sector.