About us
Since 1976 Trenport has been accumulating skills in all aspects of development including civil engineering, housebuilding, industrial, logistics, commercial and luxury hotel and leisure schemes.
All schemes, whether state-of-the-art automated distribution centres, award-winning offices or 5 star hotels, have a common theme – an understanding of requirements and exceeding the operators’ expectations in terms of delivery, quality and value. Its expertise in civil engineering is extensive and includes the completion of a wide range of construction projects from roads and bridges to electricity and drainage systems.
In major new residential communities, its role has often been land promotion, masterplanning and infrastructure, selling parcels of land to other housebuilders to deliver the homes.
The company is now at a key point in its evolution as focus shifts from being a standard corporate real estate investment business, with some development capability, into a construction and planning led developer able to capitalise on a wide range of skills.
Trenport’s end-to-end experience of the entire development process, from warehouses to five-star hotels and housing, is something it will continue to leverage alongside its land portfolio, placing the company in an almost unique position.
Our vision
Trenport’s aim is to create high quality, sustainable places where people want to live, work and play. With a sizeable portfolio of land, knowledge of the planning system and an experienced team, it is ideally placed to secure planning permissions to deliver new projects and create outstanding communities to meet society’s needs.
Defining Trenport’s ethos and vision has been important at this pivotal time in the evolution of the business, ensuring that everyone is focused on the same goals. Ethics is at the heart of business with the deeply held belief that long term, sustainable profits come from great people working in a great environment delivering high quality developments.
With a drive to succeed, valued colleagues work collaboratively to resolve problems to deliver developments for satisfied customers. Communication is key and staff are trusted and empowered to meet their objectives within a balanced framework of professional judgement and responsibility.
As Trenport has expanded into new sectors, it has been essential to have a team with the right experience and commitment to develop a high quality product from the outset. This approach will provide a solid and confident foundation as the business continues to grow.
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What sets us apart from others is the passion and dedication we have for our work. We don’t rush things through to get the job “sort of” done. We make sure that the people, time and resources are in place to get the job done thoroughly, which in turn secures strong profits from excellent finished developments. We have a fantastic team that allows us to do this. Our emphasis is on the customer and providing a high-quality product and service.
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Our values
EXCELLENCE
INTEGRITY
SUCCESS
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY
PROFESSIONALISM
TRUST & HONESTY
Who we work with
Meet the team
RICHARD HALL
CEO
As Trenport grows as a developer delivering a wide range of developments, Richard is responsible for guiding the overall direction of the business. Having been with Trenport since 2004, he has a deep understanding of its strengths and potential. A Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Richard joined as Interim Property Director for what was the GUS Ltd portfolio as part of its merger with Littlewoods. Over time, he has brought clear objectives and goals to all Trenport business activities, as well as instilling a strong set of ethical values into the company culture. He trusts and encourages his team to excel and gives them support drawing on his 30 years of industry experience.
DAVID FARRANT
FINANCE DIRECTOR
With fifteen years of finance experience within the real estate sector, working within large corporates and SMEs, David joined Trenport in 2021. He has used his commercial and financial knowledge to streamline the group structure and standardise accounting policies and processes to ensure accurate and timely reporting. A key part of this process has been the conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards.
KERRY BUSTON
DIRECTOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING
Kerry’s focus is to ensure that the developments at Rosechurch Homes are accurately monitored and forecast to be delivered on time and within budget. Furthermore her remit is to commercially oversee different contractors and manage risk through to completion of the build. As an astute key member of the team with 15 years of construction experience, Kerry joined Rosechurch Homes in 2020 from Redrow and prior to that held senior roles at Chartway Group, Bellway and Kier.
DENE MAIN
DIRECTOR OF HOUSEBUILDING
Dene joined Trenport in 2020 to head up the housebuilding division; Rosechurch Homes, arriving with 30 years of experience in construction working for McCarthy & Stone and Chartway Group. Dene looks at all aspects of the business and has invested time in putting in place all the key elements that underpin the running of the business including administration, health and safety systems and a network of trusted contractors and consultants to allow the smooth delivery of new developments now coming through.
PAUL MORRIS
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Paul’s career at Trenport spans nearly 15 years, following earlier roles in the property departments of Littlewoods, Debenhams and M&S. He has played an important role in managing the development of parcels of land in North Kent for housebuilders. These complex projects often involved major new infrastructure, services and groundwork, and it has been Paul’s responsibility to manage the whole project from start to finish.
Careers
We recognise that people are our greatest asset – they are the face of the business and communicate our values – so to ensure that we employ the bet people we offer excellent packages and recruit regularly across the year. We value the importance of providing a positive work/life balance and an enjoyable career. As an agile and ethically led business, the team is skilled and passionate about what it does. If you want to join our team please send your CV and covering letter to