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Boost the Custom and Self-build sector by becoming a member of NaCSBA.
NaCSBA works to grow the self and custom build market, raising its profile and boosting opportunities for your business. It relies on membership subscriptions from companies and organisations to help fund this core work.
Our financial independence means that we have an objective voice when lobbying, that Government respects. Members can be found on our Membership Directory on our consumer facing Self Build Portal. This site advises people how to self build, and allows them find their local self build registers.
Why become a NaCSBA member?
As a company, you understand the bigger picture – you want to make building a home easier in the UK. You want others to appreciate that self or custom built homes offer the most beneficial and effective way to get the best quality or most cost effective homes, while securing more opportunities for your business though NaCSBA’s work.
NaCSBA’s Code of Practice is a significant benefit for you and your customers. It demonstrates that you are a trusted operator in the sector, giving your customers peace of mind when sourcing businesses to work on their project. It supports you should communications break down, as an early form of arbitration.
Member benefits
- Get a free copy of NaCSBA’s Custom and Self Build Market Report – worth £295!
- Add NaCSBA’s logo to your website and marketing material to show you are a trusted company
- Use the Code of Practice for arbitration should difficulties arise*
- Profile your company in our membership directory, on the Self Build Portal
- Be part of a trusted voice in the industry
- Get access to industry statistics and research
- Contribute to our consultation responses and positioning papers
- Join regular online updates on activity
- Get monthly NaCSBA Newsletters
- Feed into NaCSBA’s growing body of best practice
- Publicise your news and case studies via the Self Build Portal.
Contact our Engagement Manager Donna Muir on 07968 124939 or donna@nacsba.org.uk. Membership is for 12 months.
Membership options
We have four levels of membership for professionals – Gold Corporate Member, Custom Build Member, Standard Member and Not-for-profit.
Standard membership is our entry level, and like most levels there are different rates to reflect the size of your company, ensuring that membership is fair.
All standard members of NaCSBA get the benefits set out above, and form the backbone of our organisation – your fees support our work.
Membership fees
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Sole Trader (1 employee/legacy landowner*) £165 annually |
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Small Company (2-9 employees) £295 annually |
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Medium Company (10-49 employees) £730 annually |
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Large Company (50+ employees) £1,250 annually |
*By legacy land owner, we mean a landowner, such as a farmer, working to bring on self or custom build on multi-plot sites on a piece of land that they own.
Rates exclude VAT
Being a Custom Build member connects you with other enablers and developers bringing on multi-plot sites.
- Network with fellow custom build developers on issues and solutions
- Access to senior policy makers at DLUHC and Homes England, via NaCSBA
- The opportunity to shape policy affecting Custom Build
- Use the extra membership cost for shared benefit
- Access to experts and technical guidance – including help on VAT, SDLT, CIL, planning
Membership fees
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Small Company (2-9 employees) £630 annually |
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Medium Company (10-49 employees) £1,045 annually |
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Large Company (50+ employees) £1,890 annually |
Rates exclude VAT
Corporate Gold membership has a suite of tangible, additional benefits to grow your business.
- Send four marketing communications a year to our Self Build Portal* Third Parties contact list.
- Secure a premium, top of the page entry on our membership directory on the Self Build Portal
- Receive invites to contribute to reports and research, and to NaCSBA events, such as our House of Commons receptions.
Membership fees
Corporate Gold Membership
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Corporate ‘Gold’ Partnership £2,900 annually |
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Corporate ‘Gold’ Partnership £6,900 for three years – saving 15% over the cost of three individual years! |
Rates exclude VAT
Local Authorities and other not for profit groups, such as community-led housing groups, are able to secure membership for a special rate to reflect the fact that they are not profit generating. In addition, they are not bound by our Code of Practice, as other members are.
Membership fees
Local Authorities have a special membership rate – £295 annually (plus VAT).
Rates exclude VAT
*Most Self Build Portal users are would-be custom/self-builders researching products or services for their future project. Data suggests that those who have registered are: in the detailed preparation stages of getting their projects under way; typically holding budgets of £1-200k each, though many have budgets of over £500k; want to get their project underway in the next two years; looking for land.
Special magazine subscriptions for supporters
NaCSBA also offers all users great magazine subscription rates, visit the Self Build Portal for more.
Become a member now
Choose your level of NaCSBA Membership below and show your support now!
Prices below include VAT.
*For the three year Gold Corporate membership deal of £6,900 (£8,280 incl. VAT) contact membership.
For further questions
See Frequently Asked Questions about our membership or Contact Us
Click below for benefits of Membership options
Become a Gold Member and show us your full support
Corporate Gold membership demonstrates that you’re a heavy-weight in the Custom and Self-build sector, and are truly committed to changing the way we do housing in the UK. Your backing is crucial to supporting our lobbying of central and local Government, and contributing to the growth and expansion of the self build industry.
By partnering with NaCSBA as a Gold Member, you also help us provide better information to would-be Custom/Self-builders – your future customers – and build up our ‘best practice’ information. This enables us to guide future generations of Custom/Self-builders about the most efficient way to build their homes.
The Benefits
In return NaCSBA has developed a number of very tangible benefits that will help our Gold Members grow their businesses.
- The opportunity to send four marketing communications a year to all members of the Self Build Portal* who have agreed to contact from Third Parties. These campaigns are put together by NaCSBA on your behalf in MailChimp, based on your copy and images, with a sign off by you as a Gold Member. (We regret that under GDPR we can no longer share this information with you as data.)
- Your company will be listed on The Self Build Portal’s Partners page.
Plus the Standard Member benefits outlined below.
Special three-year Corporate Gold Membership
We have a special three-year subscription that offers a significant saving in comparison to annual Gold Membership – saving your company 15% over the cost of three individual years! This saves the hassle of signing up annually and ensures that your company is always recognised as a key player in the Custom and Self Build sector.
*Most registered users of the Self Build Portal are would-be Custom/Self-builders looking to buy products or services for their future project. Data suggests that those who have registered are: in the detailed preparation stages of getting their projects under way; typically holding budgets of £1-200k each, though many have budgets of over £500k; want to get their project underway in the next two years; looking for land mainly in the south east/west of the UK.
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Corporate ‘Gold’ Partnership £2,900 annually or £6,900 for three years* |
Notice that VAT will be added to the prices displayed above.
Standard Memberships
NaCSBA understand that there are a range of organisations that would benefit from having membership or would like to show their support, but their circumstances vary. Consequently we’ve developed a range of charges for our Standard Membership in an attempt to reflect these differences. Any of these memberships can be classified as Not-for-profit where relevant, meaning the organisation is not signed up to the Code of Practice.
Check out the benefits of being a NaCSBA Member, (top).
Standard Membership Levels
There are essentially four levels of standard memberships, with special fees for Custom Builders and Local Authorities.
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Sole Trader (1 employee/legacy landowner*) £165 annually |
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Small Company (2-9 employees) £295 annually |
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Medium Company (10-49 employees) £730 annually |
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Large Company (50+ employees) £1,250 annually |
*By legacy land owner, we mean a landowner, such as a farmer, working to bring on self or custom build on multi-plot sites on a piece of land that they own.
Notice that VAT will be added to the prices displayed above.
Standard Member: Custom Builders
Joining as a Custom Build member connects you with other innovators transforming the self build arena.
As well as regular benefits, Custom Build Membership gives you:
• The ability to network with fellow custom build developers and feed back issues and problems to senior policy makers at MHCLG, and HCA funders
• Access to sites that NaCSBA is introduced to that may be of interest
• The opportunity to shape policy affecting Custom Build
• The ability to use the extra membership cost towards tools of shared benefit to custom build developers (e.g. a guide to VAT/SDLT)
• Access to experts and technical guidance – including help on VAT, SDLT, CIL, planning
• Plus, all the standard member benefits (see top of page)
The rates for Custom Build companies wishing to join as Standard Members are:
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Small Company (2-9 employees) £630 annually |
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Medium Company (10-49 employees) £1,045 annually |
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Large Company (50+ employees) £1,890 annually |
Notice that VAT will be added to the prices displayed above.
Standard Member: Local Authorities
Local Authorities have a special membership rate – £295 annually (plus VAT).
Local Authorities, and other not for profit groups, are not bound by the Code of Practice, as other members are.