Curo Group is a not-for-profit housing association based in Bath, England. Curo's operating area is the West of England, with the majority of its homes located in Bath and North East Somerset where it is the largest housing provider. History Prior to 2012, Curo traded as Somer Housing Group. Somer Housing Group's main housing association member was Somer Community Housing Trust, formed in 1999 with the transfer of Bath and North East Somerset Council's housing stock as part of a large-scale voluntary housing transfer. The Group was joined in 2002 by Shape Housing Association and in 2005 by Redland Housing Association. Shape, formed in 1983 as Bath Self-Help, specialised in supported housing for people in the Bath area. Redland Housing was founded in 1973. A significant number of the council houses taken over by Curo were post-war pre-cast reinforced concrete houses, which began to suffer from corrosion problems which would lead to eventual structural failure, a known national problem. Since about 2005 Curo has been rebuilding or replacing these houses. Until 2018, Curo Group (Albion) Limited was the group holding company for: Curo Places Limited: a charitable company setup in 1999 following the transfer of housing stock from Bath and North East Somerset Council, which since 2015 has been a community benefit society; Curo Choice Limited: care and support functions; Curo Enterprise Limited: established in 2012 for commercial activities including housing development, trading as Curo Homes; Curo Market Rented Services Limited: manages market rented homes. In December 2018, Curo Group (Albion) Limited converted from a private company to a community benefit society. Areas of activity In December 2018, when Curo Group (Albion) Limited converted from a private company to a community benefit society, the structure changed so Curo Places Limited was its only subsidiary, and the other companies became subsidiaries of Curo Places Limited which has charitable status: Curo Choice Limited: care and support functions (charitable status); Curo Enterprise Limited: established in 2012 for commercial activities including housing development, trading as Curo Homes; Curo Market Rented Services Limited: manages market rented homes; Mulberry Park Community Benefit Society: manages services on the Mulberry Park estate (charitable status). Curo manages over 13,000 homes mainly in Bath and Bristol, and had a turnover of £93.1 million and had 503 employees in the 2018–19 financial year. It is a housing association registered with Homes England. Curo provides homes at low-cost social and affordable rents