Imagine this: You’re standing in the sun in your finest suit. A glass of something bubbly fizzes in your hand as you and 99 highly experienced property investors and business owners cheer for the horse you’ve just backed.
This is after an open panel Q&A with The Developers Club-the most prestigious community for UK property developers—your chance to have your burning property questions answered by some of the industry’s leading experts. Then, shake hands and share a drink with them afterward.
This is Horses and Houses—a day at Doncaster Racecourse that combines property, networking, and fun at the highest level.
Dorian Payne is the Welsh entrepreneur behind Castell Group, a partnership housebuilder he founded in 2019 at 24 after seeing the affordable housing crisis firsthand in South Wales. His model removes risk for housing associations and local authorities, delivering homes faster with greater cost certainty.
He now leads a 70+ person team and a £260 million pipeline of 1,000+ homes across Wales, addressing a crisis affecting 1.5 million people on UK social housing waiting lists, 100,000+ in Wales alone.
Awards: Young Entrepreneur of the Year (GBEA Allica 2024), Rising Star (CN Specialists 2025), Property Person of the Year & Social Housing Investor of the Year (Blue Bricks Awards 2026), Stelios Young Entrepreneur UK finalist (2025).
He also co-founded the Elidor Foundation with his wife Elizabeth, giving young people across Wales enterprise and life skills training.
The Developers Club (TDC) is the UK's leading network for young developers and housebuilders, co-founded by Shiro Rauniar and Tex Jones, working toward one number: 10,000 new homes by 2030, a £2 billion pipeline.
Membership runs three tiers. The Academy for those with 2+ years industry experience but no development track record yet. The Executive for developers with £1m+ delivered, scaling up. The Board for the £10m+ players pushing further still. Every tier is built around the same idea: surround ambitious developers with people already a few steps ahead. TDC is backed by partners across finance, planning, insurance and sales, building one of the most connected communities of under-40 developers in the country.
Last year's racing day was a complete sellout. So much so, we have had to upgrade to a bigger room this year!
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