Established in 2000 and based in Kilmington, East Devon, RBS Scaffolding began as a small local company working for all trades, gaining repeat business due to their reliability and professionalism . The company grew very quickly, diversifying and taking on more local employees with a commitment to their continued professional development.

Richard is a company director and Advanced scaffolder with over 25 years of experience in the industry.
Richard started his scaffolding career with Ledger Scaffolding, whom he maintains a good working relationship. He also spent time working for 1st Scaffolding in Exeter before going into business for himself.

Alexander Wheatley is a company Director with 25 years experience in the industry.
Alex Started out on Residential Scaffold and spent the latter part of his career specialising in temporary roofs and scaffold provision for the water industry

Oliver Highet – Advanced Scaffolder. Worked for RBS for over 15 years gaining qualifications including NEBOSH in Health and Safety Management for Construction, SMSTS training and Temporary Works co-ordinator training.
Owners and founders Richard Challis and Alex Wheatley have over 50 Years combined experience of the scaffolding and construction industry.
Having started as a residential and site based scaffold company RBS went on to diversify. Firstly working closely with companies from the booming solar farm industry, then later into the waste and drinking water industries. The latter requiring expansion into Confined space, mobile elevated platform and clean water (High hygiene) work and travelling across the entire Southwest of England, whilst maintaining a busy residential and site work schedule more locally.
This continued evolution and a commitment to quality training including HAKI, alloy towers and street works has seen RBS build up strong relationships with clients across many sectors and establish themselves as one of the leading Scaffold companies in East Devon.


At RBS Scaffolding we offer competitive rates and free quotes with no obligations.
RBS aim to maintain unprecedented levels of quality and customer service, priding ourselves on our commitment to health and safety, and adhering to all polices and legislation. To ensure this continues we employee an external safety consultant (Safety and Access Ltd.) and provide Risk Assessments and Method Statements for each project.
All employees hold CSCS cards and have relevant qualifications for the work they are tasked with carrying out.
Employees attend regular refresher courses to ensure all our work reflects current industry standards.

RBS prides itself on its health and safety record, always aiming to go above and beyond current industry standards.
Our supervisors have training at various levels including SSSTS, SMSTS and NEBOSH.

Your deadlines are our deadlines. We work closely with our clients and keep in constant contact with our team leaders.
Ensuring that any unexpected hurdles have minimal impact on your schedule, without compromising on health and safety.

Rbs scaffolding has been working in the industry for 0ver 25 years.

All operatives hold CISRS qualifications relevant to there job roles.
Further qualifications:
Confined spaces, powered access, Haki, EUSR, first Aid and Supervisor Training.