diff --git a/app/models/organisation.rb b/app/models/organisation.rb
index 625c0bd05..57cf0a5a2 100644
--- a/app/models/organisation.rb
+++ b/app/models/organisation.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class Organisation < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :organisation_rent_periods
   has_many :owned_schemes, class_name: "Scheme", foreign_key: "owning_organisation_id", dependent: :delete_all
   has_many :managed_schemes, class_name: "Scheme", foreign_key: "managing_organisation_id"
+  has_many :parent_organisation_relationships, foreign_key: :child_organisation_id, class_name: "OrganisationRelationship"
+  has_many :parent_organisations, through: :parent_organisation_relationships
+  has_many :child_organisation_relationships, foreign_key: :parent_organisation_id, class_name: "OrganisationRelationship"
+  has_many :child_organisations, through: :child_organisation_relationships
 
   scope :search_by_name, ->(name) { where("name ILIKE ?", "%#{name}%") }
   scope :search_by, ->(param) { search_by_name(param) }
diff --git a/app/models/organisation_relationship.rb b/app/models/organisation_relationship.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..034fc5d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/organisation_relationship.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class OrganisationRelationship < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :child_organisation, class_name: "Organisation"
+  belongs_to :parent_organisation, class_name: "Organisation"
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220810152340_add_parent_child_relationships.rb b/db/migrate/20220810152340_add_parent_child_relationships.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49891f5ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220810152340_add_parent_child_relationships.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddParentChildRelationships < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :organisation_relationships do |t|
+      t.integer :child_organisation_id, foreign_key: true
+      t.integer :parent_organisation_id, foreign_key: true
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0baafd421..1b65e5482 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2022_08_02_125711) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2022_08_10_152340) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2022_08_02_125711) do
     t.boolean "empty_export", default: false, null: false
   end
 
+  create_table "organisation_relationships", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "child_organisation_id"
+    t.integer "parent_organisation_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "organisation_rent_periods", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.bigint "organisation_id"
     t.integer "rent_period"
diff --git a/spec/factories/organisation.rb b/spec/factories/organisation.rb
index 5ce6cfc03..8b02f030a 100644
--- a/spec/factories/organisation.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/organisation.rb
@@ -11,17 +11,15 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     holds_own_stock { true }
   end
 
-  factory :organisation_la do
-    organisation
-    ons_code { "E07000041" }
-    created_at { Time.zone.now }
-    updated_at { Time.zone.now }
-  end
-
   factory :organisation_rent_period do
     organisation
     rent_period { 2 }
     created_at { Time.zone.now }
     updated_at { Time.zone.now }
   end
+
+  factory :organisation_relationship do
+    child_organisation { FactoryBot.create(:organisation) }
+    parent_organisation { FactoryBot.create(:organisation) }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb b/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb
index fd2088b6d..3adcf0a64 100644
--- a/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ RSpec.describe Organisation, type: :model do
         .to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, "Validation failed: Provider type #{I18n.t('validations.organisation.provider_type_missing')}")
     end
 
+    context "with parent/child association" do
+      let(:child_organisation) { FactoryBot.create(:organisation, name: "DLUHC Child") }
+
+      before do
+        FactoryBot.create(:organisation_relationship, child_organisation:, parent_organisation: organisation)
+      end
+
+      it "has correct child" do
+        expect(organisation.child_organisations.first).to eq(child_organisation)
+      end
+
+      it "has correct parent" do
+        expect(child_organisation.parent_organisations.first).to eq(organisation)
+      end
+    end
+
     context "with data protection confirmations" do
       before do
         FactoryBot.create(:data_protection_confirmation, organisation:, confirmed: false, created_at: Time.utc(2018, 0o6, 0o5, 10, 36, 49))