De Brook Lodge

De Brook Lodge is a 52-bed residential care home in Altrincham, operated by Ideal Carehomes (Number One) Limited. It holds a CQC rating of Good, a solid CQC rating that supports mainstream lending appetite. For a buyer, operator or lender the numbers that matter are its 52 registered beds, its rating and the strength of the operator behind it. We arrange the finance to buy, refinance or develop a home of this kind.

De Brook Lodge sits within a local market of 60 registered care homes and about 1,811 beds in Altrincham. That competitive set, and the rating profile across it, is part of how an acquisition here is underwritten.

What determines the value of De Brook Lodge

A trading care home like De Brook Lodge is valued as a going concern, on its stabilised trading profit (EBITDARM) capitalised at a market multiple, rather than as bricks and mortar. A specialist healthcare valuer prepares the figure, and it can sit well above or below a simple per-bed estimate depending on how the home trades. The per-bed guide above is a starting point, not a valuation.

• Occupancy: how full the home runs, and how quickly empty beds refill
• Fee mix: the balance of private, self-funded and local-authority residents
• CQC rating: Good here, a direct input to both value and lender appetite
• Staffing: care-hours per resident and agency reliance
• The building: room sizes, the en-suite and single-room share, and any capital works needed
• Location and catchment: local demand, competition and the self-funder base around Altrincham

Looking at other homes in the area? See care homes in Altrincham and the wider Greater Manchester care market or Ideal Carehomes (Number One) Limited's full portfolio.