14 Thornhill

14 Thornhill is a 6-bed residential care home in Sunderland, operated by North East Autism Society. 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 6 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.

14 Thornhill sits within a local market of 63 registered care homes and about 1,771 beds in Sunderland. That competitive set, and the rating profile across it, is part of how an acquisition here is underwritten.

What determines the value of 14 Thornhill

A trading care home like 14 Thornhill 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 Sunderland

Looking at other homes in the area? See care homes in Sunderland and the wider Tyne and Wear care market or North East Autism Society's full portfolio.