88.7%
Sector occupancy (Knight Frank)
North Yorkshire
Care Home Finance in Selby
Commercial mortgages, development, bridging, refinance and going-concern operator finance for care homes in Selby. This is finance for the home as a business, not help with care fees.
Written and reviewed by Matt Lenzie Founder & Principal Broker · 25 years arranging care home finance · Reviewed June 2026
£1,150/wk
Yorkshire avg weekly fee
12.5%
Fee growth, year on year
4.5%
Prime yield (Knight Frank)
Selby supports a registered care market of 15 homes and roughly 370 beds. Whether you are buying a trading home here, funding a development or conversion, or refinancing onto better terms, we read the operator covenant, the CQC rating and occupancy, then place the case with the lenders that back the sector across North Yorkshire.
Care home lending is underwritten on the operator covenant, the CQC rating, occupancy and the fee mix, not on bricks alone. In the Yorkshire and the Humber the average weekly fee runs at about £1,150/wk (Knight Frank, 2025), and national occupancy across mature homes held at 88.7% (Knight Frank, FY2024/25). Those figures frame the trading case a Selby home needs to support its borrowing.
Care home finance structures for Selby homes
We arrange the full range of care home finance for Selby operators and buyers. A commercial mortgage funds the purchase of a trading home, typically to 70 to 75 percent of value over a 15 to 25 year term, sized on stabilised trading profit. Development finance funds a ground-up build, extension or conversion, usually to 60 to 70 percent of cost. Bridging moves at auction or pre-CQC pace. Refinance lowers a rate, raises capital or exits a bridge. Going-concern operator finance is sized on EBITDARM and going-concern value, and sale-and-leaseback releases capital from a freehold while the operator keeps running the home. We match each case to the lenders that back this kind of home across North Yorkshire.
The care settings we fund in Selby
Each care setting is registered, run and underwritten differently, and we arrange finance for all of them in Selby and across North Yorkshire. That covers elderly residential and nursing homes, dementia and memory care, specialist and high-acuity care, supported living, learning disability and mental health settings, children's homes, and retirement and extra-care schemes. Knowing which lender backs which setting here, and at what leverage, is the work we do before a case reaches a credit committee.
Finance we arrange for Selby homes
The Yorkshire and the Humber care market and your Selby home
Mid-range fees with one of the strongest fee uplifts and occupancy near the UK average. A steady core market with improving fees across a broad spread of towns. Average weekly fees in the Yorkshire and the Humber run at about £1,150/wk (Knight Frank, 2025). Lenders read these regional fee and occupancy trends, alongside the home's own trading record and CQC rating, when they size a facility for a Selby home.
- Leeds, Sheffield and the wider conurbations drive demand
- Strong fee growth
- Shorter average length of stay in the regional sample
CQC directory
Care homes in Selby: the registered market
CQC registers 15 care homes in Selby with about 370 beds between them, of which 4 hold a nursing registration. Around 80% of rated homes here are rated Good or Outstanding, which makes Selby a established local care market of a workable scale. For a buyer or operator this is the competitive set, the bed stock and the quality benchmark a new acquisition is underwritten against; for a lender the local rating profile is a read on covenant and on how hard occupancy is won.
15
Registered care homes
370
Registered beds
4
With nursing registration
80%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Largest registered homes in Selby
| Care home | Beds | Type | CQC rating | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osborne House Care Home | 74 | Nursing | Good | Crown Care II LLP |
| The Grange | 43 | Nursing | Good | St Philips Care Limited |
| Firth House | 41 | Residential | Good | Anchor Hanover Group |
| Denison House Care Home | 31 | Residential | Requires improvement | Valorum Care Limited |
| Tudor House | 30 | Nursing | Good | Roche Healthcare Limited |
| Mansion House | 29 | Nursing | Good | Roche Healthcare Limited |
| Carentan House | 24 | Residential | Good | North Yorkshire Council |
| Abbey Lea Care Home | 23 | Residential | Good | Ochre Care Limited |
| Temple Manor | 19 | Residential | Good | Quality Care Selby Limited |
| Hambleton Court Care Home | 18 | Residential | Requires improvement | Blossoms Care Group Ltd |
| Westwood Care Home | 16 | Residential | Requires improvement | Ochre Care Limited |
| The Lodge | 8 | Residential | Good | Action for Care Limited |
| The Orchard | 6 | Residential | Good | Action for Care Limited |
| Tawny Lodge | 4 | Residential | Good | North Yorkshire Council |
| The Vicarage | 4 | Residential | Good | Adult Healthcare Selby Ltd |
Source: Care Quality Commission care directory, 03 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Registration and bed data, not a recommendation of any individual home.
FAQ
Care home finance in Selby: common questions
How many care homes are there in Selby?
CQC registers 15 care homes in Selby with about 370 beds between them, around 80% of them rated Good or Outstanding. That registered supply, its bed stock and its rating profile are the competitive set and quality benchmark a buyer, operator or lender reads when underwriting a home here.
How much can I borrow to buy a care home in Selby?
Most lenders fund up to 70 to 75 percent of value on a trading care home, sized on the home's stabilised trading profit (EBITDARM) rather than the bricks alone. Leverage reflects the operator covenant, the CQC rating, occupancy and the fee mix. We shortlist the lenders most likely to back a Selby home across North Yorkshire.
Which lenders provide care home finance in Selby?
We work across high-street and challenger banks, specialist healthcare lenders and debt funds, including names such as Shawbrook, OakNorth, Allica Bank and Assetz Capital. The right lender depends on the setting, the operator's track record and the leverage you need, and we match the case to the desks that actively back it across North Yorkshire.
Is owning a care home in Selby profitable?
It can be, but profit turns on occupancy, the fee mix and staffing cost rather than the building. Well-run homes with strong CQC ratings and a healthy private-fee share trade profitably; homes with low occupancy or heavy agency use do not. We read the trading accounts and the operator before forming a view, as a lender does.
What are the red flags when buying a Selby care home?
A poor or declining CQC rating, low or falling occupancy, heavy agency-staff reliance, a fee base skewed to lower local-authority rates, deferred maintenance and a shortage of single en-suite rooms. Each affects value and fundability, which is why we and the lender scrutinise them.
Nearby
Care home finance near Selby
The nearest towns we cover, each with its own registered care home directory and market context.
Funding a care home in Selby?
Send us the home and the operator and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.