88.7%
Sector occupancy (Knight Frank)
Staffordshire
Care Home Finance in Burton upon Trent
Commercial mortgages, development, bridging, refinance and going-concern operator finance for care homes in Burton upon Trent. 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
£1,250/wk
West Midlands avg weekly fee
7.9%
Fee growth, year on year
4.5%
Prime yield (Knight Frank)
If you are buying, building or refinancing a care home in Burton upon Trent, the right facility is rarely the cheapest headline rate. It is the one that reflects the operator covenant, the CQC rating and the occupancy, and that funds the home through to stabilised trading. We arrange care home finance across Burton upon Trent and the wider Staffordshire market, from commercial mortgages to going-concern operator finance.
Care home lending is underwritten on the operator covenant, the CQC rating, occupancy and the fee mix, not on bricks alone. In the West Midlands, the average weekly fee runs at about £1,250/wk (Knight Frank, 2025), and occupancy across mature homes nationally sat at 88.7% (Knight Frank, FY2024/25). Those regional and national figures frame the trading case a Burton upon Trent home needs to support its borrowing.
Funding a Burton upon Trent care home across its lifecycle
We arrange the full range of care home finance for Burton upon Trent 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, with the loan sized on the home's 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 the going-concern value rather than the property alone, 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 Staffordshire.
The care settings we fund in Burton upon Trent
Each care setting is registered, run and underwritten differently, and we arrange finance for all of them in Burton upon Trent and across Staffordshire. 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. A nursing home turns on clinical staffing and acuity. A children's home turns on Ofsted standing and local-authority commissioning. Knowing which lender backs which setting here, and at what leverage, is the work we do before a case ever reaches a credit committee.
Finance we arrange for Burton upon Trent homes
Is a Burton upon Trent care home a good investment?
A care home is bought as a trading business, so the return comes from operating profit, not rental yield alone. Mature homes nationally ran at 88.7% occupancy (Knight Frank, FY2024/25), and average weekly fees in the West Midlands sat at about £1,250/wk (Knight Frank, 2025), the two levers that drive the bottom line. Investors size the deal on EBITDARM, the earnings measure lenders use, and on the going-concern value a specialist healthcare valuer puts on the home. Prime care home yields have sat around 4.5% (Knight Frank, Q1 2025), with operational and regional homes priced higher to reflect trading risk. In Burton upon Trent the figure that matters is the individual home's profit, its CQC rating and how full it runs.
Before you buy a care home in Burton upon Trent, the checks that matter are the CQC rating and inspection history, the staffing model and agency reliance, the fee mix between private, self-funded and local-authority residents, the property condition and any en-suite or single-room shortfall, and the trading accounts behind the asking price. We pressure-test these as part of arranging the finance, because the same things a buyer should worry about are the things a lender underwrites.
What the West Midlands care market means for funding in Burton upon Trent
The highest regional occupancy in the UK sample, with healthy occupancy growth. Strong occupancy makes the region one of the most dependable for stabilised trading homes. Average weekly fees in the West Midlands run at about £1,250/wk, up 7.9% year on year (Knight Frank, 2025). Lenders read these regional fee and occupancy trends, alongside the home's own trading record, when they size a facility for a Burton upon Trent home.
- Birmingham and the conurbation anchor demand
- Highest regional occupancy in the UK
- Improving occupancy trend
CQC directory
Care homes in Burton upon Trent: the registered market
CQC registers 38 care homes in Burton upon Trent with about 1,154 beds between them, of which 13 hold a nursing registration. Around 74% of rated homes here are rated Good or Outstanding, which makes Burton upon Trent an active local care market with a broad operator base. 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.
38
Registered care homes
1,154
Registered beds
13
With nursing registration
74%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Largest registered homes in Burton upon Trent
| Care home | Beds | Type | CQC rating | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bateman House Care Home | 84 | Residential | Not rated | Country Court Care Homes 15 OpCo Limited |
| Acacia Care (Burton) Ltd | 82 | Residential | Not rated | Acacia Care (Burton) Ltd |
| Barrowhill Hall | 74 | Nursing | Requires improvement | MOP Healthcare Limited |
| Church Terrace Nursing Home | 65 | Nursing | Good | Minehome Limited |
| Poplars Nursing and Residential Care Home | 60 | Nursing | Good | Tawnylodge Limited |
| Kings Bromley Care Home | 55 | Nursing | Good | RDCP Care One Limited |
| Hoar Cross Nursing Home | 51 | Nursing | Good | Hoar Cross Care Limited |
| Fauld House Nursing Home | 48 | Nursing | Good | Fauld House Care Home Ltd |
| Amber Wood | 45 | Residential | Good | Welford Healthcare South Ltd |
| Branston Court Care Home | 45 | Nursing | Good | HC-One No.1 Limited |
| Beech Lodge Nursing Home | 40 | Nursing | Good | Minehome Limited |
| Harewood Park | 37 | Nursing | Good | Moorlands Rehabilitation (Staffordshire) Limited |
| Highbarrow Residential Home | 37 | Residential | Good | Sunplee Ltd |
| Charlotte James Nursing Home | 36 | Nursing | Good | HAS Complete Care Ltd |
| Kirk House Care Home | 35 | Nursing | Good | Uttoxeter and District Old People's Housing Society Limited |
| Old Rectory (Bramshall) | 30 | Residential | Requires improvement | Restassured Residential Limited |
| Old Rectory (Bramshall) Limited | 30 | Nursing | Requires improvement | Tudor Care Limited |
| St Marys Mount | 30 | Residential | Good | H.A.S. Careplus Limited |
| The Hermitage Care Home | 30 | Residential | Good | Sonic Platinum Ltd |
| Eversley Rest Home | 28 | Residential | Good | Eversley Care Home Limited |
| Abacus Quality Care Ltd T/A Abacus Care Home | 27 | Residential | Requires improvement | Abacus Quality Care Ltd |
| Far Fillimore Rest Home | 26 | Residential | Requires improvement | Far Fillimore Care Homes Ltd |
| Summerfield Care Home | 21 | Residential | Requires improvement | Ashcare (Summerfields) LTD |
| Amber House Residential Home | 18 | Residential | Requires improvement | Suba Healthcare Ltd |
| Carden Bank Rest Home | 17 | Residential | Good | Belvedere Care Homes Ltd |
Showing the 25 largest of 38 registered homes by bed count.
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.
The local property market in Burton upon Trent
Local house prices are a useful proxy for the strength of the self-funder catchment a care home draws on. Burton upon Trent recorded around 1,426 residential sales over the past year at a median of £227,250, which makes the local market steady. A deeper, higher-value residential market tends to support a larger private and self-funded fee base, one input among the operator covenant, CQC rating and occupancy that drive a lending decision.
This residential data is local catchment context. It is not a care home valuation, which turns on the home's trading profit and going-concern value, assessed by a specialist healthcare valuer.
Residential sold price by type (Burton upon Trent)
| Detached | £355,000 |
| Semi-detached | £220,000 |
| Terraced | £160,000 |
| Flat / apartment | £100,000 |
Source: HM Land Registry residential price-paid data, last 12 months. Local catchment context, not a care home valuation.
Recent price trend
| Quarter | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q3 | £228k | 551 |
| 2024-Q4 | £232k | 640 |
| 2025-Q1 | £238k | 635 |
| 2025-Q2 | £220k | 494 |
| 2025-Q3 | £230k | 525 |
| 2025-Q4 | £235k | 491 |
| 2026-Q1 | £220k | 331 |
| 2026-Q2 | £215k | 109 |
FAQ
Care home finance in Burton upon Trent: common questions
How much can I borrow to buy a care home in Burton upon Trent?
Most lenders fund up to 70 to 75 percent of value on a trading care home, with the loan 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 hold more than one hundred lender relationships and shortlist the desks most likely to back a Burton upon Trent home.
Which lenders provide care home finance in Burton upon Trent?
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 for a Burton upon Trent home 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 Staffordshire.
What are care home fees and occupancy like around Burton upon Trent?
Care figures are reported regionally rather than town by town. In the West Midlands, the average weekly fee runs at about £1,250/wk and has risen 7.9% year on year (Knight Frank, 2025), while occupancy across mature homes nationally held at 88.7% (Knight Frank, FY2024/25). We read these regional and national figures alongside the individual home's trading record.
How much money do you need to buy a care home in Burton upon Trent?
Most buyers need a deposit of 25 to 30 percent of the price plus costs, since lenders fund 70 to 75 percent of value on a trading home. On top of the deposit you need working capital to run the home from day one and a contingency for any CQC or property works. The exact figure depends on the home's trading profit and your experience as an operator, which we assess before approaching lenders.
Is owning a care home in Burton upon Trent profitable?
It can be, but profit turns on occupancy, the fee mix and staffing cost, not on the building. Well-run homes with strong CQC ratings and a healthy private-fee share trade profitably; homes with low occupancy, heavy agency use or fee pressure do not. We read the trading accounts and the operator before forming a view, and a lender does the same.
What are the red flags when buying a Burton upon Trent care home?
The main warning signs are a poor or declining CQC rating, low or falling occupancy, heavy reliance on agency staff, a fee base skewed to lower local-authority rates, deferred building maintenance and a shortage of single en-suite rooms. None is necessarily fatal, but each affects value and fundability, which is why we and the lender scrutinise them.
Do you only arrange finance in Burton upon Trent?
No. We arrange care home finance across the whole of Staffordshire and the wider UK, with the same approach: read the home and the operator, match the case to the lenders that back the setting, and negotiate terms on the borrower's behalf.
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Care home finance near Burton upon Trent
The nearest towns we cover, each with its own registered care home directory and market context.
Funding a care home in Burton upon Trent?
Send us the home and the operator and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.