2
Registered care homes
Care home operator
1st Care Limited
2 registered care homes, about 67 beds across 2 counties in England. Portfolio, ratings and the finance an acquisition or refinance would use.
Written and reviewed by Matt Lenzie Founder & Principal Broker · 25 years arranging care home finance · Reviewed June 2026
67
Registered beds
2
Counties covered
50%
Rated Good or Outstanding
1st Care Limited operates 2 CQC-registered care homes with about 67 beds across 2 counties in England, a small group. Around 50% of its rated homes are rated Good or Outstanding. For an acquirer, lender or investor the group's covenant rests on that trading base and bed stock, and its CQC rating profile is the clearest read on operational quality across the portfolio.
Financing a group like 1st Care Limited
We arrange finance relevant to a group of this scale: portfolio acquisition and whole-company funding, refinancing of an existing facility, development capital for new beds, and sale-and-leaseback to release freehold value while the operator keeps trading. Whether you are acquiring 1st Care Limited, competing with it locally, or benchmarking covenant and rating profile before lending, the portfolio below is the operating footprint a credit decision reads.
Finance we arrange for operators
CQC rating profile
| Good | 1 |
| Requires improvement | 1 |
Geographic spread
Where 1st Care Limited operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merseyside | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| West Midlands | 1 | 31 | 1 |
Portfolio
1st Care Limited care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orrell Grange | Bootle | 36 | Nursing | Good |
| Acorn Care Home | Birmingham | 31 | Nursing | Requires improvement |
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 only; not affiliated with or endorsed by 1st Care Limited.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with 1st Care Limited?
Send us the deal or the home and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.