11
Registered care homes
Care home operator
Creative Support Limited
11 registered care homes, about 110 beds across 7 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
110
Registered beds
7
Counties covered
73%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Creative Support Limited operates 11 CQC-registered care homes with about 110 beds across 7 counties in England, an established multi-home operator. Around 73% 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 Creative Support 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 Creative Support 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 | 8 |
| Requires improvement | 3 |
Geographic spread
Where Creative Support Limited operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 4 | 26 | 1 |
| Cumbria | 2 | 35 | 2 |
| Cheshire | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Essex | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Merseyside | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Staffordshire | 1 | 16 | 1 |
Portfolio
Creative Support Limited care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Support - The Laurels (Cumbria) | Carlisle | 29 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - 2, 3 and 4 Nightingale Close | Braintree | 18 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - Leonora Street | Stoke-on-Trent | 16 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - The Glade | Bedford | 8 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Creative Support - Dove Lane | Bedford | 6 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Creative Support - High Street | Bedford | 6 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Creative Support - The Houghtons | Bedford | 6 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - Ulverston Autism Service | Ulverston | 6 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - Willowtree House | Wellingborough | 6 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - St Helens Respite Service | St Helens | 5 | Residential | Good |
| Creative Support - Bredon Respite Service | Runcorn | 4 | Residential | Good |
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 Creative Support Limited.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Creative Support Limited?
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