4
Registered care homes
Care home operator
Essex County Council
4 registered care homes, about 60 beds across 1 county 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
60
Registered beds
1
Counties covered
75%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Essex County Council operates 4 CQC-registered care homes with about 60 beds across 1 county in England, a small group. Around 75% 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 Essex County Council
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 Essex County Council, 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 | 3 |
| Requires improvement | 1 |
Portfolio
Essex County Council care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgemarsh Residential Home | Chelmsford | 24 | Residential | Good |
| Magdalen Close Hostel | Clacton on Sea | 22 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Longwood Place | Basildon | 9 | Residential | Good |
| Tudor House | Colchester | 5 | 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 Essex County Council.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Essex County Council?
Send us the deal or the home and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.