8
Registered care homes
Care home operator
Friends of the Elderly
8 registered care homes, about 370 beds across 6 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
370
Registered beds
6
Counties covered
86%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Friends of the Elderly operates 8 CQC-registered care homes with about 370 beds across 6 counties in England, an established multi-home operator. Around 86% 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 Friends of the Elderly
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 Friends of the Elderly, competing with it locally, or benchmarking covenant and rating profile before lending, the portfolio below is the operating footprint a credit decision reads.
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CQC rating profile
| Outstanding | 1 |
| Good | 5 |
| Requires improvement | 1 |
| Not yet rated | 1 |
Geographic spread
Where Friends of the Elderly operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | 3 | 123 | 3 |
| Bedfordshire | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Berkshire | 1 | 66 | 1 |
| Essex | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Hampshire | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 1 | 97 | 1 |
Portfolio
Friends of the Elderly care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Elderly Malvern | Malvern | 97 | Nursing | Good |
| Friends Place | Reading | 66 | Residential | Not rated |
| The Bernard Sunley Nursing and Dementia Care Home | Woking | 62 | Nursing | Good |
| Redcot Residential Care Home | Farnham | 32 | Residential | Good |
| The Lawn Residential Care Home | Alton | 31 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Orford House Residential Care Home | Coulsdon | 29 | Nursing | Good |
| New Copford Place Residential Care Home | Braintree | 27 | Residential | Good |
| Little Bramingham Farm Residential Care Home | Luton | 26 | Residential | Outstanding |
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 Friends of the Elderly.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Friends of the Elderly?
Send us the deal or the home and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.