12
Registered care homes
Care home operator
Gainford Care Homes Limited
12 registered care homes, about 587 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
587
Registered beds
2
Counties covered
100%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Gainford Care Homes Limited operates 12 CQC-registered care homes with about 587 beds across 2 counties in England, an established multi-home operator. Around 100% 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 Gainford Care Homes 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 Gainford Care Homes 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 | 11 |
| Not yet rated | 1 |
Geographic spread
Where Gainford Care Homes Limited operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham | 7 | 383 | 3 |
| Tyne and Wear | 5 | 204 | 2 |
Portfolio
Gainford Care Homes Limited care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindisfarne Birtley | Gateshead | 66 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne Care Home | Durham | 63 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne Seaham | Chester le Street | 62 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne Crawcrook | Gateshead | 60 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne House | Newcastle | 60 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne Shotton | Durham | 59 | Nursing | Not rated |
| Lindisfarne Ouston | Chester le Street | 57 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne CLS Nursing | Chester le Street | 56 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne Newton Aycliffe | Newton Aycliffe | 56 | Nursing | Good |
| Lindisfarne CLS Residential | Chester le Street | 30 | Nursing | Good |
| Glenbrooke House | Gateshead | 10 | Residential | Good |
| The Grove | Gateshead | 8 | 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 Gainford Care Homes Limited.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Gainford Care Homes Limited?
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