6
Registered care homes
Care home operator
GCH (South) Ltd
6 registered care homes, about 286 beds across 3 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
286
Registered beds
3
Counties covered
80%
Rated Good or Outstanding
GCH (South) Ltd operates 6 CQC-registered care homes with about 286 beds across 3 counties in England, an established multi-home operator. Around 80% 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 GCH (South) Ltd
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 GCH (South) Ltd, 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
| Good | 4 |
| Requires improvement | 1 |
| Not yet rated | 1 |
Geographic spread
Where GCH (South) Ltd operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater London | 3 | 131 | 3 |
| Essex | 2 | 95 | 1 |
| Kent | 1 | 60 | 1 |
Portfolio
GCH (South) Ltd care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baugh House Care Centre | Sidcup | 60 | Nursing | Good |
| Peverel Green Care Home | Chelmsford | 60 | Nursing | Not rated |
| Hillside Nursing Home | Havering | 55 | Nursing | Good |
| Kent House | Harrow | 40 | Residential | Good |
| Brackenbridge House | Hillingdon | 36 | Residential | Good |
| Wickham Care Home | Chelmsford | 35 | Residential | 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 GCH (South) Ltd.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with GCH (South) Ltd?
Send us the deal or the home and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.