Care home operator

Lancashire County Council

21 registered care homes, about 691 beds across 1 county in England. Portfolio, ratings and the finance an acquisition or refinance would use.

Matt Lenzie
Written and reviewed by Matt Lenzie Founder & Principal Broker · 25 years arranging care home finance · Reviewed June 2026
21
Registered care homes
691
Registered beds
1
Counties covered
86%
Rated Good or Outstanding

Lancashire County Council operates 21 CQC-registered care homes with about 691 beds across 1 county in England, a substantial regional group. 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 Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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.

CQC rating profile

Outstanding2
Good16
Requires improvement3
Portfolio

Lancashire County Council care homes

Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.

Care homeLocationBedsTypeCQC rating
Woodlands Home for Older People Accrington 50 Residential Good
Castleford Home for Older People Clitheroe 47 Residential Good
Grove House Home for Older People Chorley 47 Residential Requires improvement
Meadowfield House Home for Older People Preston 47 Residential Good
Beacon View Home for Older People Skelmersdale 46 Residential Good
Broadfield House Home for Older People Leyland 46 Residential Good
Dolphinlee House Home for Older People Lancaster 46 Residential Good
Lady Elsie Finney House Home for Older People Preston 46 Residential Good
Milbanke Home for Older People Lytham St Annes 46 Residential Requires improvement
Woodhill House Home for Older People Lancaster 46 Residential Good
Woodside Home for Older People Burnley 46 Residential Good
Bowgreave Rise Home for Older People Preston 45 Residential Good
Favordale Home for Older People Colne 45 Residential Good
Thornton House Home for Older People Blackpool 45 Residential Requires improvement
Meadowfold Hyndburn Ribble Valley Short Break Accrington 8 Residential Outstanding
Burnley, Pendle & Rossendale Short Break Services Burnley 7 Residential Good
Fylde and Wyre Short Break Services Fleetwood 6 Residential Good
Lancaster and Morecambe Short Breaks Service Lancaster 6 Residential Outstanding
Preston Short Break Services Preston 6 Residential Good
West Lancashire Short Break Services Skelmersdale 6 Residential Good
Chorley & South Ribble Short Break Services Preston 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 Lancashire County Council.

Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Lancashire County Council?

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