12
Registered care homes
Care home operator
Making Space
12 registered care homes, about 162 beds across 5 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
162
Registered beds
5
Counties covered
92%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Making Space operates 12 CQC-registered care homes with about 162 beds across 5 counties in England, an established multi-home operator. Around 92% 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 Making Space
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 Making Space, 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 |
| Requires improvement | 1 |
Geographic spread
Where Making Space operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Manchester | 5 | 75 | 3 |
| Merseyside | 3 | 54 | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| Cheshire | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| South Yorkshire | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Portfolio
Making Space care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherdley Court | St Helens | 25 | Residential | Good |
| Ashwood Court - Unit 1 | Wigan | 17 | Residential | Good |
| Syrian House | Altrincham | 17 | Residential | Good |
| Beyer Lodge Nursing Home | Manchester | 16 | Nursing | Good |
| Kingshill | Wigan | 15 | Residential | Good |
| Palmyra | Liverpool | 15 | Residential | Good |
| Greengate House | St Helens | 14 | Residential | Good |
| Rivacre House | Ellesmere Port | 12 | Residential | Good |
| Ashwood Court Supportive Pathways | Wigan | 10 | Nursing | Good |
| Swallow Lodge | Lincoln | 8 | Residential | Good |
| Cedar House | Spalding | 7 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Silver Street | Barnsley | 6 | 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 Making Space.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Making Space?
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