12
Registered care homes
Care home operator
Pilgrims' Friend Society
12 registered care homes, about 388 beds across 11 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
388
Registered beds
11
Counties covered
83%
Rated Good or Outstanding
Pilgrims' Friend Society operates 12 CQC-registered care homes with about 388 beds across 11 counties in England, an established multi-home operator. Around 83% 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 Pilgrims' Friend Society
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 Pilgrims' Friend Society, 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 | 10 |
| Requires improvement | 2 |
Geographic spread
Where Pilgrims' Friend Society operates
The group's footprint by county, the operating geography a lender or acquirer underwrites.
| County | Homes | Beds | Towns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex | 2 | 79 | 2 |
| Cumbria | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Essex | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Kent | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Norfolk | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| North Yorkshire | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Suffolk | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Surrey | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 1 | 48 | 1 |
Portfolio
Pilgrims' Friend Society care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlefields House | Chippenham | 48 | Residential | Good |
| Furze Hill House | Cromer | 40 | Residential | Good |
| Villa Adastra | Haywards Heath | 40 | Residential | Good |
| Koinonia Christian Care | Worthing | 39 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Finborough Court | Stowmarket | 32 | Residential | Good |
| Shottermill House | Farnham | 31 | Residential | Good |
| Evington Home - Pilgrims' Friend Society | Leicester | 30 | Residential | Good |
| Ernest Luff Homes | Clacton on Sea | 28 | Residential | Good |
| Milward House | Tunbridge Wells | 28 | Residential | Good |
| Cumbria Emmaus Trust | Whitehaven | 26 | Residential | Requires improvement |
| Emmaus House | Harrogate | 23 | Residential | Good |
| Framland | Abingdon | 23 | 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 Pilgrims' Friend Society.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with Pilgrims' Friend Society?
Send us the deal or the home and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms within one working day.