9
Registered care homes
Care home operator
The Royal School for the Blind
9 registered care homes, about 80 beds across 4 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
80
Registered beds
4
Counties covered
100%
Rated Good or Outstanding
The Royal School for the Blind operates 9 CQC-registered care homes with about 80 beds across 4 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 The Royal School for the Blind
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 The Royal School for the Blind, competing with it locally, or benchmarking covenant and rating profile before lending, the portfolio below is the operating footprint a credit decision reads.
Portfolio
The Royal School for the Blind care homes
Every registered home in the group, largest by bed count first.
| Care home | Location | Beds | Type | CQC rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeeAbility - Heather House Nursing Home | Basingstoke | 16 | Nursing | Good |
| SeeAbility - Fiennes House Residential Home | Wellington | 12 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility - Fir Tree Lodge Residential Home | Basingstoke | 10 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility - Barclay House Residential Home | Lewes | 9 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility - Surrey Views | Leatherhead | 8 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility - The Willows | Leatherhead | 8 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility - Denecroft Residential Home | Guildford | 6 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility Fairways Residential Care Home | Aldershot | 6 | Residential | Good |
| SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home | Lewes | 5 | 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 The Royal School for the Blind.
Acquiring, refinancing or competing with The Royal School for the Blind?
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