Care home marketplace: Mergers and acquisitions round-up

30 July 2026

Kingsley Healthcare acquires Hampshire nursing home and home care business

Kingsley Healthcare Group has expanded its South Coast presence with the acquisition of St George's Nursing Home and St George's Home Care in Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire.

Brokered by Christie & Co, the transaction includes a 56-bed nursing and residential care home and a domiciliary care agency serving Milford-on-Sea and surrounding communities. The businesses had been owned by Dragon Holdings since 2001 and were being sold due to retirement.

According to Kingsley Healthcare, which operates 44 care homes and home care services across England, the acquisition offers 'great synergies' with its existing operations in Highcliffe and Bournemouth.

The sale price was not disclosed.

22 July 2026

CMA extends Welltower care home takeover probe

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has extended the deadline for its consideration of US real estate investment trust Welltower's proposals to sell off and change operator of some of its portfolio in response to the regulator's anticompetitive concerns over its acquisition of hundreds of UK care homes.

The regulator is investigating four completed acquisitions involving more than 600 care homes operated by Barchester Healthcare, HC-One, Aria Care and Danforth Care.

It concluded earlier this year that the mergers may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition in certain local markets, and indicated that the deals could be referred for a more detailed Phase 2 investigation unless acceptable remedies were offered.

The watchdog said in May it believed the US Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) proposals involving selling-off of undisclosed assets from Welltower and Apex Healthcare Properties could address its concerns and would make a final decision by July 21^st.

However, it has now extended the period for considering those undertakings until 17^th September 2026. 

10 July 2026

Senior team shake-up at Parklands Care Homes after Myriad Group takeover

Longstanding Parklands Care Homes' managing director has stepped down following Myriad Group’s acquisition of the North Scotland operator.

Myriad Group, which also owns Caring Homes, has added Parkland's 14 homes across the region to its existing 20 homes, which include a couple of facilities in Scotland but are mainly spread across the south and eastern regions in England.

Parklands will continue to operate as a standalone business, retaining most of its existing management team, Myriad said.

Parklands Care MD Ron Taylor (pictured right) has stepped down after 32 years at the helm of the group and will move into an advisory role on projects such as supporting a programme of capital investment, including extensions to existing homes in Highland and Moray and the development of a new 60-bed care home in Turriff.

Susie Mackenzie (pictured, left), who joined Parklands in 2023 as finance director, is taking over as MD. Other changes to the senior leadership team include the promotion of quality improvement lead Jacqui Ferguson to operations director, replacing Elaine Taylor, who has left the business.

Meanwhile, training and development manager Lindsey Anderson is taking on an expanded role covering quality standards and training, while experienced finance leader Danielle McPherson has joined as head of finance.

08 July 2026

West Wales operator adds second Pembrokeshire home

A local operator has expanded its West Wales footprint with the acquisition of a 14 bed  care home in Milford Haven.

Rostley Care Home supports older people including those with dementia and neurological conditions, and was sold off-market through Oliver McCarthy at Christie & Co.

The deal is Robin Appathurai’s second acqusition in the Pembrokeshire region, following his acqusition of Bush House Care Home in Pembroke in 2024.

Previous owners Jayne Anderson and Sarah Kempson, who have operated Rostley since 2006, plan to exit the sector to focus on semi-retirement.

The price was undisclosed.

01 July 2026

Hallmark takes over Loveday Esher luxury home just months after launch

Hallmark has taken over a new Loveday care home less than 12 months after it opened.

The facility, now renamed Hallmark Esher Residences, comprises a 37-bed Grade II listed building alongside a newly developed 20-bed facility. The original residence, set within landscaped grounds in Esher, opened in July last year as Loveday’s first site outside central London.

Residents will continue to receive care services during the change in operations, and all existing staff will remain in place to support continuity, Hallmark said in a statement.

At the time of writing, neither Loveday nor Hallmark were able to comment on whether the Esher facility had full occupancy at the time of sale.

However, they said in a statement that "the move reflects strategic decisions by both organisations and supports the long-term ambitions of each business.

"For Hallmark, it represents the first step in its planned expansion," the statement continued, adding, "for Loveday, it enables the business to reinvest in its long-term growth plans at pace.

"The transition is, therefore, not a reflection of the home's performance or prospects, but of two organisations whose strategic ambitions simply aligned at the right time."

Loveday Esher was developed as a premium residential and dementia care setting, with facilities including purpose-designed living spaces and access to extensive gardens.

The provider’s founder and chair Laurence Geller told TCHE  at the opening party last year that the site formed part of it’s strategy to expand beyond its London base while maintaining its focus on high-acuity and hospitality-led care models.

It was not clear at time of writing why it had decided to sell the home just months later.

Hallmark Luxury Care Homes adds the Esher scheme to its existing portfolio of 22 homes across the UK. It describes the acquisition as the first step in a wider growth programme, with the operator targeting the addition or development of 15  further homes by 2030.

25 June 2026

Oakwood Care Group expands Welsh portfolio with Development Bank backing

Oakwood Care Group has completed the acquisition of three care homes in South Wales, supported by a multi‑million‑pound funding package from the Development Bank of Wales.

The transaction, backed through the £500m Wales Flexible Investment Fund, sees Oakwood acquire Forest Gate Healthcare, adding 105 beds across three services: Oakdale Manor (31 beds) in Blackwood, Ty Ross Care Home (38 beds) in Treorchy and Woffington House (36 beds) in Tredegar.

The deal increases the group’s operational footprint to five homes across Wales, expanding its workforce from around 70 to approximately 200 staff. This includes existing services in Pembrokeshire and Powys, which provide residential, nursing and dementia care within largely rural and semi‑rural communities.

The deal is the latest tranch of funding to the group from the Development Bank of Wales, which supported the group to make its first two acquisitions over the last two years.

The group was advised by JCP Solicitors’ corporate and commercial property teams on the acquisition.

Oakwood chief executive Kuljit Grewal said the “investment places us in a strong position to continue supporting communities and strengthening care provision across Wales”.

18 June 2026

New operator expands South West footprint

New operator Care Legacy South West has added its third acquisition this year to its care home portfolio. The 26-bed, two-storey conversion Lyme Bay View near Seaton is rated good and has been run by M&J Care Homes since 2008.

The firm bought its first two homes - Tregenna House in Camborne and Little Trefewha in Praze‑an‑Beeble- earlier this year.

Care Legacy directors Cliff and Nasrin Grand-Scrutton said they plan to “sensitively invest” to build on the “excellent reputation” of the home, based on “our many combined decades of experience in the healthcare industry and in particular health and social care.”

The home was sold for an undisclosed amount and was handled by Christies & Co.

10 June 2026

Glasgow-based care group doubles home footprint

Keane Premier Group has acquired fellow family-run Scottish care home group Priority Care group, doubling its size from six to 12 homes, according to a statement from Christie’s & Co, which handled the sale.

The acquisition will add six care homes in Dundee, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire and Arbroath to Keane’s existing portfolio of six homes across south Lanarkshire, comprising 233 beds offering care for older people and specialist learning disability for working age adults.

The acquisition of the group for an undisclosed sum - which has 200 people living in its homes and a workforce of almost 300 – was described by Keane Premier Group managing director Ryan Smith as a “game-changing acquisition for Keane that will double the size of our business, increase our footprint into new regions across Scotland…while offering us the scale to invest in homes and staff working in the sector.”

03 June 2026

Northern Ireland care group ordered to freeze takeover

The Competition and Markets Authority has ordered Healthcare Ireland Group to freeze its takeover of Hutchinson Care Homes while it looks into whether the acquisition could be anti-competitive and launch an inquiry.

The Northern Ireland-based group, which runs 38 homes across the region, announced its acquisition of the family-owned care group in December, adding its six homes across County Antrim to its portfolio.

The order means the businesses should be run as separate entities, with no changes to organisational structure, management or assets made while the CMA's 'initial enforcement order' is in place.

The CMA has not yet revealed when it expects to decide whether to launch an inquiry.

The group announced in March it had added 13 homes across Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Cookstown, Dungannon, Dunmurry, Enniskillen, Glengormley, Magherafelt and Portstewart via the acquisition of the Kathryn care home group, which it said supports hundreds of residents through a range of care, including residential, nursing, dementia, and respite.

20 May 2026

Care home sales round-up

A 29 bed  West Yorkshire care home rated good by the Care quality Commission has been bought by established provider Logini Group, which owns five homes across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, it has emerged.

The sale of the home previously owned by Croft Care Homes, which owns two other facilities, to Logini Care, which has a further five in its portfolio, was handled by Christie & Co..

Meanwhile a 12-bed converted period home providing specialist dementia care in Newton Abbott has been sold by longstanding owners to a first-time care operator Raji Rajan and wife Shaji Karoth Valappil, along with their son, Kannan Karoth, who all have a 'wealth of hands-on experience within the sector', according to Christie & Co, which handled the sale.

05 May 2026

Specialist US property firm invests £42m in UK care homes

A US-listed health and care property company has bought four care homes in the north and midlands for £42m, taking its UK health and care facility footprint to 138.

CareTrust Reit said the new homes comprised 202 beds offering 'high acuity' mental health and specialist care services. It added it would acquire a fifth home for approximately £9 million as part of a 'second tranche of the transaction following regulatory and other approvals'.

The firm entered the UK market a year ago after acquiring London-listed health and care property company Care REIT plc, adding 132 UK care homes (around 7,500 beds) to its US portfolio of over 200 homes across 25 States.

22 April 2026

Kara Healthcare grows to nine homes with 65 bed Notts takeover

A care home operator with facilities across the midlands and north east has added a ninth home to its portfolio with the acquisition of Beechwood House Care Home from care property investment group Target Healthcare REIT Ltd.  In a post announcing the takeover of the ‘65 wet room bed’ on social media, Kara Healthcare CEO Nitesh Somani said the group’s growth ambition “isn’t about numbers,  it’s about creating more homes where people feel safe, valued, and cared for and where teams truly belong.”

07 April 2026

Developer Barwood ‘expands UK care sector exposure’ with 64-bed scheme acquisition

A 1.2 acre Gloucestershire site has been acquired by developer Barwood Capital ahead of seeking planning permission to construct a 64-bed care home.

The firm, which is working with partner Perseus Land & Developments, said it has struck the deal for the Hardwicke site as part of its ‘growth fund strategy to expand its exposure to the UK care sector through appropriately risk-adjusted development opportunities in undersupplied markets’.

It added ‘the scheme aims to bring forward vital capacity to the market’ following recent reports highlighting record care home investment is being constrained by ‘planning and viability challenges.’

Perseus director Will Chambers said the firm’s “assessment shows there is a shortfall of some c.160+ ensuite wet room bed spaces within the immediate three-mile catchment of the site.”

31 March 2026

Welltower permitted to transfer and dispose of HC-One care homes

The Competition and Markets Authority has given US elderly care housing giant Welltower permission to transfer the running of a proportion of the HC-One care homes it is set to take over into third-party hands, and dispose of a further facility, it has emerged.

The CMA said in a statement today that the permission to transfer the HC-One homes to new operators had been granted as it ‘understands’ it was needed to ‘ensure’ care is ‘improved for the benefit of residents.’ The names, number of homes involved and the identity of the new operator have not been disclosed, although the statement indicates the latter is ‘a new entrant to Great Britain.’

The statement also indicates that Welltower has sought to dispose of an unnamed HC-One-operated home due to the landlord wanting to appoint a different operator.

The move follows a request by Welltower to the CMA earlier this month, according to a statement made by the watchdog today, which launched its official inquiry earlier this month into the US giant’s proposed takeover of over 600 active care homes managed by Barchester, HC-One, Aria Care (including Asprey) and Danforth Care, and a further undisclosed number of care homes with planning permission.

24 March 2026

Private equity-backed Fortava adds over 200 care beds via Midlands acquisitions

Dementia and complex care specialist provider Fortava has acquired three Nottinghamshire homes, taking its total to five since it launched with the acquisition of two 50-bed Peterborough facilities last year.

Two of the homes – 60-bed Long Eaton View and 79-bed Stapleford View have not yet been inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), while 83-bed Wilton View facility received an outstanding CQC rating last year.

Fortava founders, care specialist Johann van Zyl and healthcare finance expert Jamie Stuart, said in a statement that the firm’s approach is ‘rooted in cognitive stimulation therapy - a research-based method of treatment and care aimed at improving well-being and potentially slowing the progression of dementia’.

The firm is backed by private equity company Downing, which said in a statement that the newly acquired Nottingham homes ‘are modern, purpose-built homes designed to support residents with complex dementia needs’, which will be ‘integrated into Fortava’s operating model focusing on therapeutic environments, advanced workforce training, and clinically informed cognitive stimulation programmes designed to enhance quality of life and support cognitive wellbeing’.

23 March 2026

Eversley Care expands Staffordshire footprint with third home

An established 28 bed care home has been acquired by an existing local operator Eversley Care. The Old Rectory care home, which is registered to offer care to 30 residents is situated in a ‘semi-rural’ location in Bramshall, near Uttoxeter, has become the third home in the local provider’s portfolio, which provides a range of services for older people over the age of 65 rated as good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The home was previously run by Restassured Residential and received a ‘requires improvement’ rating by the CQC in February 2024. It was sold by Christie & Co for an undisclosed amount

20 March 2026

Requires Improvement 16 bed Devon home acquired by Sussex Care

A 16-bed care home that had ben rated as requires improvement by the CQC has been bought by new operator Sussex Care.

The sale was handled by Christie & Co and was sold for an undisclosed amount to Sussex Care owners, Shaji Mathew and Jincy Francis who have a background in nursing and medical equipment and also run a retail business.

19 March 2026

Crown Care Group to build and operate 72-bed Leicestershire care home

Growing large care home operator Crown Care Group has taken on the development of a 72-bed home in Leicestershire after acquiring the land with planning permission in place from developers Charterpoint Group earlier this month.

Crown – which has 23 homes providing residential, nursing and dementia care, and a further five in development across the midlands and the north - will build a ‘mostly two storey’ home on the 2.7 acre site with ensuite bedrooms, lounges and dining areas, a café/bar, and ‘extensive activity areas’, the developer said in a statement.

It added it expects to create 35 new jobs when the home opens. The sale was brokered by Christie & Co.

17 March 2026

Dementia specialist B&M Care to develop 74-bed new-build in Surrey

Dementia specialist care home group B&M Care have acquired a development site with planning permission for a 74-bedroom care home in Woking, Surrey, taking its portfolio to over 30 homes spanning the Greater London and home counties areas. The new home will feature en suite wetrooms, communal resident areas, including a care, cinema, hair salon and choice of lounges, gym, balcony access and landscaped gardens, according to Christie & Co, who handled the sale to the group for an undisclosed amount.

10 March 2026

Views sought on Welltower acquisitions of over 600 care homes

The CMA has invited comments on the takeover of several UK care homes by US elderly care housing giant Welltower for a second time.

The move comes after it announced in January that it was investigating completed acquisitions by Welltower of over 600 active care homes managed by Barchester, HC-One, Aria Care (including Asprey) and Danforth Care, and a further undisclosed number of care homes with planning permission to proceed with construction.

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