Fisher Care Group has secured a £21m loan from Triodos Bank UK to fund the purchase and development of two care homes, expanding its provision across the North of England. The homes will add 136 beds to the care group’s portfolio.
Located in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, The Maltings will be a 59-bed care home designed to provide compassionate and personalised care. The building has been purchased complete and ready for use, however Fisher Care plans to develop the facility to meet its specified standards. It is expected that the home will be operational by March 2026.
Set in Leeds, Atkinson House will be a 76-bed care home designed for a mixture of care needs. Although the building is complete, Fisher Care plans to develop the home to a top-level standard for the new residents.
Both Atkinson House and The Maltings have development plans which will improve their Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings to ‘A’s in the future. Within this, biomass boilers, photovoltaic panels and ground source heat pumps will be installed in both homes.
With Fisher Care’s head office in Newcastle and an existing two care homes in operation across Yorkshire, these two additions will bring its portfolio to four across the North of England.
Fisher Care’s operations director, Joshua Fisher said: “Our commitment to providing kind, compassionate and safe care services forms the cornerstone of everything we do at Fisher Care Group. These two additions to our portfolio of homes means that we can expand on our mission of providing places that immediately feel like home, where residents and their families can spend precious time together.”
Ben Honeyman, senior relationship manager at Triodos Bank UK, said: “As part of our focus on wellbeing at Triodos Bank UK, we are committed to financing values-based care providers and supporting the changing needs of the healthcare sector. Fisher Care’s values as a care provider matches those that we carry with us at Triodos and so we are really pleased to be able to support them in their growth.”
