Family business makes £6m investment into the region

A family business that owns more than 20 care facilities nationwide completed the £6m purchase of three separate Yorkshire care homes in the space of a week.

The Younas family has acquired Norton Lees Hall & Lodge Care Home and Richmond Heights Care Home, both in Sheffield, as well as Eden Court Care Home in Birkenshaw, near Bradford.

Norton Lees Hall & Lodge has capacity for 80 older people with dementia, Richmond Heights provides nursing care for 51 older patients, and the 45-bed Eden Court also caters for residents requiring nursing care.

Sheffield-based Anita Allen, director of Bespoke Care, acted as agent for the three purchases on behalf of the Nottingham-based Younas family, which covers all aspects of care within its UK portfolio.

Rahmeez Younas said: “It’s amazing to have completed these three transactions within the space of one working week.

“Our teams have done a sterling job managing the handovers so smoothly. We warmly welcome all the staff, managers and residents into our care family.

“We remain committed to maintaining our family ethos at each individual care home even though we are now quite a substantial group.”

Youngs added that the company was focused on further expansion and had “a few other transactions” to complete in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Allen said that the last 18 months had proved very challenging for the UK social care sector, with the Covid pandemic affecting independent single care homes, large national corporate operators and regional care groups.

“Investors, owners, managers and staff have all worked tirelessly and shown true resilience,” she said.

“The focus had to be on protecting the service users, supporting staff teams and helping relatives stay in touch during the first lockdown.

“The Younas family remained committed to adding to its care group throughout 2020-2021 and we are delighted to have worked with them on these transactions.”