England's children's homes run by private equity rake in millions.
Private firms own 83% of homes.
Average charge for a child in care is £281,000 a year. Some charge £63,000 a week per child.
For-profit homes provide the worse care.
End privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
Private firms own 83% of homes.
Average charge for a child in care is £281,000 a year. Some charge £63,000 a week per child.
For-profit homes provide the worse care.
End privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
Children's homes run by private equity rake in millions
The companies include outfits controlled by private equity firms, as well as the daughter of a former City stockbroker linked to fraud.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
England's children's homes run by private equity rake in millions.
Private firms own 83% of homes.
Average charge for a child in care is £281,000 a year. Some charge £63,000 a week per child.
For-profit homes provide the worse care.
End privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
Private firms own 83% of homes.
Average charge for a child in care is £281,000 a year. Some charge £63,000 a week per child.
For-profit homes provide the worse care.
End privatisation scam.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
72 Million Americans are on Medicaid
2/3 of Nursing Homes are funded by Medicaid
Cuts to Medicaid will affect 15,000 Nursing Homes
Cuts will also affect seniors, the disabled and children’s health care
Rural Hospitals would close and Healthcare Workers would be unemployed
#SaveMedicaid
2/3 of Nursing Homes are funded by Medicaid
Cuts to Medicaid will affect 15,000 Nursing Homes
Cuts will also affect seniors, the disabled and children’s health care
Rural Hospitals would close and Healthcare Workers would be unemployed
#SaveMedicaid
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
72 Million Americans are on Medicaid
2/3 of Nursing Homes are funded by Medicaid
Cuts to Medicaid will affect 15,000 Nursing Homes
Cuts will also affect seniors, the disabled and children’s health care
Rural Hospitals would close and Healthcare Workers would be unemployed
#SaveMedicaid
2/3 of Nursing Homes are funded by Medicaid
Cuts to Medicaid will affect 15,000 Nursing Homes
Cuts will also affect seniors, the disabled and children’s health care
Rural Hospitals would close and Healthcare Workers would be unemployed
#SaveMedicaid
Some private children’s homes "profiteering" by charging local authorities £15,000 a week to look after one child.
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Halton private children's homes 'charging £15k a week per child'
The chief executive of Halton Council accuses some companies of
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Some private children’s homes "profiteering" by charging local authorities £15,000 a week to look after one child.
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
83% of children’s homes owned by companies.
Govt tells companies to voluntarily reduce profiteering - no chance.
End privatisation scam.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In 2023, Larry Ellison spent almost $10 million secretly buying up eight homes in a Florida gated community for his family’s staff, including children’s tutors. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4hiLLnZ
September 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
In 2023, Larry Ellison spent almost $10 million secretly buying up eight homes in a Florida gated community for his family’s staff, including children’s tutors. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4hiLLnZ
'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed
Plans aimed at preventing companies that run children's homes in England from making excessive profits will be set out by the government today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans aimed at preventing companies that run children's homes in England from making excessive profits will be set out by the government today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Children's homes: Providers' 'exploitative' profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed
Plans aimed at preventing companies that run children's homes in England from making excessive profits will be set out by the government today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans aimed at preventing companies that run children's homes in England from making excessive profits will be set out by the government today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
absolutely harrowing stuff
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
absolutely harrowing stuff
I think it would be cool to merge retirement homes, children’s homes, and animal shelters. A community where older people teach young children about life and take care of abandoned animals together. I bet it would do wonders for everyone involved.
July 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I think it would be cool to merge retirement homes, children’s homes, and animal shelters. A community where older people teach young children about life and take care of abandoned animals together. I bet it would do wonders for everyone involved.
Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal'.
Charge up to £30,000 a week per child.
Poor regulation. Lack of capacity as the sector was privatised. Profiteering rife. Councils spent £8.1bn on children in care.
Why are so many children in care?
Charge up to £30,000 a week per child.
Poor regulation. Lack of capacity as the sector was privatised. Profiteering rife. Councils spent £8.1bn on children in care.
Why are so many children in care?
Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal' - Ofsted
The Children's Homes Association says there is no clear national plan and government must 'fix the system'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal'.
Charge up to £30,000 a week per child.
Poor regulation. Lack of capacity as the sector was privatised. Profiteering rife. Councils spent £8.1bn on children in care.
Why are so many children in care?
Charge up to £30,000 a week per child.
Poor regulation. Lack of capacity as the sector was privatised. Profiteering rife. Councils spent £8.1bn on children in care.
Why are so many children in care?
No room in the care system: how the North East could bring children’s homes back under public control
Under a new system, the North East could offer children the homes they need
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...
Under a new system, the North East could offer children the homes they need
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...
No room in the care system: how the North East could bring children’s homes back under public control
Under a new system, the North East could offer children the homes they need
northeastbylines.co.uk
September 27, 2026 at 8:41 AM
No room in the care system: how the North East could bring children’s homes back under public control
Under a new system, the North East could offer children the homes they need
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...
Under a new system, the North East could offer children the homes they need
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/north...
About voting, I will say only this: Thousands of fascists at Trump's MSG rally will return to their homes on Long Island, where my children live and go to school. I'd prefer that they lose everything, for my children's sake. Thank you.
October 27, 2024 at 11:17 PM
About voting, I will say only this: Thousands of fascists at Trump's MSG rally will return to their homes on Long Island, where my children live and go to school. I'd prefer that they lose everything, for my children's sake. Thank you.
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 care homes forcibly closed in England for endangering lives were run for profit.
2014-2023: 48 out of 53 children's care homes forcibly closed were run for profit.
Profits B4 people is corporate motto.
Yet Govts handing care homes, NHS to corporations.
End the scam.
January 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 care homes forcibly closed in England for endangering lives were run for profit.
2014-2023: 48 out of 53 children's care homes forcibly closed were run for profit.
Profits B4 people is corporate motto.
Yet Govts handing care homes, NHS to corporations.
End the scam.
The easiest way to understand this is if we just freeze payments to Care Homes and Children's Homes for the next 10 years.
They will go bankrupt and the Government can buy them back.
That is exactly what they did.
They will go bankrupt and the Government can buy them back.
That is exactly what they did.
October 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The easiest way to understand this is if we just freeze payments to Care Homes and Children's Homes for the next 10 years.
They will go bankrupt and the Government can buy them back.
That is exactly what they did.
They will go bankrupt and the Government can buy them back.
That is exactly what they did.
Private Equity Is Making Big Money From UK’s Most Vulnerable Children.
Due to privatisation 80% of children's care homes run by corporations.
Profit margins of 20%, lenders take another 10%, leaving less for care.
Substandard homes in distant places.
Govt won't end the scam.
archive.ph/TnR39
Due to privatisation 80% of children's care homes run by corporations.
Profit margins of 20%, lenders take another 10%, leaving less for care.
Substandard homes in distant places.
Govt won't end the scam.
archive.ph/TnR39
Private Equity Is Making Big Money From UK’s Most Vulnerable
As critics debate the cost of private capital’s inroads into many corners of the economy and public services, children’s homes have become a flashpoint.
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Private Equity Is Making Big Money From UK’s Most Vulnerable Children.
Due to privatisation 80% of children's care homes run by corporations.
Profit margins of 20%, lenders take another 10%, leaving less for care.
Substandard homes in distant places.
Govt won't end the scam.
archive.ph/TnR39
Due to privatisation 80% of children's care homes run by corporations.
Profit margins of 20%, lenders take another 10%, leaving less for care.
Substandard homes in distant places.
Govt won't end the scam.
archive.ph/TnR39
Private equity-backed children’s homes are ‘rinsing council budgets dry’, says Southport MP Patrick Hurley
southport.thelead.uk/p/private-eq...
southport.thelead.uk/p/private-eq...
Private equity-backed children’s homes are ‘rinsing council budgets dry’
Southport MP Patrick Hurley made the claim
southport.thelead.uk
September 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Private equity-backed children’s homes are ‘rinsing council budgets dry’, says Southport MP Patrick Hurley
southport.thelead.uk/p/private-eq...
southport.thelead.uk/p/private-eq...
The attacks on our homes are revenge? Was the attack on children’s oncology revenge? Was the attack on a working kindergarten revenge?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The attacks on our homes are revenge? Was the attack on children’s oncology revenge? Was the attack on a working kindergarten revenge?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
98% of the adult cares homes closed to protect people from harm were run by for profit companies. And 90% of children's homes.
Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Private firms ran almost all care homes forced to shut for breaches in England
Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were run for profit
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2024 at 10:59 AM
98% of the adult cares homes closed to protect people from harm were run by for profit companies. And 90% of children's homes.
Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
It's hard to convey just how monstrous the privatisation of children's care homes has become. Highly vulnerable children have been turned into cash machines, with devastating impacts on their wellbeing.
Please sit down before reading this week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please sit down before reading this week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
It's hard to convey just how monstrous the privatisation of children's care homes has become. Highly vulnerable children have been turned into cash machines, with devastating impacts on their wellbeing.
Please sit down before reading this week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please sit down before reading this week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some private children’s homes profiteering by charging local authorities £15k a week to look after one child.
According to government figures, the no. of private homes increased by 12% in 2023 & 83% of children’s homes are owned by companies & private equity groups
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Halton private children's homes 'charging £15k a week per child'
The chief executive of Halton Council accuses some companies of
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Some private children’s homes profiteering by charging local authorities £15k a week to look after one child.
According to government figures, the no. of private homes increased by 12% in 2023 & 83% of children’s homes are owned by companies & private equity groups
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good piece on the ongoing scandal of private equity run special schools... (and children's homes...)
Autistic children left 'frightened, traumatised and screaming in pain' at a special school charging six-figure fees as it boosts income for the world's richest family.
inews.co.uk/news/send-pu...
I wrote about this profiteering scandal a couple of months ago inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
inews.co.uk/news/send-pu...
I wrote about this profiteering scandal a couple of months ago inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
The world’s wealthiest dynasty is growing richer from Britain's SEND crisis
Voracious sharks of private equity are exploiting the crisis afflicting special educational needs
inews.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Good piece on the ongoing scandal of private equity run special schools... (and children's homes...)
Morning, friends.
I’m alive.
But this night broke something in me.
Kyiv was bombarded from midnight
Until morning - ballistics, Kalibrs, cruise missiles, drones.
Homes, shelters, a children’s clinic, food warehouses were hit.
Many people died.
I’m alive.
But this night broke something in me.
Kyiv was bombarded from midnight
Until morning - ballistics, Kalibrs, cruise missiles, drones.
Homes, shelters, a children’s clinic, food warehouses were hit.
Many people died.
August 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Morning, friends.
I’m alive.
But this night broke something in me.
Kyiv was bombarded from midnight
Until morning - ballistics, Kalibrs, cruise missiles, drones.
Homes, shelters, a children’s clinic, food warehouses were hit.
Many people died.
I’m alive.
But this night broke something in me.
Kyiv was bombarded from midnight
Until morning - ballistics, Kalibrs, cruise missiles, drones.
Homes, shelters, a children’s clinic, food warehouses were hit.
Many people died.
I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.
Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley
Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…
www.newsshopper.co.uk
July 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.
UK Children’s minister calls for ‘moral outrage’, vows to end profit-driven care.
84% of children’s homes run for profit. Private equity is key player. Public purse looted.
In Nov 2024, govt vowed to end profiteering. Still waiting.
End Privatisation of social care.
archive.ph/o9c7I
84% of children’s homes run for profit. Private equity is key player. Public purse looted.
In Nov 2024, govt vowed to end profiteering. Still waiting.
End Privatisation of social care.
archive.ph/o9c7I
Children’s minister calls for ‘moral outrage’ as he vows to end profit-driven care
Josh MacAlister urges Andy Burnham to make children in care his personal mission
www.ft.com
July 5, 2026 at 8:05 AM
UK Children’s minister calls for ‘moral outrage’, vows to end profit-driven care.
84% of children’s homes run for profit. Private equity is key player. Public purse looted.
In Nov 2024, govt vowed to end profiteering. Still waiting.
End Privatisation of social care.
archive.ph/o9c7I
84% of children’s homes run for profit. Private equity is key player. Public purse looted.
In Nov 2024, govt vowed to end profiteering. Still waiting.
End Privatisation of social care.
archive.ph/o9c7I
In less than a month, new providers of children's homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take this landmark step
Wales becomes the first UK nation to remove profit from children's homes, fostering, and secure accommodation
In less than a month, new providers of children’s homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take thi...
nation.cymru
March 10, 2026 at 7:45 AM
In less than a month, new providers of children's homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales — making it the first nation in the UK to take this landmark step
Closer to evening,
life in Kyiv returns to its ‘normal’.
People come back from work,
children’s laughter jumps from playgrounds.
russia took the lives of 13 Kyivans today,
damaged homes and hearts.
But we find the strength to live.
Proud of everyone.
life in Kyiv returns to its ‘normal’.
People come back from work,
children’s laughter jumps from playgrounds.
russia took the lives of 13 Kyivans today,
damaged homes and hearts.
But we find the strength to live.
Proud of everyone.
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Closer to evening,
life in Kyiv returns to its ‘normal’.
People come back from work,
children’s laughter jumps from playgrounds.
russia took the lives of 13 Kyivans today,
damaged homes and hearts.
But we find the strength to live.
Proud of everyone.
life in Kyiv returns to its ‘normal’.
People come back from work,
children’s laughter jumps from playgrounds.
russia took the lives of 13 Kyivans today,
damaged homes and hearts.
But we find the strength to live.
Proud of everyone.
Really proud of the work Green councillors in Bristol have done to find safe, secure homes for vulnerable children and stop them being placed in unregistered accommodation.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Number of children illegally placed in unregulated care homes has plummeted
Children's care homes are supposed to be inspected by Ofsted, although some are not
www.bristolpost.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Really proud of the work Green councillors in Bristol have done to find safe, secure homes for vulnerable children and stop them being placed in unregistered accommodation.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...