New Partnership between WMCA and Christie & Co
Christie & Co is excited to announce its new partnership with West Midland Care Association.
Christie & Co is the market-leading adviser to the care sector, boasting over 500 years of collective experience across our UK team. It provides brokerage, advisory, and professional services to business owners, investors, and professionals in the care sector in the UK, France, and Germany.
Annually, Christie & Co support nearly 1,000 care businesses in the UK alone, helping them achieve their strategic goals and successfully selling over 65% of individually transacted care homes (based on care homes sold on carehome.co.uk).
Our office in Birmingham was established in 1985, and we pride ourselves on our team of experts living within the West Midlands, giving them an unrivalled ability to understand local market dynamics.
Here are some of the services that Christie & Co can offer you to help reach your business goals.
Care business brokerage
Lee Howard, Paul Reilly and James Buist-Brealey handle the sales and acquisition of care homes in the West Midlands, including corporate sales, regional groups, and individual businesses. With over 70 years of combined experience in care business sales, they leverage their networks of professionals, operators, and buyers to support owners looking to expand, divest, or exit the market. The team has successfully sold a wide range of care homes, from independent specialist facilities to the largest purpose-built operations.
As the leaders for care home sales in the West Midlands, Paul and James work with care home owners on an advisory basis – whether providing updates on the local market, supporting operators to ensure their business is ready for sale, to offering a personal and comprehensive service to marketing a care home for sale.
Valuation & Consultancy services
The Christie & Co agency team's collective expertise is underpinned by unmatched insights into care businesses, thanks to the professional advisory services provided by Christie & Co’s valuations and consultancy teams.
Jeremy Cashmore leads the UK Care & Childcare valuations team and has been based in Birmingham for the past 30 years. As a RICS-registered valuer, Jeremy and his team offer 'Red Book' valuations for secured lending, as well as portfolio advisory, landlord & tenant services, and dispute resolution.
Based in the company’s head office in London, Director – Consultancy, Karun Ahluwalia, works closely with the West Midlands team. He provides , including market analysis, fee benchmarking, and feasibility studies. In 2023, Karun had the privilege of presenting to the WMCA on trends and opportunities within the sector.
The professional services provided by Christie & Co give our agents valuable insight into care businesses of all shapes, sizes and specialities across the West Midlands.
Business funding
A key strength of Christie & Co is its connection to the wider Christie Group network, which includes Christie Finance and Christie Insurance. Ashley Clements, Associate Director of Christie Finance in Birmingham, has 17 years of experience in commercial lending, including 13 years at high street lenders. Now acting as a commercial broker, Ashley has unlimited access to lenders across the market to help operators with their acquisition and growth plans, and to assist buyers in achieving their goal of care business ownership.
Christie & Co is thrilled to partner with WMCA, and its team looks forward to supporting members in achieving their goals.
To find out more about how Christie & Co can help you with your West Midlands care business, get in touch:
Lee Howard
Regional Director – Midlands, North & Anglia
+44 7764 241 339
Paul Reilly
Director
+44 7791 979 041
James Buist-Brealey
Associate Director
james.buist-brealey@christie.com
+44 7917 630 318
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