Private Equity Owns 11 of England’s 20 Biggest Children’s Care Providers, Research Finds Private equity companies are reaping enormous profits from England's children's care system using public funds.
Eleven out of twenty of the largest children's care providers in England are owned or partly owned by private equity firms, which have paid over £200m to shareholders in interest payments since 2020.
This is not just a case of bad business practices; it's a symptom of a deeper problem that requires a fundamental transformation of the way we approach social care.