Black Swan Care Group has acquired All Hallows Care Home, in Bungay, Suffolk, which will be fully renovated and re-registered as a 42-bedroom care home, designed to support people requiring short-term care and longer-term support, including people living with dementia.

The home was originally part of the All Hallows Healthcare Trust, before NorseCare bought the home in April 2019. The permanent closure of the home was announced in October 2023 and it has remained closed since then.

The existing building and infrastructure requires substantial refurbishment. This will include enlarging most of the bedrooms at the home to include en suite lavatories and wetrooms. Work on these changes will start imminently, with the aim of reopening the home in the autumn next year, subject to formal registration by the Care Quality Commission.

The home becomes Black Swan’s second care home in Suffolk and brings the total number of homes in the group to 24.

Tom Lyons, managing director of Black Swan Care Group: “Our goal is to create a special care home that combines high-quality residential care in a warm, homely environment. Our closest care home in Beccles, just five miles away, has been operating at full capacity with a waiting list, so we know that there is a really high demand for high quality residential care in the local area for older people, including those living with dementia.

“We want to create an environment with excellent standards of care, with supportive staff. In order to deliver that, we will need to recruit a dedicated team of staff. We’ll be hiring more than 50 people in caring, catering, domestic, maintenance and management roles. They will be people who share our passion for delivering the highest quality, compassionate care.

“The home needs significant renovation and refurbishment in order for it to be suitable for supporting people’s care needs in the 21st century. We will start work quickly, aiming to open the home in the autumn of 2026.”

Black Swan Care Group provides short-term care, respite care and longer-term support in residential care homes across East Anglia, supporting older people including those living with dementia. There are also homes supporting younger adults with learning and physical disabilities including autism. The company employs nearly 1,000 staff.