Family-run care group Stow Healthcare is acquiring Manson House, a 31-bed care home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, which also has 23 self-contained independent living apartments, from the farming charity RABI. The sale is likely to complete during the summer.

Stow Healthcare is owned and managed by brother and sister Roger Catchpole and Ruth French. Managing director Catchpole said: “As a farming family, we are honoured to be taking over the care home from the oldest agricultural charity in the UK, RABI. Stow Healthcare strives to be the premier provider of residential and nursing care in the east of England and we will be maintaining the incredible level of service RABI has given to the residents at Manson House.

“We endeavour to look after our staff and believe it is very important to bring the community to our residents, by holding events where local people can get involved with the care home, and promoting jobs to local people, whilst continuing to develop loyal staff at Manson House.

“We will also ensure the premises is well maintained, to provide first-class living accommodation with modern amenities and technology.  We are very much looking forward to working with RABI, its staff, residents and families to create a seamless transition and exciting future for the home.”

John Hoskin, RABI trustee and chair of the homes committee, commented: “RABI has gone to great lengths to carefully select highly rated and experienced care providers who will continue to run Manson House in the way that staff, residents and tenants would want and expect. We are confident that the wealth of experience and ethos of Stow Healthcare will bring new opportunities to the local community, offer an exceptional level of support to the current residents, as well as attracting new ones, and create more training and development opportunities for the staff teams.”