Audley Group (formerly known as Audley Retirement, trading name of Audley Court Ltd) is a builder ( retirement communities) and manager in the British retirement property industry. It is based in Egham. The company has two property brands in the UK (Audley Villages and Mayfield Villages) and one in Denmark (EVIA ). The retirement villages are often built around listed buildings and are restricted to people over 55 and the homeowners pay a monthly management fee which covers services such as maintenance of properties and gardens, health and fitness clubs and extra support such as home care, leisure clubs and catering.

History

* The company was founded in 1983 under the name Beaumont Healthcare, by current chief executive Nick Sanderson and business partner Dr Andrew MacDonald. * Between 1984 and 1987 it opened 12 care homes. Up until 1990 Beaumont opens seven Close Care projects and in 1990 it was acquired by

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Group. * In 1991 Nick Sanderson founded the brand Audley, aiming to develop luxury retirement homes able to provide care services. * Between 1991 and 2015, Audley Villages developed multiple sites in partnership with housing associations and opened Audley Willicombe Park in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Audley Hollins Hall in Harrogate, Audley Inglewood in Berkshire, and Audley Binswood. * In 2015 Audley was acquired for £158 million by a newly created Fund called Moorfield Audley Real Estate Fund. This was created especially for the purpose of buying Audley and was backed by many who were previously investors through the Moorfield Fund which owned Audley. It provided £170 million to build 1,000 new homes. * The chief executive Nick Sanderson was presented with the Pathfinder Award for his work promoting the role of retirement villages at the HealthInvestor awards in 2016. * In October 2016 the company acquired Red Kite Home Care, a home care provider in Buckinghamshire and in February 2018 the Scarcroft Estate in West Yorkshire, the former headquarters of Npower, followed by another acquisition of land in Cobham in August 2018. * In 2019 it opened Audley Cooper's Hill in Englefield Green and Stanbridge Earls in Romsey. * In 2020 it opened the first London village - Audley Nightingale Place. * In May 2021 - a £500 million joint venture with BlackRock Real Assets was set up, aiming to fund the development of three mid-market retirement villages. * September 2022 - The first Mayfield village was opened in Watford. and Audley Sunningdale Park officially opens. The new brand, Mayfield Villages, was intended to be more affordable, and planned to have 2,500 more units over the next five years.

Audley Villages locations

* Audley Willicombe Park in Tunbridge Wells is one of the first villages open for over 20 years and offering retirement properties, a gym, swimming pool, restaurant, and an in-house care team. In 2012 the apartments were selling for between £200,000 and £350,000. *Audley St Elphin's Park, Darley Dale has 72 properties. *Audley Flete House, Holbeton, Devon has 29 apartments and is set in 12 acres. *Audley

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- a village of 155 retirement properties with the main school building retained and converted into a health club, restaurant and bistro. * Audley Clevedon Ben Rhydding * Audley Mote House, Mote Park near Bearsted - 85 apartments. * Audley Inglewood, Kintbury, Berkshire * Audley Chalfont Dene,

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* Audley Binswood Hall in

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with a Grade II listed Gothic hall has a swimming pool, gym, restaurant, bar and bistro. * Audley St George's Place, Edgbaston *Audley

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was acquired in December 2016. * Audley Redwood in Bristol opened in 2017 * Audley Ellerslie in Malvern opened in 2018 * Audley Cooper's Hill in Surrey * Audley Nightingale Place in London *Audley Wycliffe Park, Kent * Scarcroft Estate in West Yorkshire *Audley Fairmile, Cobham *Chobham, Surrey

Denmark

In 2020 it announced plans for the development of 10 retirement communities in Denmark with a Danish pension company, PFA.

References

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