Audley Villages is a property builder and manager in the British retirement property industry. The central office is based in Surrey. Audley Retirement is backed by Moorfield Investments, since 2015. It was founded in 1983 under the name Beaumont Healthcare, by current chief executiveNick Sanderson and business partner Dr Andrew MacDonald. In 1990, Beaumont was acquired by Private Patients Plan Limited, a health insurer, now part of the AXA Group It has a turnover of around £5 million for the care side of the operation. Moorfield provided £170 million in 2015 to build 1,000 new homes. It has established retirement villages, often using former school premises, some in listed buildings, at 20 locations in England. They are restricted to people over the age of 55. Home owners 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. 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. It acquired Red KiteHome Care a home care provider in Buckinghamshire in October 2016, 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. This will be its 19th village. It has established a new brand, Mayfield Villages, which is intended to be more affordable, and plans to have 2,500 more units over the next five years. It has city centre developments in Clapham, Bristol and Birmingham. Its first London village is planned to open in early 2020, following the opening of two new villages in 2019 – Cooper’s Hill in Englefield Green and Stanbridge Earls in Romsey.
Audley Villages locations
Willicombe Park, Tunbridge Wells has 67 one- and two-bedroom properties, a gym, swimming pool and restaurant, and an in-house care team. In 2012 the apartments were selling for between £200,000 and £350,000.
Flete House, Holbeton, Devon has 29 apartments and is set in 12 acres.
Stanbridge Earls near Romsey, Hampshire - a village of 155 retirement properties with the main school building retained and converted into a health club, restaurant and bistro.
