More than half of Southern Cross Care Homes due to be taken back by landlords are based outside the UK mainly in tax havens

11 July 2011

Government White Paper amounts to a dangerous re-threading of the bald tyre that led to today's crash at Southern Cross impacting on the care of 31,000 elderly and vulnerable residents in private sector care

GMB reacted to the announcement by Southern Cross to the Stock Exchange this morning that it had suspended its shares and landlords would take over the homes. GMB also responded to Government white paper on Public Services.

GMB also that a new study revealed that a total of 336 the care homes due to be taken back are owned by companies outside the UK with 325 of them registered in tax havens. A total of 199 are registered in the Cayman Island, 43 in Guernsey, 41 in Gibralter, 39 in Jersey, 4 in British Virgin Islands, and one in the Isle of Man. The summary list is in the table below.

GMB, working with the Land Registries across the UK, have established the names of 80 landlords who own 615 of the 750 homes. GMB has not yet been able to establish who owns the other 116 care homes in Britain. GMB have yet to establish the names of the landlords for 19 of the 25 homes in Northern Irelands. The full list of the 80 landlords is set out in notes to editors below. A pdf at foot of release sets out what we know about

GMB plan to publish in the next few hours what we have established in terms of the name of the landlord by home by region.

Southern Cross Care homes owned by landlords incorporated overseas

Incorporated	care homes
British Virgin Islands	4
Cayman Islands	199
Denmark	7
Germany	2
Gibralter	41
Guernsey	43
Isle of Man	1
Jersey	39
Total	336

Justin Bowden GMB National Officer said ""Southern Cross may be on it's last legs but for Southern Cross's 31,000 residents and 43,000 staff this looks like a case of "out of the frying pan, into the fire". These 80 landlords are a rag-bag bunch whose number includes overseas interests, tax dodgers and in some case 'identity still unknown'. Many themselves are in financial difficulties. GMB will publish the names of the landlord by home for 615 homes later this morning.

All this spells months more uncertainty and worry for residents and staff. Where is government in this care scandal? The ears of the 31,000 elderly and vulnerable residents and 43,000 staff must be ringing from the deafening silence from Downing Street.

The Government instead is today publishing a White Paper which says the future for all public services is outsourcing. Meanwhile back in the real world this is what happens when the private sector is given access to public money.

The ideas in the White paper are not new or does it contain any innovative new policies. It amounts to a dangerous re-threading of the bald tyre that led to today's crash at Southern Cross impacting on the care of 31,000 elderly and vulnerable residents in private sector care.

It is also a formula for taxpayers cash ending up in offshore tax havens as GMB research into the 80 known Southern Cross landlords show. That the government should seek to dress up this extension of privatisation on the day Southern Cross suspended its shares shows the extent to which it has lost touch with the real world".

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Contact: Justin Bowden GMB National Officer 07710 631 351 or GMB officers in regions: Paul Maloney South East and South West 07801 343 839 or Amanda Gearing West Midland 07957 265 678,or Barry Fletcher Scotland 07921 885775 or Jon Smith Yorkshire 07918 905 615 or Kelly Andrews Wales and Avon 07980 753 131 or Shaun Graham London and Eastern 07885 706 556, or Martin McGinley East Midlands 07977 161 305, or Karen Atkinson North West 07740 8040 51 or Suzanne Reid Northern Region 07870 176 728 or Eamonn Coy Northern Ireland 07968 109 355

Notes to Editors

Alphabetical list of 80 landlords who own 615 homes

Owner	Total staff	Number of Beds	Number of homes	Incorporated
Alastair Barker	44	36	1
Aldaniti Investments Ltd	144	113	2	British Virgin Islands based
Allan Water Developments Ltd	53	49	1
Allianz SE	166	168	2
Anand Property Limited	88	66	1
Andover Real Estate Limited	69	64	2
Anthony Etherton	70	80	1
Anton Lampo	24	8	1
Apollo-Citrus	241	325	5	Guernsey based
Blenheim Property Management Ltd	108	89	2
Briaz Ltd	71	70	1	Gibralter based
Bridgend County Borough Council	50	56	1
Caddick Group PLC	81	70	1
Capital Bank Property Investments (3) Limited	71	55	1
Collier Property Ltd	68	60	1	Holding companies Luxembourg and British Virgin Islands based
Cox Limited	134	112	2
Daejan Holdings PLC	297	340	6
Dromore Investments Ltd	309	270	4
Durham County Council	60	76	1
Equalblend Ltd	62	59	1
Finsbury Trust Corporation Ltd	1,845	1,964	39	Ultimate owner based in Gibralter, subsidiary company Luxembourg based
FSHC (Guernsey) Holdings Ltd - Four Seasons	1,797	1,624	38	Ultimate owning company Guernsey based, Subsidiary owners Jersey based
Gama Tzedaka Ltd	325	273	5
Garhill Ltd	47	40	1
Hadrian Healthcare Ltd	372	437	7
Handsale Ltd	244	244	4
Healthcare Development Services	71	57	1
Healthcare Holdings Limited	50	35	1
Healthcare Property Holdings Limited	1,288	1,109	22	Jersey based
Hindle & Walker Ltd	92	81	1
Humaira Momtaz Khan	73	82	1
James Rothwell	38	40	1
Jane Cabot	81	86	1
Janet Hazel Williams	77	105	1
John Green	98	69	1
Jourdan (UK) Limited	27	31	1
K/S Ermyn Way	53	54	1	incorporated in Denmark
K/S Focus-Merseyside	47	46	1	incorporated in Denmark
K/S Focus-St Helens	50	46	1	incorporated in Denmark
K/S Focus-Sunderland	54	53	1	incorporated in Denmark
K/S Hardy Avenue	38	42	1	incorporated in Denmark
K/s Rose Lodge Limited	51	54	1	incorporated in Denmark
K/S Weybridge	69	76	1	incorporated in Denmark
KENDALL PROPERTY LIMITED, care of Rawi & Co, 128 Ebury Street, London SW1W 9QQ	137	106	1	British Virgin Islands
Kirkhollow Limited	250	246	5
LIBRA CARECO	11,172	10,083	199	Ultimate owners based in Cayman Islands
Loftus Development Trust	0	0	1
Loopsign Ltd (London & Regional)	3,799	3,756	74
Loyds Propco - in Administration (now Bruchmen)	1,908	1,689	40
Mark Alan Stanbridge	97	85	1
Mark Davies	71	70	1
Melvin Clark	19	22	1
Mitchells & Butlers	62	65	1
Nashcare Ltd	69	60	1
Orangetree Ltd	72	40	1	Isle of Man based
Oxford City Council	70	66	1
Patric Ulf Franzen	64	59	1
Persimmon PLC	45	46	1
Prestige Care Ltd	51	34	1
PSX Holdings Ltd	1,097	904	18
Puretruce Care Ltd / NHP	169	132	3
Quintain Estates and Development PLC	246	238	4
Raymond Ruddick	43	37	1
Regency Investment Limited	1,329	1,091	15	Jersey based
Rockingham Estates Limited (Vector Property Group)	1,773	1,727	31
Salaft Properties Ltd	83	90	1
SANDSTONE HOLDINGS LIMITED, (Jersey Incorporated) Messrs S M Reed and Co., 6 The Drive, Hove East, Sussex, BN3 3JA	71	54	1
SEDDON GROUP LIMITED	60	50	1
Servite Houses Charitable Trust	79	72	1
Southern Cross Healthcare Group	398	280	15
Sovereign Property Holdings	81	82	1	Jersey based
Tara Singh Sidhu	54	62	1
Tarvin Estates LLP	40	25	1
The Holmes Care (Group) Limited	336	283	5
The Mayor And Burgesses Of The London Borough of Southwark	54	58	1
The Scottish American Investment Company PLC, c/o Ballie Gifford & Co, Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh EH1 3AN	70	60	1
Thrill Limited	93	81	1	Gibralter based
Umber Properties Limited	110	72	1
Vingo Properties Ltd	92	70	1
Whitbread PLC	185	140	3
William Gray	41	49	1
Zest Investment Group Ltd	415	465	7

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