Safe as Houses Care

What Safe as Houses Care does

Safe as Houses Care is a UK property development company focused exclusively on housing solutions for the care sector. Founded around 2015 and headquartered in Bridge of Weir, Scotland, the group operates through five wholly-owned Scottish-registered subsidiaries covering children, adult complex needs, supported living, social care, and elderly care. Its core offering is a rent-neutral lease model under which SAH sources, develops or regenerates properties and leases them back to Registered Providers, care operators, Local Authorities, or the NHS over a typical 25-year term, with rents capped at CPI (averaging 1.9%) and tied to housing benefit or care package funding, removing the capital outlay from commissioning parties. Development capital is provided primarily through a partnership with Triple Point Social Housing REIT, with SAH contributing site sourcing, due diligence, and full project management.

The company's technology stack centres on two proprietary assets: '4 Eyes', a cloud-based platform that codifies SAH's operating protocols, collates project documentation, and enforces a dual sign-off audit trail (Operations Director plus Board Director) with auto-generated board minutes; and an R&D analytics capability covering over 22,000 UK care providers, which produces postcode-level gap analysis, weighted scoring of local authority and NHS strategies, and procurement heatmaps. Procurement is delivered through a dedicated team with a network of property buyers, agents, landowners, and insolvency practitioners enabling immediate-effect purchases. SAH also bundles third-party care technology (Person Centred Software, Sounds Like Me Care) into completed developments.

Commercially, SAH runs a sales-led, enterprise go-to-market, engaging Local Authorities, NHS trusts, CCGs, Registered Providers, and care providers through collaborative workshops and sector-specific BDMs. The customer base spans named relationships with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Lancashire County Council, NHS Rampton, Glasgow City Council, Cornwall County Council, Community Integrated Care, and Care Housing Association, with new engagements actively expanding in Yorkshire, Cornwall, and Scotland. Marketing is supported by an original podcast ('Because We Care'), a website blog, social channels, and a brand partnership with Because Brands Matter dating back to 2019.

Name

Safe as Houses Care

Legal name

Safe As Houses Group

Website

https://sahpi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Safe as Houses Care is a UK property developer that sources, builds, and leases back specialist accommodation for the care sector (supported living, children's, elderly, homeless) to Local Authorities, NHS trusts, and care providers on rent-neutral 25-year CPI-capped leases, supported by Triple Point Social Housing REIT capital and its proprietary 4 Eyes platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bridge Of Weir

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Property Lease Model: SAH develops or regenerates properties and leases them back to Registered Providers, Care Operators, or directly to Local Authorities and NHS. The lease model requires no capital outlay from commissioning parties. Leases are designed to be rent neutral (tied to housing benefit or care packages). Leases are capped at CPI which has averaged 1.9% over 25 years of a typical lease.
2. Development Services: Full development services including site sourcing, surveying, project management, and complete development. No capital outlay required from partners. SAH can also assist with initial cash flow cushioning. All costs covered with lease back to Registered Providers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Safe As Houses sources land and develops or regenerates specialist supported, extra care, children's, homeless and elderly accommodation in the UK, then leases the completed properties back to Local Authorities, NHS trusts, Registered Providers and care operators under a rent-neutral, CPI-capped, typically 25-year lease that requires no capital outlay from the commissioning party. The company funds developments through partnerships (notably Triple Point Social Housing REIT) and uses an in-house R&D function, a proprietary 4 Eyes cloud audit platform, a property procurement team and structured stakeholder workshops to deliver each scheme.

Product overview

Safe As Houses is a property development company offering a unified platform of housing solutions for the UK's care sector. The core offering centres on the Lease Model, which enables creation and funding of high-quality accommodation without capital outlay for commissioning parties. This platform integrates three key components: 4 Eyes (proprietary cloud-based protocol management and audit system), Research & Development (comprehensive UK-wide analysis of care provider needs), and Procurement Services (property sourcing through a network of dedicated buyers). Additional offerings include Collaboration Workshops for stakeholder engagement and the Because We Care podcast for industry thought leadership. The company also integrates third-party care software including Person Centred Software's operating app and Sounds Like Me Care personalisation app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 4 Eyes: Proprietary cloud solution that lists all SAH operating protocols, collates documentation, and provides audit trail for managers confirming and signing off each project stage with dual director approval.

Products and services

• Care Sector Property Development & Lease-Back Service End-to-end development and long-term lease service for UK Local Authorities, NHS trusts, CCGs, Registered Providers and care operators seeking supported living, extra care, children's, homeless and elderly accommodation without committing capital. Leases are rent-neutral (tied to housing benefit or care packages) and CPI-capped, with full Nominations and Voids agreements typically bundled in.
• Procurement Services Standalone property sourcing service that identifies and acquires land and existing properties for future care-sector development. Utilises a UK-wide network of agents, landowners, builders and insolvency practitioners, with funds already in place enabling immediate-effect purchases.
• Collaboration Workshops Structured commissioning workshops with Local Authorities, NHS, CCGs, care providers and commissioners used to scope and design future-proofed supported living, extra care, children's, homeless and elderly accommodation schemes ahead of SAH's development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rent neutral where housing benefit applies - rent will be no more than what housing benefit would agree to pay
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and growth.

• Community Integrated CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the UK's largest health and social care charities, providing life-enhancing support to people with learning disabilities, mental health concerns, autism, age-related needs, and dementia. Founded in 1988 as pioneer of 'Care in the Community Agenda'. Proudly partnered on Kirkdale House project.
• Bespoke Care & Support LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking closely with SAH on Care Development projects in Yorkshire. Provides residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health, and substance abuse.
• SeeAbilitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides extraordinary support and champions better eye care for people with learning disabilities and autism, many of whom have sight loss. One of the oldest disability charities in the UK with 220+ years of pioneering specialist support.
• Chrysalis Supported Association LtdsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing provider that grew out of a genuine desire to help and enable those people in society who are most in need and most disadvantaged by promoting values of fairness and integrity.
• Care Housing AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelops Specialist Supported Housing predominantly in the North West of England and surrounding areas for people requiring support. Delivered Kirkdale House with SAH and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
• JWF Building SolutionssecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocated in Staffordshire and operating throughout the UK, JWF has developed long-standing strategic relationships with suppliers, sub-contractors and service providers.
• WSD ScotlandsecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerActs as employer's agent for Safe As Houses on Scottish projects, carrying out various project management, H&S and construction-based functions.
• Sandy Falconer (Falconer Property Consultants)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent firm of chartered surveyors and property consultants providing specialist advice and services to the commercial property industry.
• Gerald EvesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialist real estate advisors with experienced client partners and dedicated teams working across the full spectrum of real estate services.
• Person Centred SoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationSAH offers free access to Person Centred Software's award-winning operating App, purchasing all hardware and paying for licensing costs for the first 12 months. Provides care monitoring system for intelligent care management.
• ADC LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent privately owned practice providing architectural and development consultancy services to public and private sectors. SAH's preferred Architects for all projects excluding elderly care developments.
• Carless + AdamscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAH's preferred Architects for elderly care developments with over 20 years' experience delivering successful schemes responding to growing demand for care accommodation in the UK.
• Sounds Like Me (SLM Care)secondaryTechnology or IntegrationSLM Care's ultimate aim is to work seamlessly across home technology and care monitoring systems to further enhance a client's life by non-invasive means through their personalisation App.
• Because Brands MattersecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerStrategic Brand & Marketing Consultancy based in Edinburgh that has worked closely alongside the Safe As Houses team since 2019.
• Cornwall County CouncilgrowthStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Director of Adult Services reached out directly to SAH to assist across all aspects of housing in the County. Follow-up meeting imminent with Directors and Commissioners.
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVery strong relationship; finished building flagship supported living service. Engaged from day one with workshops including Housing, Commissioning, Governance, Housing Benefit, Procurement, and Social Work. Full Nominations and Voids agreement for 25-year lease.
• Lancashire County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompleted one project in the County with strong commissioner relationships. Key demand for Transforming Care and Supported Living. Transforming Care Commissioner speaks regularly with SAH.
• NHS RamptongrowthStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest secure hospital in UK providing direct support to SAH project in Yorkshire. Involved in design phase. Discussions around building purpose-built medium secure unit on hospital grounds.
• Glasgow City CouncilgrowthStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresented SAH to Senior Commissioning Team leading to discussions around becoming Preferred Special Partner. Formal invite to present at Social Work Scotland managers meeting. Key discussion around 15-bed Complex Mental Health facility.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Orbit Group: Large UK housing association developing general needs, supported, retirement and extra care housing. Provides a comparable model of developing specialist housing for vulnerable groups across the UK.
• Anchor Hanover (Anchor): Major UK not-for-profit provider of specialist housing for older people, including retirement living, extra care and dementia care. Competes for similar specialist elderly housing demand and partners with Local Authorities.
• Longhurst Group: UK housing association providing general needs, sheltered, extra care and supported living housing. Comparable operating model of developing specialist supported housing for vulnerable residents.
• Home Group: Large UK housing association and care provider offering supported living, extra care and mental health services. Comparable end-customer base of Local Authorities and vulnerable individuals, though operates a much larger portfolio across mixed-tenure housing.
• LiveWest Homes: Large South West England housing association developing affordable, supported and extra care housing. Compares on developing specialist housing in partnership with Local Authorities for vulnerable tenants.

Direct peers

• Habinteg Housing Association: Specialist UK housing association pioneering accessible and supported housing for disabled people. Similar supported-living focus and partnership model with Local Authorities and NHS partners.
• McCarthy Stone: UK's leading retirement housing developer building and operating retirement living communities. Comparable in developing specialist accommodation for an elderly/vulnerable cohort and engaging Local Authorities on housing strategy.
• Audley Group: Developer-operator of retirement villages and specialist older people's housing in the UK. Comparable in developing high-quality, specialist accommodation for older and care-supported residents, often in partnership with Local Authorities.
• Sage Housing Group: UK specialist in developing supported living and shared housing for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. Closest analogue to SAH's rent-neutral, property-based supported living model leased to Local Authorities and care operators.

Regional players

• Plus Dane Group: Regional housing association operating across the North West and Midlands providing affordable and supported housing. Comparable in developing supported living schemes with Local Authority partners in overlapping geographic territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sah_pi
• Facebookfacebook.com/safeashousespi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sahpi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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