Experience
We are international, non-acute Healthcare Operators with nearly two decades of experience in optimising delivery in all related areas to healthcare finance and investment: from operations, management, strategic planning, to establishing robust real estate.
Our aim is to build the new generation of excellence in care-giving environments as well as optimal care for elderly and disabled people, and those in need of specialist care.
Origin
We began our success story in Belgium where we were a major operator of care homes. We are now the leading care operator in South America, with a substantial presence in Turkey too.
Our current focus for large growth is centred on the UK with major acquisitions of care companies in Scotland and England in the last two years.
International
We are an international business with a provenance of healthcare operations and investments across Europe, Middle East, South America and Asia.
Our specialist teams are a successful fusion of worldwide care sector expertise – both in terms of investment, finance, mergers and acquisitions and frontline care.
Benchmark
AcalisCare aims to build the new generation of excellent, care-giving environments for non-acute elderly and disabled people.
We are establishing a benchmark for excellence in care – residential, nursing, end-of-life, respite, rehabilitation, specialist dementia and Huntington’s care, care for young adults with a diagnosed learning disability and Youth Physical Disability.
Our success story
While the initial home was created in 1952, the group formation began in 2005.
We’ve accrued almost two decades of experience which has given us the flexible thinking to adjust to varied global markets, and have the industry insights to be able to optimally divide investment advantageously.
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2005Founded.
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2006
First centre in nursery homes and home care established.
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2007
50% of the company (10 nursery homes) bought by Mulliez family.
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2008
Buy-back from Mulliez family; capacity almost doubled in that time.
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2009 - 2011
First sale of real estate to Cofinimmo: 18 nursery homes sold for pack-back of OPCO debt.
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2010 - 2011
3,000 beds in Belgium. Established in Turkey and Chile.
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2012
Established in Uruguay.
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2014
Started business development with Gulf Cooperation Council.
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2015
Refinance of real estate and buy-back of Cofinimmo by Silverstone for €186m. BBB rating with S&P and public emission of the obligations with buy-in of the funds by Edmond De Rothschild (EDR) and UBS. First group buy-in of real estateby public bonds at 4.5%.
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2016
• 2nd bond loan of €170m. €53m by EDR and €117m tobe allocated.
• Opportunity to sell the OPCO at a multiple of 16.
• Decision to sell Belgium, keep afew nursing homes as competence centre and start to grow again in Europe.
• Homecare sold at a multiple of 8 also due to new regulation. -
2017
Start of Acalis inSaudi Arabia. Development of first LTC centre. Set up of home healthcare company.
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2018
Next growth phase in Middle East, Turkey and Latin America.
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2019
Next growth phase targetting the UK.
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2022
Acquisition of 26 care homes (elderly and specialised) in Scotland.
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2023
Acquisition of 28 care homes in England.
