ARCO currently has 29 Members, including Prospective and Provisional Members. As a condition of membership, all ARCO Members have signed up to and pledged adherence to ARCO’s Standards and Compliance Framework, including external assessments under the Consumer Code.
More information on each of our Members can be found by clicking on their logo.
Full Members
Adlington Retirement Living
Adlington Retirement Living (ARL) design, build and operate award-winning homeowners across the Northwest, Yorkshire, the Midlands, and the Southwest. By the end of 2024, we will have launched our 19th independent retirement community.
Our vision is to empower the older generation to live a long, happy and healthy life, by creating spacious homes in safe and secure environments with active communities and extensive communal facilities.
Each Adlington apartment is designed to support homeowners looking to retain an independent way of life. We offer a 24-hour on-site support team, 365 days a year, plus the option of tailored personal care, should it be required now or in the future.
We are proud to be recognised by the prestigious WhatHouse? awards, winning Retirement Property of the Year accolades for our communities in Portishead, Otley, Macclesfield and Romiley. In addition, we were awarded Retirement Scheme of the Year at the Health Investor Seniors Awards in 2022 for our community in Heaton Mersey and for The Sidings in Lytham in 2023.
Anchor
We’re Anchor and our ambition is to transform housing and care so more people in later life have a home where they love living. Helping people enjoy later life is our passion. It has been for nearly 60 years. And today, in an ageing society, our housing, care and support is needed more than ever.
As England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life, we’re committed to creating choice and opportunity for everyone. We put our customers at the heart of everything we do, listening carefully and shaping our homes and services around them.
And we’re proudly not-for-profit, which means every penny we make is reinvested into our properties and services, building more and innovating for the future so that people can have a home where they love living in later life.
Audley Group
Audley operate eighteen retirement villages across the UK, with two more coming soon. Our idea of retirement is different. At Audley you own your own home, which means you retain your asset and your highly valued independence. You can choose from high quality houses, cottages or apartments in one of our beautiful and secure locations throughout the country. Everything is designed so that you stay firmly in control, with complete freedom and independence to live the life you choose the way you want.
Augustinian Care - St George's Park
Augustinian Care is a charitable organisation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older adults. We operate one of the UK’s largest retirement villages, a 27-apartment Assisted Living block available exclusively for rental and two exceptional care homes. Our mission is to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy their later years in comfort, with respect, dignity, and happiness, supported by the best possible care.
St George’s Park is our unique and vibrant retirement village, featuring 240 residential apartments nestled close to the South Downs. The village offers a range of comprehensive facilities including a leisure block with a heated swimming pool, fitness room, gymnasium, cafeteria, restaurant, shop, concierge service, weekday minibus, residents' lounge, games room, hobbies room. Residents also benefit from on-site personalised domestic or care support, ensuring peace of mind for those who may need extra assistance.
We also provide 27 rental-only Assisted Living apartments. These offer a more inclusive package, combining the independence of having one’s own home with the convenience of hassle-free living.
Additionally, we are proud to operate two care homes offering both residential and nursing care.
Auriens Group
Auriens Chelsea is a collection of thoughtfully designed homes setting the gold standard for later living with its high-end facilities and pioneering approach to wellness and active ageing. Located on London’s King’s Road, in the heart of Chelsea, Auriens blends the style and sophistication of a five-star hotel with the ambience and exclusivity of a private member’s club and the added benefit of a world class health and wellness offering. The site offers a collection of 56 private apartments available to lease or buy, with facilities including a restaurant, wine cellar, gym, spa, hairdresser, swimming pool, speakeasy bar and cinema.
At the heart of the Auriens’ magic is its community. Residents who have made their homes here have chosen to live life to its fullest, which often results in enhanced longevity. Forging friendships by sharing time in the lush gardens, having cocktails in the speakeasy before a screening in the 12-seater cinema, or gathering around the baby grand in the library are just a few of the endless possibilities of living the Auriens life.
Belong Limited
We are a pioneer of care villages that offer vibrant community living for older people across the North West and West Midlands. Our focus is on creating opportunities for older people to live life to the full in an environment that maximises independence and wellbeing. As a values-led, not-for-profit organisation, Belong invests heavily in people, in building design and in innovative services that enrich quality of life, re-envisaging the possibilities for some of the most frail in our society, including those requiring nursing or dementia care.
Each village is home to around 100 people, living either in independent living apartments or small households where 24-hour care is provided. Where needed, care packages can be provided to apartment customers through our home care service, Belong at Home, which also serves the wider community and we also offer specialist day care through our Experience Days service.
All customers come together in the village centre which comprises a bistro, hair salon, specialist gym, entertainment venue with licensed bar and in some locations, a children’s nursery or heritage gallery. Combined, these provide the setting for a vibrant programme of events and activities, designed in conjunction with our customers. It is also where vital services, such as rehabilitation, mobility and falls prevention programmes are delivered by our highly qualified exercise team and specialist support for people with dementia and their families is provided by our Admiral Nurses.
BEN
Ben is an independent charity and dedicated partner to the automotive industry, providing support for life for its people and their family dependents. Ben is focused on delivering care and support to enable total health & wellbeing through working and later life.
Ben also operates flexible, continuing care and support for those in later life, which is not dependent on an automotive industry connection. This includes excellent nursing, residential, dementia and respite care via its care centres in Ascot, Rugby and Norham (Berwick-upon-Tweed) and day centre in Coventry and 'independent living made easy for the over 65s' at its retirement village in Sunninghill, near Ascot, Berkshire.
Lynwood Village, in Sunninghill near Ascot, provides independent living for people aged 65 and over. Spacious homes, beautifully designed with the future in mind, sit within a friendly, sociable community with flexible, optional support on hand should it be required. With, superb onsite facilities and a choice of activities, events and excursions it’s easy for Lynwood Village residents to keep busy and find company when they choose.
Berkeley Healthcare
Over 25 years, we have established a reputation for excellence in delivering care, hospitality and retirement living opportunities. We currently operate two Retirement Villages, Newlands of Stow and Bridge House of Twyford.
Our founding directors, Amar and Momin Sheikh, secured one of the earliest planning consents for the retirement village concept in the UK, Newlands of Stow, which remains one of the most prestigious and aesthetically beautiful places to retire to in the country.
Bridge House of Twyford is respected as one of the foremost retirement homes of its kind. Together with a management team who are experts in their respective disciplines, the group continues to innovate in everything related to retirement living and are striving to be one of the most successful retirement communities in existence. We see a move to this environment as a lifestyle decision, not one that must happen because of a sudden change in one’s needs.
We remain an independent enterprise and are therefore dedicated to providing bespoke components to everyday retirement living, an aspect often overlooked by many others. Our award-winning team is focused upon providing a high-quality environment with discreet and unobtrusive services to support you, should the need arise.
Birchgrove
The current housing options for people over 65 exclude a large section of those who don't want to manage another house purchase. As a result, some people stay in their large family homes for longer than appropriate to their needs.
At Birchgrove we believe that renting a home instead of owning is the most liberating form of tenure for assisted living.
Unlike most assisted living developments in the UK, Birchgrove works on a rental model, offering all the benefits of independent living with support, but with none of the complications of homeownership.
Our first site in Sidcup, Kent features 74 spacious and high quality 1, 2, and 3-bed apartments. Each one has been designed without compromise on proportions or finish – and we have also added modern design innovations that will enable our residents to remain fully independent for longer. The site opened to our first residents May 2019. Our second site in Woking, Surrey opened to residents in the autumn of 2020 and our third in Ewell opened spring 2022. We recently added our fourth site in Mill Hill in July 2024.
Our commitment to our residents is that we will protect their independence, make their lives easier, provide them with companionship – and be there when they need us, day or night.
Brio Retirement Living
At Brio Retirement Living we are committed to improving the quality and experience of later living. Our approach is driven by a unique set of values and principles, and the desire to bring something new and exclusive that meets the aspirations of today’s retiree’s.
A Brio Lifestyle combines good health, opportunities and independence with tailored care available if required – it’s our vision for enjoyable and modern retirement living, delivered with respect. Brio builds its villages with your needs at heart – offering a place to call home for life.
As part of Places for People Group, we have over fifty years’ experience as housebuilders, with over 182,000 homes owned or managed, and a strong commitment to social responsibility.
Our core values and principles are intrinsic to Brio Retirement Living – they are not only central to our Brio Lifestyle offer, but also inform everything that we do.
Caring For You – Care and support for those residents that require it – always delivered with sensitivity and discretion.
Positive Future – We are committed to providing a healthy, positive experience for all our residents.
A Life That Suits You – We provide flexible and adaptable services and care to meet the individual requirements of every one of our customers.
A Community to Call Home – We invite all residents to become an active part of a Brio retirement community, enjoying social and leisure activities at their own pace.
Elysian Residences
At Elysian Residences, we focus on creating a happy and positive environment for homeowners to continue to live life on their terms.
An Elysian apartment is, first and foremost, a customer's home, a home designed to their taste and exacting standards.
Beyond the luxury and comfort of our spectacular private apartments is an exclusive hotel-style setting, offering easy access to a range of services, including concierge, restaurant with private dining, a gym, a beauty salon, and to create an inspiring environment and an uplifting atmosphere.
Our comprehensive care service is always discreet, but there to give peace of mind that however a homeowner's needs might alter in the future, they won’t have to compromise their lifestyle. Every Elysian property has all the expert staff, resources and facilities required, which can be seamlessly integrated into day-to-day life should that be necessary.
The Elysian team combines best-in-class property development and construction expertise with decades of experience in delivering high-end, luxury living.
Enterprise Retirement Living Limited
Enterprise Retirement Living (ERL) is an award-winning national developer and operator of retirement communities built and operated to high standards.
ERL’s retirement villages provide relaxing retirement communities in luxurious surroundings, with superb extensive communal facilities and a busy social calendar of events to join in if desired. The privately-owned properties and the 24-hour on-site staff combine to offer an independent lifestyle with the peace of mind from knowing that help and support is available if required.
Boughton Hall in Chester is a long-standing thriving community of 80 properties, whilst The Red House in Ripon, which has 59 apartments and cottages, is also now a well-established and vibrant village. Worcester’s Mount Battenhall, comprising a beautifully renovated Grade II* Listed Italianate mansion and newly-built accommodation, opened its first phase in 2021 and is continually adding to its community.
Selected properties at The Red House and Mount Battenhall are now available to rent.
ExtraCare Charitable Trust
ExtraCare is a registered charity established in 1988 and based in Coventry. Our vision is better lives for older people and our mission is creating sustainable communities that provide homes older people want, lifestyles they can enjoy and care if it’s needed. To deliver our vision and mission we do three things:
• We develop new villages
• We operate villages and schemes
• We support our villages, schemes and our ‘extra-care’ model through fundraising, advocacy and research
Each village or scheme has 5 to 18 social, health and leisure facilities that are accessible to our residents, volunteers and local people representing all age groups living in surrounding communities.
Our Charity Shops help fund care and well-being services for older people living at each of our locations.
Inspired Villages Group Ltd
Inspired Villages currently operate 9 villages across the UK with more coming soon. Our ethos is simple. We put the health and happiness of our residents at the heart of everything we do, with the promise of a life less ordinary for today’s generation of retirees. Everything we do is motivated by the admiration and respect we have for our residents, their families, and the lifestyle they desire and deserve. This motivation influences every part of an Inspired Village – from the service levels of our team through to the planning and design of the village itself. Our villages are places to savour the company of family and friends, to discover new passions, to explore new places and rediscover old interests. This is the mentality that unites our team.
Jewish Care
We provide care that is Jewish at heart for older people. And we support their family members every step of the way. Every week, we touch the lives of 12,000 people. We can only care for the Jewish community thanks to the Jewish community. So if you need help, we’re always here for you. And if you’d like to help, we’d welcome your support.
LifeCare Residences
LifeCare Residences is an internationally renowned retirement community operator, with over 35 years’ experience dedicated to enriching lives. With a commitment to providing outstanding care and authentic choice, coupled with unrivalled hospitality and facilities that are of five-star hotel quality.
A privately-owned company, we own and operate all aspects of our retirement communities, striving for total satisfaction and truly ‘Exceptional Retirement Communities’.
Building on unrivalled experience gained in New Zealand, LifeCare Residences is revolutionising the retirement housing market in the UK, where we currently operate two retirement communities; Battersea Place in London and Grove Place in Hampshire. We also own and operate an award-winning nursing home within our village, the Albert Suites in Battersea.
LifeCare Residences is a founding member of ARCO.
MHA
As a national charity, we enable people to live later life well.
Through specialist care homes, thriving retirement living and vibrant community groups and befriending, we inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life.
With over 80 years’ experience we put people at the heart of everything we do in all our homes and schemes across Britain.
Our values underpin our entire approach:
•We nurture mind, body and spirit
•We inspire the best in each other
•We respect every person, treating them with dignity.
Middleton Hall
Middleton Hall is based in the north of England, on the border of North Yorkshire and County Durham. It is one of the oldest companies in the region, founded in 1900.
Middleton Hall prides itself on being an innovative leader in services for older people and has a reputation for the highest quality services, care and accommodation.
A wide range of accommodation is provided to suit individual needs, however one of the true benefits of Middleton Hall is it allows residents to move between its six living options should their needs change. Accommodation options include bungalows, apartments and care rooms supported by central facilities including a spa, restaurant, café and sports facilities.
Rangeford Villages
At Rangeford Villages we create exciting and dynamic environments for those entering the third phase of their life, after any children have left home, when there is time for living and enjoying life.
Wellbeing is at our core, and this extends beyond the host of resident amenities. If a little extra support is needed to make the most of life, our on-village CQC registered Rangeford Care team, plus Concierge-stye and Housekeeping support teams are available to help.
Our mission is to build beautiful places for people to live long healthy and satisfying lives in lovely surroundings. It’s all part of our belief that life with Rangeford Villages should be exactly how our residents want it and need it to be.
Retirement Security
Retirement Security Ltd was founded in 1984 by its present Chairman, Bob Bessell, who had previously been Director of Social Services for Warwickshire County Council.
Arising from his responsibility for the local authority Old People’s Homes, he concluded that the needs of many older people could best be met by a development of sheltered housing, which Retirement Security Ltd called ‘Very Sheltered Housing’, but which the government subsequently called ‘Extra-care housing’.
The overall aim was to enable older people to retain their independence for the whole of their lives. The means of achieving this were that all of the facilities, both the private dwellings and the communal areas should be accessible even to someone confined to a wheelchair; there should be sufficient staff and the communal facilities were to ensure that a 3 course meal was to be available every day, either in the dining room, or taken to the private dwelling.
The immediate effect of introducing this in the District Councils’ Housing plans, with financial support from the County Council, was to decimate the waiting list for the Old People’s Homes and so Retirement Security Ltd was set up to make similar provision in the private sector, in recognition that so many older people own their own homes.
There are now 32 developments of Very Sheltered Housing, comprising 1600 properties in which Retirement Security Ltd is either the Freeholder or Managing Agent, (usually both), located throughout England from the south coast, to Southport and Lincoln, in the north.
Although many features of Very Sheltered Housing, as pioneered by Retirement Security Ltd have been adopted by other providers, the model of ‘the Owners’ Company’, whereby the leaseholders also constitute the management company, has not been copied by anyone else in the retirement sector, even though, it is commonplace in blocks of apartments in London and other large cities.
Retirement Security Ltd acts as managing agent and company secretary to each of the Owners’ Companies, who are free to give notice to terminate the arrangement. Despite the problems this can cause, these are totally outweighed by the advantages of the leaseholders accepting responsibility for the maintenance and development of their communities.
Retirement Villages Group Ltd
We design, build and operate award-winning homeowners across the Northwest, Yorkshire, the Midlands, and the Southwest. By the end of 2024, we will have launched our 19th independent retirement community.
Our vision is to empower the older generation to live a long, happy and healthy life, by creating spacious homes in safe and secure environments with active communities and extensive communal facilities.
Each Adlington apartment is designed to support homeowners looking to retain an independent way of life. We offer a 24-hour on-site support team, 365 days a year, plus the option of tailored personal care, should it be required now or in the future.
We are proud to be recognised by the prestigious WhatHouse? awards, winning Retirement Property of the Year accolades for our communities in Portishead, Otley, Macclesfield and Romiley. In addition, we were awarded Retirement Scheme of the Year at the Health Investor Seniors Awards in 2022 for our community in Heaton Mersey and for The Sidings in Lytham in 2023.
Richmond Villages
Richmond Villages develops and operates purpose-built retirement communities designed for older people who are looking to right-size into high-quality accommodation in a community setting. Residents have access to care and support services, complimented by leisure facilities and amenities.
The Villages provide three types of accommodation, from independent living apartments, assisted living apartments through to a dedicated on-site Bupa care home.
Residents have access to leisure and communal facilities, including a restaurant, lounges, gardens, and activity areas, along with a comprehensive range of hospitality, care and support services. Wellness spas are also available at a selection of our villages.
The unique proposition of Richmond Villages with its three stages of living allows residents to retain as much independence and choice as possible in a caring, supportive and socially active environment. Our purpose is to support our residents to live longer, healthier and happier lives.
Riverstone Living
More people are living longer, healthier and more fulfilled lives than ever before. That’s why we started Riverstone with one simple ambition: to offer people choices for their future that are unlike anything else available in London.
People are at the heart of what we are creating and we’re on an exciting journey to build exceptionally high-quality places where our residents will always feel at home. Every aspect has been thought through and designed to help you stay safe and well, living the life you love.
Santhem Residences
Some say that later living is lacklustre…we’re living for later life. At Santhem Residences, we promote independent living in safe and beautiful surroundings.
St Monica Trust
Regarded as a leading provider of continuing care, the St Monica Trust supports a wide variety of older people.
This award winning Charity offers a range of care services, within its own care villages and in the wider community, in Bristol and the surrounding area.
The Trust has continued to grow and evolve during the past decade, constantly striving to deliver well-being for older people. From care at home to retirement accommodation with care and support or more intensive nursing and specialist dementia care, the Trust provides ongoing support to individuals at all stages of later life.
Tonic Housing Association Limited
Tonic is creating vibrant and inclusive urban LGBT+ affirmative retirement communities where people can share common experiences, find mutual support and enjoy their later life. Founded in 2014 we are proud to be a community led not for profit organisation.
Untold Living
Untold Living is a brand born to change the way we think about later living. A business built to welcome a new age of ageing. We exist to unravel the myths and misconceptions of retirement living, making remarkable homes for the modern retiree. Making communities with independence at heart. And making places that support people to grow more ambitious, more independent, and more empowered as they grow older.
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Wallacea Living OpCo Limited
As an IRC service provider, we work with the country's leading housebuilders to deliver beautiful homes. This enables Wallacea to devote its time to providing an enviable level of service for a longer, happier retirement. Our philosophy of exceeding individual's expectations, as well as helping them achieve their ambitions makes for a great community to live within.