Private equity's growing role in UK children's care homes raises alarm over profit-driven models
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Jessica Murray
Summary
This article investigates the growing involvement of private equity firms in UK public services, focusing on Compass Community — a private equity-backed company running children's homes, fostering services, and special educational needs (Send) schooling. Sold from Graphite Capital to Cap10 in May 2024, the firm exemplifies a model where companies are acquired, assets maximized, and sold for profit. Experts raise alarms about the consequences of treating vulnerable children as financial assets, with concerns over care quality, staff retention, and the prioritization of profit over welfare in essential public services.
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Private equity companies have slowly and invisibly increased their involvement in public services
a well-established model to buy up companies, maximise their assets and sell them on for a profit
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