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| Founded | Oxford, England, 1968 |
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| Founder | Cecil Jackson-Cole |
| Type | Housing, care and support for older people |
| Location |
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Area served | England |
| Product | Retirement housing; properties for rent and sale, retirement villages, care homes, specialist dementia care, respite care |
Key people | Chief Executive Princess Alexandra, Patron |
Revenue | £389.1m |
Employees | More than 8,500 |
Volunteers | Over 400 in 2013 |
| Website | https://www.anchor.org.uk |
Anchor was England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing, care and support to people over 55 years old up until November 2018 when Anchor merged with Hanover Housing Association to form Anchor Hanover Group, the largest provider of specialist housing and care for older people in England.[1]
Anchor had been a charitable housing association registered as a society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, and one of the largest in the UK, with a turnover of £389.1 million in 2017/18.[2]: 4
Anchor's headquarters were in central London, with main offices located in Bradford. It employed more than 8,500 people nationally.[2]: 9
Its patron was Princess Alexandra.
- ^ "Associations complete merger to form largest older people's housing provider". Inside Housing. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Annual Report & Financial Statement 2017/18", Retrieved 2018-09-12.