The chief executive, Dr Pete Calveley received a salary of £2.28 million in 2020.

In response to criticism the company said 84.9% of Barchester’s services had been rated as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission - more than doubled during his time in the job.

After finding it difficult to find a good quality care home for two of his relatives, he bought Moreton Hill, a 17th-century farm in the Cotswolds, and converted it into a care home which he felt was of a sufficiently high standard.

[4] In 1994, Moreton Hill won the Care Home Design award at the Great South Western Care Awards and featured on BBC's Countryfile as an example of design sympathetically managed for a rural environment.

Barchester has continued to expand its portfolio through new builds and acquisitions and as of October 2021, it ran over 250 homes across the country, making it the third largest care-home group in the UK.