Royal Star & Garter and Care for Veterans have completed a merger.

Confirmation of the merger comes after the two organisations, both founded as a result of WWI and over 100 years old, agreed to explore the proposal in 2024.

Royal Star & Garter was established in 1916 and currently runs three Homes, in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe. It also has services reaching out into the community and nationwide.

Care for Veterans (formerly the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home) was established in 1919 and operates from a single home in Worthing, West Sussex. It provides long-term nursing, rehabilitation, respite and award-winning end-of-life care to ex-Armed Forces personnel who live with disabilities, including acquired brain injury and degenerative neurological conditions.

The merger completed on 31 March 2025 and expands the Royal Star & Garter group to four care homes.

Chief executive Andy Cole said: “Our strategy at Royal Star & Garter is to ensure consistently exceptional care is provided for those in the Armed Forces community living with disability and dementia. The merger underpins this ambition as our two charities unite, developing and learning from one another to benefit the veteran community, now and into the future. We are privileged to welcome Care for Veterans, its home, residents and staff, into the Royal Star & Garter family.”

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