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Andrew Knight
Chief Executive Officer, Care UK
Andrew Knight is chief executive of Care UK, one of the UK's largest care home operators. He joined in 2014 from Weight Watchers UK and became CEO in 2018.
BIOGRAPHY
Andrew Knight is chief executive of Care UK, which in December 2025 became the second largest provider of care for older people in the country after taking over the management of the Aria Care and Danforth Care Homes estates. Care UK now operates more than 250 homes across England, Scotland and Wales.
He joined Care UK in February 2014 as managing director of residential care services and has been chief executive since 2018, according to his LinkedIn profile. Care UK was his first role in social care. He was managing director of Weight Watchers UK from 2010 to 2013, and before that a managing director and plc board director at Punch Taverns, commercial director at Spirit Group, and a marketing and general management executive at Allied Domecq. From 2009 to 2012 he was a non-executive director of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, which was working to recover after the Francis Inquiry.
At Care UK he has led a long new-build programme. The company says it has opened 54 new homes, with a further 12 sites in planning or construction. In 2021 Care UK took on the management of 26 former Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare homes. In October 2024 Bridgepoint sold Care UK, which it had owned since 2010; the homes are now run by an operating company acquired by the company's management. Knight said Bridgepoint had been an incredibly supportive investor for almost 14 years.
Care Home Professional put him on its 2021 Power List, and Care Talk named him to its Social Care Top 30 for 2026. He holds a BA in Business Studies from Teesside University.
About Care UK. Care UK operates more than 250 care homes across England, Scotland and Wales and says it is the second largest provider of care for older people in the UK. Its operating company has been owned by its management since Bridgepoint sold the business in October 2024. See its rank and history
CAREER
Newest first, each role linked to its source
JUN 2018 – NOW
Chief Executive Officer · Care UK NOW
FEB 2014 – JUN 2018
Managing Director, Residential Care Services · Care UK
JUN 2013 – NOW
Director · Millfield Consulting Ltd NOW
JAN 2010 – JUN 2013
Managing Director UK · Weight Watchers UK
JUL 2009 – FEB 2012
Non-Executive Director · Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
OCT 2005 – JUL 2008
Managing Director and plc Board Director · Punch Taverns
1999 – 2005
Commercial Director · Spirit Group
1996 – 1999
Retail Marketing Executive · Allied Domecq
1994 – 1996
General Manager, Joshua Tetley & Son · Allied Domecq
ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES
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Sep 2026
Meet the Social Care Top 30 2026PROFILECare Talk (Social Care Top 30)
Entry naming him to the 2026 Top 30 and summarising his time at Care UK since 2014.
Dec 2025
Care UK expands portfolio with new management responsibilitiesPROFILECare UK
Company release on taking over management of the Aria Care and Danforth Care Homes estates, with his statement.
Sep 2025
Care UK welcomes new senior leadersPROFILECare UK
Release on two senior hires, with his comment on Care UK's growth that year.
Oct 2024
Bridgepoint announces sale of Care UKPROFILECaring Times
Reports Bridgepoint's sale of Care UK and the management-owned operating company, with his statement.
Sep 2023
The roadmap to a sustainable future for adult social careSTATEMENTPolitics.co.uk (Care England campaign release)
Care England's roadmap release carries his comment that fairer, consistent fees would let providers do more to support NHS hospital discharge.
Sep 2021
Care UK trio make Care Home Professional Power List 2021PROFILECare UK
Care UK's account of his Power List recognition and the home-opening and acquisition record behind it.
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Andrew Knight on qualityINTERVIEWCare UK
Q&A on safety, dignity, person-centred care and the role of home managers (undated; he says he has been in the role for over seven years, which places it around 2021).
