More than 50 jobs are at risk as a charity-run care home faces closure due to rising costs and other challenges, the charity has said.

The Greenock Medical Aid Society, which was founded in 1798, runs the Glenfield Care Home in Inverclyde, Scotland, which provides care for up to 33 residents.

A lower than expected budget occupancy, increased staffing costs and the new National Care Home Contract rate increase of 5.79 per cent for all socially-funded care residents in 2025/26 had made it impossible for the charity to continue to operate the care home, a charity spokesperson said.

It means 54 jobs are at risk of redundancy, although the charity said it would do everything possible to save jobs and ensure continued care for its residents. 

The GMAS, which runs one other care home in the Greenock area, had spent the past six months reviewing its options with the help of external consultants, the spokesperson said.

“In light of all the evidence available to us and despite our best efforts to turn around the serious financial situation earlier this month our trustees agreed that the closure of Glenfield Care Home was a potential necessity to ensure we remain sustainable, as a charity, into the future,” the spokesperson said.

“The National Care Home Contract no longer reflects the care needs or costs of an older resident within our care homes. 

“Moreover, the charitable donations we receive no longer cover the gap between the money we receive from residents, and local authorities, and what it costs us to deliver the service.”

The Greenock Medical Aid Society currently supports the cost of each local authority-funded resident’s care by more than £22,560 annually, the charity said.

“Unchecked, operating losses would leave us without the resources to adapt our services in an ordered and coherent manner,” the charity spokesperson said.

“This is an extremely difficult time for our residents, their families and our staff.

“We will work closely with all those affected and with our statutory partners, the Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership, other local authorities and the Care Inspectorate.”