St John s Winchester completes closure of Moorside home
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St John s charity confirms closure of Moorside care home
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A SHARP drop in rental income has forced the proposed closure of Moorside care home. St John’s Winchester Charity says reduced income from its Winchester High Street properties, worsened by Covid, makes Moorside unsustainable. Roger Bright, chairman of the board of trustees, said in the financial year 2020/21 rents dropped from £1.45m to £1m. Running costs of Moorside were £1.96m but income from the NHS, county council and private-paying residents was only £1.17m leaving St John’s to find a subsidy of £880,000, up from £740,000 the year before. Mr Bright said: “We have the situation where there are high costs of running Moorside at a time when our rental income is shrinking. With much heartache we have concluded this isn’t sustainable in the medium or long term.”