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Porters Neck Village and Trinity Landing compared

Two communities in Wilmington, compared from their own disclosure statements. Tinted rows are where they differ; each page tab opens the filing at the figure.

FigurePorters Neck VillageTrinity Landing
LocationWilmington, NCWilmington, NC
Filing used2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF
Contract typesType B (modified)Type C (fee for service)
Entrance fee, one person$95,000 to $996,500p. 66$165,961 to $859,999p. 27
Monthly fee, independent living$3,667 to $8,085p. 66$3,656 to $6,377p. 24p. 25
Refund plans90 Percent Return of Capital; 75 Percent Return of Capital; 50 Percent Return of Capital; Traditional (declining, 0% after 50 months)p. 211p. 181p. 150p. 24290% Refund Plan; 50% Refund Plan; Limited Refund Planp. 166
Highest guaranteed refund90% of the feep. 211p. 181p. 150p. 24290% of the feep. 166
When a refund is paidWhen your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 211p. 181p. 150p. 242When your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 166
Days cash on hand493 days (FY2025)p. 2The reported 493 days counts $23,611,846 (Table 29.1), which is cash ($6,101,477) plus board-designated funds ($12,988,369) plus the $4,522,000 statutory operating reserve held under regulatory requirement (audit Note 3, p51). Without the statutory reserve, about 399 days of 2025 cash expenses.248 days (FY2025)p. 2Figures for Trinity Landing campus consolidated (Trinity Landing + Trinity Grove + Lutheran Home Wilmington Property), per Section 35. Provider ratios cover the combined Wilmington campus (Trinity Landing, Trinity Grove nursing and the Wilmington property company), not the Trinity Landing balance sheet shown. The 248 days count $18.3M of cash and investments that includes the $3.3M statutory operating reserve; without the reserve the campus holds about $15.0M (≈203 days), and the Trinity Landing entity alone holds $12.6M of cash and investments. The LSA obligated group, jointly liable for the bonds, reported 408 days cash and 4.48x coverage for the same year (Table FS-2).
Its lenders' minimumNot disclosed in the 2026 filingNot disclosed in the 2026 filing
Debt service coverage1.82x (FY2025)p. 2The reported 493 days counts $23,611,846 (Table 29.1), which is cash ($6,101,477) plus board-designated funds ($12,988,369) plus the $4,522,000 statutory operating reserve held under regulatory requirement (audit Note 3, p51). Without the statutory reserve, about 399 days of 2025 cash expenses.2.10x (FY2025)p. 2Figures for Trinity Landing campus consolidated (Trinity Landing + Trinity Grove + Lutheran Home Wilmington Property), per Section 35. Provider ratios cover the combined Wilmington campus (Trinity Landing, Trinity Grove nursing and the Wilmington property company), not the Trinity Landing balance sheet shown. The 248 days count $18.3M of cash and investments that includes the $3.3M statutory operating reserve; without the reserve the campus holds about $15.0M (≈203 days), and the Trinity Landing entity alone holds $12.6M of cash and investments. The LSA obligated group, jointly liable for the bonds, reported 408 days cash and 4.48x coverage for the same year (Table FS-2).
Independent living occupancy95.4% (2025)p. 1798% (2025)p. 21
Net position$13.6 million (FY2025)p. 42−$1.3 million (FY2025)p. 97
Whose financesPlantation Village, Inc. d/b/a Porters Neck Village and Subsidiary (consolidated); ratios for Plantation Village, Inc. (provider only)p. 42Lutheran Retirement Center - Wilmington, Inc. (Trinity Landing column of the LSA consolidating balance sheet); ratios for Trinity Landing campus consolidated (Trinity Landing + Trinity Grove + Lutheran Home Wilmington Property), per Section 35p. 97
Audit opinionUnmodified (clean) opinion, Forvis Mazars, LLPp. 42Unmodified (clean) opinion, Forvis Mazars, LLPp. 97
Nursing care, CMS ratingNo CMS record linkedNo CMS record linked

What care costs later, in each contract

Porters Neck Village

Type B (modified): Type B: each resident gets up to 30 days a year of temporary assisted living and up to 30 days a year of temporary nursing care at no daily charge (couples may pool them; unused days do not carry over), and permanent assisted living or nursing is billed at 75% of the rate the adjacent Davis Community charges non-residents. The community may change the 75% on 60 days' notice, and residents under 62 pay full rates.p. 145

Trinity Landing

Type C (fee for service): Fee-for-service: skilled nursing and memory care are at Trinity Grove, an affiliated 100-bed nursing facility about two miles away, at its published daily rates with no included days or discount. Residents get priority admission if a bed is available and keep paying the monthly fee until their residence is vacated.p. 167

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