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Scotia Village and Quail Haven Village compared

Two North Carolina communities about 30 miles apart, compared from their own disclosure statements. Tinted rows are where they differ; each page tab opens the filing at the figure.

FigureScotia VillageQuail Haven Village
LocationLaurinburg, NCPinehurst, NC
Filing used2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF2026 statement, fiscal 2025 financesPDF
Contract typesType B (modified)Type B (modified)
Entrance fee, one person$54,000 to $444,000p. 25Not disclosed in the 2026 filing
Monthly fee, independent living$3,131 to $4,815p. 23p. 24$4,093 to $5,305p. 68
Refund plansStandard; 50% Refundable; 90% Refundable; Range across refund plans (plan not specified)p. 27p. 25Non-refundable Community Fee and Apartment Selection Feep. 94
Highest guaranteed refund90% of the feep. 27p. 25Not disclosed in the 2026 filing
When a refund is paidWhen your unit is re-occupied and the new resident has paidp. 27p. 25Not disclosed in the 2026 filing
Days cash on hand248 days (FY2025)p. 38Figures for Scotia Village (community only). FY2025 is a 15-month period (Oct 2024-Dec 2025) after a fiscal-year-end change. The 248 days appears to count Scotia Village's $4.4M statutory operating reserve: its cash ($0.16M) and investments ($6.26M) alone are about 147 days of cash operating expenses (p78, p81). The Brightspire obligated group reports 738 days and 2.08x (p38, p40).20 days (FY2025)p. 2The 20 days rest on $572,275 of unrestricted cash (p27, p41). The statutory operating reserve requirement is $5,790,908 (p28), and the community meets it with an irrevocable letter of credit rather than cash; the disclosure narrative says the letter of credit is for $5,790,908 (Section 29.3, p28), while the audited notes say it was $2,869,000 at December 31, 2025 (p47; also p71) — the document does not reconcile the two amounts. $9.57M of the $21.35M total assets is a receivable from related parties (p41). A $7.4M balloon payment on the main note is due August 2027 (p50).
Its lenders' minimumAt least 120 daysp. 19Not disclosed in the 2026 filing
Debt service coverage6.47x (FY2025)p. 38Figures for Scotia Village (community only). FY2025 is a 15-month period (Oct 2024-Dec 2025) after a fiscal-year-end change. The 248 days appears to count Scotia Village's $4.4M statutory operating reserve: its cash ($0.16M) and investments ($6.26M) alone are about 147 days of cash operating expenses (p78, p81). The Brightspire obligated group reports 738 days and 2.08x (p38, p40).5.31x (FY2025)p. 2The 20 days rest on $572,275 of unrestricted cash (p27, p41). The statutory operating reserve requirement is $5,790,908 (p28), and the community meets it with an irrevocable letter of credit rather than cash; the disclosure narrative says the letter of credit is for $5,790,908 (Section 29.3, p28), while the audited notes say it was $2,869,000 at December 31, 2025 (p47; also p71) — the document does not reconcile the two amounts. $9.57M of the $21.35M total assets is a receivable from related parties (p41). A $7.4M balloon payment on the main note is due August 2027 (p50).
Independent living occupancy98.41% (2025)p. 2179.6% (2025)p. 15
Net position$24.3 million (FY2025)p. 79$3.2 million (FY2025)p. 41
Whose financesScotia Village (Scotia Village column of the Presbyterian Homes combining statement); ratios for Scotia Village (community only)p. 79Quail Haven Village (combined co-providers)p. 41
Audit opinionUnmodified (clean) opinion, Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P.p. 79Unmodified (clean) opinion, Cherry Bekaert LLPp. 41
Nursing care, CMS rating5 of 5 (CMS overall)4 of 5 (CMS overall)

What care costs later, in each contract

Scotia Village

Type B (modified): 14 grace days a year with no per diem (unused days do not carry over), then nursing care at 80% of the published daily rate. The apartment must be surrendered on request 90 days after the grace days run out.p. 126

Quail Haven Village

Type B (modified): No care days are included: residents pay the published per diem rates with a 10% discount on their first 30 days of Healthcare Center care each calendar year (unused days do not carry over), and keep paying the apartment fee while it is kept. 25 nursing beds are reserved for independent living residents, with priority for the open beds when those are full.p. 94

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