Between April 2020 and March this year, the figure increased from 1,869 homes to 2,096.
In the same time period, the number of homes run by voluntary sector providers declined by 12 per cent from 160 to 141 homes.
The number of homes run by local and health authorities, including those run by trusts on behalf of local authorities, grew by nine per cent compared with March 2020 from 430 to 469 homes.
The research, based on data from the Department for Education, shows that 33 per cent of all private children’s homes were owned by 10 companies.
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