In connection with five-year-old John Walter being found dead after deviating from the HVB home Platea in Hagfors this summer, SVT was able to reveal that the criticized accommodation made unusually large profits.
In 2020, the owner group Humana took out as much as 39 percent of Platea's sales in profit.
- I have never optimized for us to get a high profit, it has never happened, said Humana's CEO Johanna Rastad then.
High budget targets
But SVT Nyheter Värmland has read documents showing that Humana demands large profits in its HVB operations.
Budget targets of between 20 and 40 percent profit are not uncommon in the many HVB operations around the country, while the average profit for Swedish limited companies according to the organization Företagarna is around five percent.
- It feels very loud.
I can not remember that we have that type of budget, but we have an average of seven to nine percent, says Ulrik Bonnevier who is the Humana Group's business developer.
Threats, violence and weapons
SVT's review also shows that several HVB companies within the Humana Group have made large profits at the same time as they have been characterized by serious irregularities.
Among them are Platea in Hagfors, which was forced to close shortly after the death of five-year-old John Walter, and Storsjögården in Gävle, which had its permit revoked in January this year after alarm reports of violence, threats, attempted rape and gun crime.
Both homes delivered over 30 percent profit to owner Humana in some years.
- There are different factors at different levels in the organization that have broken down in one way or another and made us end up in these situations.
There is nothing to indicate that there is any profit requirement that is the explanation for this, says Ulrik Bonnevier.
CEO Johanna Rastad has declined an interview.