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WE CHANGE LIVES (WCL)
Profile
- Company number
- 02595601
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1991-03-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 87100
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For long term finance the charity relies on bank loans, as disclosed in notes to the financial statements. In assessing going concern the Trustees have assumed that these bank loans will not be repaid for the foreseeable futu”
Subsidiaries
- Warrington Community Living · 100% held · England and Wales · supply of support services
- 3L Care Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · provision of care services
- 3L Care Group Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · holding companies
- 3L Care Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · holding companies
- JD Zencare Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · provision of care services
- PSA Care Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · holding companies
- Creative Care (Leicester) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · provision of care services
- JO Care Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · holding companies
Significant events
- “Successful acquisition of '3L Care Limited' in September 2023 funded by existing cash balances and a loan facility provided by Unity Trust Bank PLC (£7.7m deal/£5.7m loan with £0.8m deferred consideration).”
- “Acquisition happened in 2025 with the purchase of Creative Care Ltd and its subsidiaries, achieved with re-financing of existing loan through Barclays, with a new facility of £16m activated, and two deferred consideration payments agreed (£500k in December 2025 and £1m in March 2026).”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILLINGWORTH, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2024-03-29 | — | — |
| GORE, Richard James | Director | 2015-09-28 | Oct 1970 | British |
| HOWARTH, Chris | Director | 2018-09-24 | Jul 1957 | British |
| SCHWALLER, Martin | Director | 2025-11-03 | Jun 1955 | British,Swiss |
| WYCHERLEY, Janice Lorraine | Director | 2012-12-12 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Sharon Lindsey | Secretary | 2015-05-29 | 2019-04-12 |
| COATES, Michael | Secretary | 1991-03-26 | 1997-08-12 |
| FINLAY, Michael Stanley, Reverend Canon | Secretary | 1997-08-12 | 2015-03-19 |
| WILLDER, Emma Claire | Secretary | 2021-04-21 | 2024-03-29 |
| YOUNG, Tania | Secretary | 2019-04-12 | 2021-03-05 |
| BLACK, Helen Marie | Director | 1991-03-26 | 1991-09-03 |
| BRIDGE, James | Director | 1996-11-19 | 1999-02-15 |
| BULLOCK, Jean | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2005-11-01 |
| BURKE, Richard Eric | Director | 1998-09-08 | 1999-10-20 |
| CAROLAN, Jane | Director | 2017-12-11 | 2022-02-07 |
| CRONIN, Brian Kevin | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2003-06-25 |
| ENNIS, Terence John | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2018-02-12 |
| FAIRBROTHER, Hamish Ian | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2025-11-03 |
| FINLAY, Michael Stanley, Reverend Canon | Director | 1992-04-14 | 2015-03-19 |
| GABOROVA, Lenka | Director | 2022-03-28 | 2024-04-11 |
| HARTILL, Alice Mary | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2003-06-25 |
| HOLMES, Peter David | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2026-03-31 |
| KEMP, Alan, Chairman/Director | Director | 1992-04-14 | 2016-08-01 |
| MALLEY, Mike | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2016-08-01 |
| MILLER, Kevin | Director | 1992-04-14 | 1994-12-31 |
| MOORCROFT, Stanley John, Director | Director | 1992-04-14 | 1994-01-01 |
| PREECE, Janice | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2017-02-28 |
| PRITCHARD, Dorothy | Director | 1994-03-15 | 1996-01-31 |
| RAFFERTY, Kathleen | Director | 1992-04-14 | 2010-01-18 |
| ROBINSON, Kathleen | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2021-03-23 |
| SPENLEY, Gordon Henry | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2017-12-11 |
| SUDLOW, Maureen | Director | 2003-07-29 | 2015-03-19 |
| TABERHAM, Peter Edwin | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2023-03-15 |
| WHITFIELD, Hilda Ann | Director | 2005-12-13 | 2019-03-19 |
| WHYTE, David Winton | Director | 1991-03-26 | 1991-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No PSC data extracted yet.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-04-04 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-04-04 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-12-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-24 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-09 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-09 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-09-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Credit score
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