WE CHANGE LIVES (WCL)

1. WE CHANGE LIVES (WCL) 2022-10-06 → present
2. WARRINGTON COMMUNITY LIVING 1991-03-26 → 2022-10-06

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

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”

Group structure

1. WE CHANGE LIVES (WCL) · parent
   1. Warrington Community Living 100% · England and Wales · supply of support services
   2. 3L Care Limited 100% · England and Wales · provision of care services
   3. 3L Care Group Limited 100% · England and Wales · holding companies
   4. 3L Care Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · holding companies
   5. JD Zencare Limited 100% · England and Wales · provision of care services
   6. PSA Care Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · holding companies
   7. Creative Care (Leicester) Limited 100% · England and Wales · provision of care services
   8. JO Care Services Limited 100% · 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +26%

  £9,278,228 → £11,693,225

• Cash

  +97.9%

  £1,142,305 → £2,260,407

• Net assets

  +18.1%

  £4,294,649 → £5,072,581

• Employees

  -5.9%

  289 → 272

• Profit before tax

  +526.3%

  £125,617 → £786,712

• Wages

  +19.9%

  £5,596,722 → £6,708,322

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers