ALTERNATIVE CARE LIMITED
Company number 03903413 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Alternative Care Limited has built a credible 25-year market position in mental health and substance abuse residential care, supported by freehold assets, strong liquidity, and stable family governance. However, the significant decline in shareholders' funds and cash reserves in FY2024 signals margin pressure from rising operational costs that, if unaddressed, will erode the company's financial resilience within 18-24 months. The strategic imperative is clear: deploy the substantial cash reserves proactively—either through capacity expansion or service diversification—before they are consumed by operating losses, while simultaneously negotiating sustainable fee rates with local authority commissioners to restore profitability.
Shareholders' funds
£888,081
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-01-07
- Employees
- 148 (2025 accounts · was 117 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 9 Clarke Hall, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF1 4AL
- Postcode
- WF1 4AL
- Capital
- 2,040 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-05
- Next due by
- 2026-12-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 87200 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
Officers 6 current · 2 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GT CARE (WAKEFIELD) LTD — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£85,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Care Quality Commission 2 locations
Regulated by CQC — 1 rated Good, 1 not yet rated.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
- Website
- alternativecare.org.uk
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 9 CLARKE HALL FARM, ABERFORD ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF1 4AL, ENGLAND | 2019-06-14 |
| UNIT 17 MONCKTON ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF2 7AL | 2019-06-14 |
| 77 CLIFTON AVENUE, STANLEY, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF3 4HB | 2010-04-20 |
| 81A STANLEY ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE WF1 4LH | 2000-10-04 |
| 381 KINGSWAY, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX BN3 4QD | 2000-04-16 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 32 similar companies in WF
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (148 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2000.
Competitors Wakefield
This company ranks 4 among residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse in Wakefield.
The class of 2000
41%
of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-11-12
- Where
- West Yorkshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY111766 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-11-12 | — |
| WYK564299 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2005-03-23 | — |
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