BOLTON CARES LIMITED
Company number 09761287 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bolton Cares Limited occupies a strategically distinctive position as one of the Northwest's largest Local Authority Trading Companies, combining guaranteed public-sector revenue streams with commercial operating flexibility—yet its shift from surplus to deficit in FY2025 signals that growth execution is outpacing financial discipline. The organisation's future hinges on converting its institutional advantages (10-year contract, group structure, geographic expansion momentum) into sustainable margins before workforce cost inflation and sector disruption erode its competitive position.
Shareholders' funds
£555,809
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Company is the provision of support to the associated Companies, Bolton Cares (A) Ltd and Bolton Cares (B) Ltd, to facilitate the provision of Adult Social Care services in Bolton, Salford & Wigan.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2015-09-03
- Employees
- 37 (2025 accounts · was 31 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton, England, BL1 1RU
- Postcode
- BL1 1RU
- Capital
- 10 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-23
- Next due by
- 2027-09-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 87200 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
- 88100 Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Officers 8 current · 9 resigned
Public contracts won 2
£28,375,000 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA173160 (Tier 2), registered since 2016.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
5.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- boltoncares.org.uk
Bolton Cares sees every day as an opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Our communities provide an environment in which people can grow.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BOLTON CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED | 2017-07-18 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 50 similar companies in BL
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (37 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2015.
Competitors Bolton
This company ranks 3 among residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse in Bolton.
The class of 2015
40%
of the 304 companies in this sector incorporated in 2015 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.