GARVALD WEST LINTON LTD.
Company number SC060925 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Garvald West Linton demonstrates above-average financial performance within the challenging Scottish residential learning disability care sector, achieving 8.7% income growth and maintaining full occupancy against a backdrop of severe sector-wide workforce pressures. However, its free reserves cover just 2 months of expenditure against a 6-month target, representing a material vulnerability during a period of significant strategic transition. The planned shift to Supported Living, while aligning with sector best practice and offering improved long-term funding sustainability, requires careful execution given the organisation's governance capacity constraints and geographic recruitment challenges post-Brexit sponsorship route changes.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1976-10-15
- Employees
- 135 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Garvald House, Dolphinton, West Linton, EH46 7HJ
- Postcode
- EH46 7HJ
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-04
- Next due by
- 2027-06-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 87200 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
Officers 10 current · 40 resigned
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GARVALD SCHOOL LIMITED | 1993-11-18 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 57 similar companies in EH — measured against the wider sector, with 135 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
The class of 1976
51%
of the 7,066 companies incorporated in 1976 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.