Total Care doubles in size following acquisition

DOMICILIARY care business Total Care North West has doubled in size after acquiring Colne-based Heritage Homecare Services for an undisclosed sum.

Total Care – which operates from both Kendal and Lancaster – provides a wide range of home care services across North Lancashire and South Lakeland.

The acquisition gives Total Care a foothold in East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire and takes the total number of staff working for it from 35 to 70.

It was established in 2006 and provides personal care, night care, palliative care, companionship support, respite care, domestic help and 24 hour live-in care.

The Heritage Homecare name will be retained in East Lancashire and the offices will be moved from, Keighley Road, Colne, to new modern premises in The Ace Centre, Cross Street, Nelson.

It now intends to move Heritage Homecare’s office to a larger site in Nelson and also open a new training business as part of the expansion.

The Lancaster-based corporate finance team at Moore and Smalley Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, advised the owners of Total Care – Angela Hughes and Kay Randle – on the purchase.

Angela Hughes, co-founder and director of Total Care, said: “This is a natural progression of our business taking us into another area of the North West and allowing us to acquire further local authority work.”

As part of its expansion, Total Care has also launched a new business, Total Training, to be based in Nelson.

Initially this will employ two people and give training to employees of Total Care and Heritage Homecare with a view to offering training services to other care providers in the near future.

Paul Bennett, senior manager in the Moore and Smalley corporate finance team, said: “Total Care has a good balance of private and public sector business and Heritage Homecare has several local authority contracts making this is an excellent strategic fit for Total Care, both geographically and operationally.”