Deal enables northern expansion of ambitous care business

A major care provider in the north of England has said its ambitious scale-up plans remain on track thanks to the expertise of Gloucestershire firm Hazlewoods.

Richard Gore, chairman of We Change Lives, Chris Howarth, deputy chairman, and Phil Sermon, chief executive officer

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A charity from the north of England has praised Gloucestershire accountants Hazlewoods for making its ambitious expansion plans possible by enabling its takeover of a multi-million pound care business.

The Gloucestershire accountant's corporate finance team and business experts made possible social care charity We Change Lives' acquisition of £3.8 million turnover residential care business 3L Care Group.

The deal adds two homes in Winsford, Cheshire and one in Atherton, Wigan, to WCL's portfolio, taking its total number of residential homes to 13 and staff numbers to 275.

Richard Dade, a partn…