What Turning Point Scotland does

Turning Point Scotland is a Glasgow-headquartered non-profit social-care organisation founded in 1999. It supports individuals facing learning disabilities, mental and physical health needs, involvement in the criminal justice system, and homelessness across Scotland. With 1,001-5,000 employees, it is among the larger specialist care charities operating in the Scottish third sector, and its delivery footprint implies multi-region service coverage spanning all four named service verticals.

The organisation's core product is in-person, relationship-based care and support services delivered by a regulated workforce. As a UK/Scottish social-care provider it is subject to registration with the Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council, and its service offering is built around statutory personal-care, supported-living, justice-involvement, and homelessness intervention models. No proprietary technology platform, application, or AI capability is disclosed in the available data; the technology footprint appears limited to standard back-office, rostering, and case-management systems typical of a large regulated care provider.

Turning Point Scotland operates as a contract-funded third-sector organisation rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the available source set, but the funding model is almost entirely grant- and contract-driven, sourced from Scottish local authorities, NHS health boards, the Scottish Prison Service, and potentially the Scottish Government. Customer concentration is therefore structurally high in the public sector, and growth is tied to the volume and rate of statutory commissioning rather than commercial pricing power or unit-economics expansion.

Name

Turning Point Scotland

Website

https://turningpointscotland.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Turning Point Scotland is a Glasgow-based non-profit, founded 1999, that delivers regulated social-care and support services to individuals facing learning disabilities, health needs, criminal justice involvement, and homelessness across Scotland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Social care services
• Learning disability support
• Homelessness services
• Criminal justice support
• Nonprofit healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

Turning Point Scotland is a nonprofit organisation that delivers social care and support services to individuals affected by learning disabilities, healthcare needs, criminal justice involvement, and homelessness. It provides person-centred, community-based support across Scotland, working with vulnerable adults to improve their quality of life, independence, and wellbeing through tailored care programmes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Learning Disabilities Support
• Healthcare Support Services
• Criminal Justice Support
• Homelessness Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Capability Scotland: Long-established Scottish disability charity providing residential, educational, and community-based support to disabled people of all ages. Direct peer on the learning disability side of the portfolio.
• Cyrenians: Scottish charity working across homelessness, social exclusion, and recovery. A direct peer specifically on the homelessness and criminal justice elements of Turning Point Scotland's portfolio.
• Turning Point: England-based social care nonprofit providing learning disability, mental health, substance misuse, and criminal justice services. The closest direct peer, sharing an almost identical service portfolio and nonprofit model, and effectively the England counterpart of Turning Point Scotland.
• Enable Scotland: Leading Scottish charity supporting people with learning disabilities and their families through supported living, day services, and advocacy. A direct peer in both geography and core mission around learning disabilities.
• Penumbra: Scotland-wide mental health charity offering personal development, supported living, and criminal justice services. Highly comparable in mission, Scottish footprint, and mix of mental health and justice-system support.
• Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH): Scotland's largest mental health charity, providing direct support, housing, and information services. Comparable in scale, mission, and Scottish footprint, with overlap particularly in the health and homelessness verticals.
• Quarriers: Large Scottish social care charity supporting people with disabilities, mental health needs, and those affected by homelessness and abuse. Direct peer in scale, geography, and the same multi-vertical care model.
• The Richmond Fellowship Scotland: Scottish mental health and learning disability support provider delivering personalized support and housing services. Direct peer in Scotland serving overlapping learning disability and mental health populations.

Broad incumbents

• Lookahead: Major UK charity and supported housing provider focused on homelessness, learning disabilities, and mental health. Comparable service mix and nonprofit model, but with a primarily England footprint.
• Home Group: Large UK-wide housing and social care provider delivering supported housing, mental health, and learning disability services. Comparable in scale and service mix but operates across the whole of the UK rather than Scotland only.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/turningpointsco
• Facebookfacebook.com/turningpointscotland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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