C-Change

Name

C-Change

Legal name

C-Change Scotland

Website

https://c-change.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care Services for People with Learning Disabilities

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Housing Transition & Supported Living Navigation (EDAKANAK)

Keywords

• Social care services
• Self-directed support
• Learning disability support
• Personal development support
• Friendship dating agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Social Care Contract Revenue: C-Change receives funding from local authorities to provide self-directed support to individuals with learning disabilities, mental health issues, autism, and other additional support needs. Funding is managed through individual service funds and transparent individual funding arrangements, where each person has a personalised budget.
2. Charitable Activities: As a registered Scottish charity (SC035124), C-Change generates income through charitable activities including the Dates-n-Mates national friendship and dating agency. Incoming resources totalled £6,841,358 in 2021-2022 fiscal year (Annual Report 2021/22).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

C-Change Scotland provides self-directed, human rights-based social care and support services to people with learning disabilities, mental health issues, autism, and other additional support needs across Scotland. Personal Development Workers, match-recruited to each individual, deliver personalised in-home and community-based support covering daily living, relationships, employment, education, and personal goals. The portfolio also includes Dates-n-Mates, a national friendship and dating agency for adults with learning disabilities, and the Right To Better project launched in 2023 in Perth and Kinross.

Product overview

C-Change Scotland operates as a unified service organization offering social care and support, not a platform with separate modules. The core offering is personalized support services for people with learning disabilities, mental health issues, autism, and additional support needs, delivered through: C-Change Scotland (core services), Dates-n-Mates (national friendship and dating agency for adults with learning disabilities), and Right to Better (a 2023 project providing specialized support in Perth and Kinross). StoryWorks serves as the internal digital storytelling team supporting the organization's communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• C-Change Scotland Core Social Care Support Self-directed, human rights-based social care and personal support delivered through Personal Development Workers who are match-recruited to individuals based on shared interests. Covers daily living (money, personal care, travel, medication), achieving hopes and dreams, building independence, accessing employment and education, and community participation. Funded primarily via individual service funds from Scottish local authorities.
• Dates-n-Mates Scotland's national friendship and dating agency run by and for adults with learning disabilities. Membership provides access to online and in-person events and activities across Scotland, plus education on consent, healthy relationships, online dating, sexual health screenings (via NHS Sandyford partnership), and participation in the free condom scheme. A free one-month trial membership is available; family members and carers can register on behalf of someone.
• Right To Better A project providing outcome-focused, self-directed support for people in Perth and Kinross with learning disabilities, mental health issues, and other additional support needs. Focuses on creative and flexible support tailored to individual wishes (cycling, paddle boarding, Munro climbing, horse riding, community participation), helping people move out of institutional settings and reduce their reliance on full-time support. The project is being fostered by C-Change with a plan to become an independent organisation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Individual supported for 12 years, losing significant weight through exercise and diet with team support
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Inclusive SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInclusive Solutions partnered with C-Change to refresh skills and rekindle passion for person-centred planning. They conducted an organisational planning day using the MAP process, and a rolling programme of capacity building work was initiated to develop staff knowledge, skills and confidence in planning with people. This partnership is central to C-Change's purpose of supporting people to live their good life.
• NDTi (National Development Team for Inclusion)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC-Change partnered with NDTi on the Small Supports Living Library project. StoryWorks team member Iona Brownell managed and designed the Small Supports Living Library website for NDTi, showcasing real-life stories from people involved in the Small Supports project. The collaboration focuses on flexible, personalised support, dignity, accessibility, and amplifying the voices of people with learning disabilities.
• Paragon MusicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParagon Music provided music for a celebration of life ceremony for Ninian Brown, a person C-Change supported. They created a non-verbal, percussion-based tribute in Ninian's language of music and rhythm. Paragon Music supports people with learning disabilities to engage with music.
• NHS Sandyford ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDates-n-Mates partnered with the NHS Sandyford Clinic to improve accessibility of sexual health screenings for adults with learning disabilities. This partnership supports Dates-n-Mates' evolved mission to provide not just friendship and dating, but also education on consent, healthy relationships, online dating, and participation in the free condom scheme.
• CCPS (Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC-Change is a member of CCPS. In the 'Unintended Consequences' campaign, CCPS calculated that changes in Employers' National Insurance Contributions will amount to £30million for CCPS member organisations in 2025/26. CCPS represents the collective voice of third sector social care providers in Scotland.
• West College ScotlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndrew Moodie, a person supported by C-Change, attended an Online Creative Writing Course with West College Scotland (starting 1 September 2023). C-Change supports individuals to access education and develop skills, with this partnership illustrating the organisation's commitment to enabling access to mainstream educational opportunities.
• Curtis Brown CreativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndrew Moodie completed 'Start To Write Your Novel' (6 weeks, September-October 2021) and another writing course with Curtis Brown Creative. C-Change's support for individuals pursuing creative education demonstrates its wider mission beyond traditional social care outcomes.
• The Open University / FuturelearnminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndrew Moodie completed the 'Start Writing Fiction' course on Futurelearn (operated by The Open University). C-Change supports individuals to access online educational resources and courses as part of its commitment to personal development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• United Response: UK charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs through personalised support. Directly comparable on service model, target population, and reliance on local-authority commissioning.
• Sense: UK charity supporting people with complex disabilities including learning disabilities and autism. Overlapping population and services, particularly relevant given C-Change's 'no-one is too difficult' positioning.
• MacIntyre: UK charity providing learning disability support, including personalised supported living. Closely comparable service model with similar values around dignity, choice and relationship-based support.
• Hft (Home Farm Trust): UK charity supporting people with learning disabilities, including personalised support models. Directly comparable as a charity-sector learning disability provider with a person-centred ethos, though operating at substantially greater scale.
• Key (formerly United Response): Personalisation-focused UK learning disability and autism provider spun out of United Response. Directly comparable as a smaller, values-driven provider emphasising choice, control and self-directed support.
• ENABLE Scotland: Scottish charity dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities and their families. Operates in the same geography with overlapping self-directed support and campaigning activity, and is a natural Scottish peer for C-Change.

Broad incumbents

• Mencap: The UK's largest learning disability charity, providing advocacy, services and information. A broad incumbent operating across the same population and outcomes, with similar campaigning on institutional closure and personalisation.
• Turning Point: UK social enterprise providing health and social care services, including learning disability support. Broader incumbent operating across multiple specialisms including mental health, with comparable local-authority funding model.
• Leonard Cheshire: UK disability charity providing supported living, employment and advocacy services. A larger broad incumbent with overlapping populations, though more residential/institutional heritage than C-Change's self-directed approach.

Regional players

• Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH): Scotland's national mental health charity. Operates in the same geography and overlaps with C-Change's mental health support work, though with a broader clinical/community focus rather than self-directed support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cchangescotland
• Xx.com/cchangescotland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/c-change-scotland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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