Centro Social E Paroquial De Avidos

What Centro Social E Paroquial De Avidos does

Centro Social Paroquial de Avidos is a Portuguese Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social (IPSS), a private nonprofit social welfare institution, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Avidos, parish of Vila Nova de Famalicão, in northern Portugal. It provides a full life-cycle continuum of social care services: residential care for elderly (Estrutura Residencial para Pessoas Idosas, ERPI) with capacity of 40 residents, home-based support services (Serviço de Apoio Domiciliário, SAD), day care for elderly (Centro de Dia), nursery care for children up to 3 years (Creche), and previously after-school activities (CATL, ceased in 2019). These core social responses are complemented by integrated health modules covering medical consultations, nursing, physiotherapy, and clinical and community nutrition, allowing the institution to deliver holistic care across infant, adolescent, adult, and elderly populations.

The institution operates under a cooperation agreement with the Centro Distrital de Solidariedade e Segurança Social, through which government social security funding is channeled to support service provision. Revenue is therefore derived primarily from public social security payments under managed-services arrangements tied to utilization and per-capita rates, supplemented by user fees (means-tested under IPSS rules) and ancillary contributions such as IRS consignation (0.5% taxpayer allocation). The organization is governed by an elected Direction led by President P.e Manuel António Sá Lopes and Vice-President Pedro Miguel Fernandes Sampaio, with oversight from a Fiscal Council chaired by Zeferino Joaquim Silva Araújo Pinheiro. Operations are conducted from a single facility constructed in 2003 at Rua Manuel Correia Marques, n.º 284, with 18 employees and active compliance with GDPR, HACCP, and Portuguese IPSS regulatory requirements. The technology footprint is minimal: a WordPress-based informational website and PDF document distribution; no proprietary software, integrations, AI, or digital platform capabilities are present.

Name

Centro Social E Paroquial De Avidos

Legal name

Centro Social Paroquial de Avidos

Website

https://cspavidos.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centro Social Paroquial de Avidos is a Portuguese IPSS nonprofit founded in 1999 that provides residential, home-based, and day care for the elderly plus nursery services, operating from a single facility in Vila Nova de Famalicão under government cooperation agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Continuing Care Retirement Communities (623311), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLADAEAE

Single-Site CCRCs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC)

SECONDARYHLADABAG

Large Campus / Multi-Building Assisted Living Communities

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

SECONDARYBPAGAEAL

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

Keywords

• Elderly residential care
• Social welfare services
• Childcare services
• Home care services
• Community social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vila Nova de Famalicão

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Social Security Cooperation Agreements: The institution operates under cooperation agreements with the Centro Distrital de Solidariedade e Segurança Social to provide social responses including Creche, Centro de Dia, Serviço de Apoio Domiciliário, and ERPI. Revenue is derived from government social security funding based on these cooperation agreements for providing social care services to the community.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Centro Social Paroquial de Avidos is a Portuguese private social welfare institution (IPSS) delivering a continuum of care services including residential elderly care (ERPI with 40-bed capacity), home support services (SAD), day care (Centro de Dia), nursery for children up to 3 years (Creche), and after-school activities for school-age children (CATL). The social care offering is complemented by integrated health services — medical consultations, nursing, physiotherapy, and nutrition — serving beneficiaries and their families across the Avidos parish and surrounding communities.

Product overview

Centro Social Paroquial de Avidos is an Institution of Private Social Solidarity (IPSS) offering a portfolio of interconnected social care services. The core offerings include residential care for elderly (ERPI), home support services (SAD), day care, childcare (Creche), and after-school activities (CATL). These social services are complemented by health support modules including medical, nursing, physiotherapy, and nutrition services that provide integrated care across all user groups from infants to elderly residents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Centro Distrital de Solidariedade e Segurança SocialcoreOthersFormal cooperation agreement with the Centro Distrital de Solidariedade e Segurança Social for the provision of social responses including Creche, Centro de Dia, Serviço de Apoio Domiciliário, and Estrutura Residencial de Pessoa Idosa (ERPI). Government funding and regulatory oversight through this partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cáritas Portuguesa: National Catholic social services network in Portugal providing community support, family services, and elderly care responses. Comparable as a broader Catholic-rooted social-welfare operator with overlapping mission and service mix, but at a national-network scale.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa: Major Portuguese social-solidarity institution delivering a broad portfolio of social and health responses including residential elderly care, day care, and home support. Comparable as a large, established IPSS competitor with overlapping service lines, though operating at national scale.
• Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa: Portuguese Red Cross, providing a broad portfolio of social, health, and elderly-support services including residential and home-based care. Comparable as a large humanitarian social-services operator with overlapping elderly-care offerings.

Direct peers

• DomusVi Portugal: One of the largest private operators of elderly residential care (ERPI) and senior living in Portugal, with a similar service mix centered on residential elderly care plus day care. Materially comparable as a competing supply-side operator in the Portuguese elderly-care market, although at much greater scale and as a for-profit.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vila Nova de Famalicão: Local-branch social-solidarity institution operating in the same municipality (Vila Nova de Famalicão). Comparable as a directly competing IPSS in the same catchment, offering overlapping residential and community social responses, with likely shared public-funding relationships.

Others

• Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian — Programa de Desenvolvimento Social: Major Portuguese foundation whose social-development arm supports community-care initiatives, including aging-related programs in partnership with IPSS organizations. Comparable as a significant ecosystem actor / potential funding partner rather than a direct operator competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-social-e-paroquial-de-avidos

Compliance2 records

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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