Simplicitas

What Simplicitas does

Simplicitas is an Irish social care service provider founded in 2007 and headquartered in Prosperous, County Kildare, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Simplicitas Limited (registered in Wales, UK). The company delivers a portfolio of five integrated therapeutic services — Intensive Support, Personal Development Programmes and Activity Clubs (the Saol Iomláin project), Transition, Respite, and Assessment — for adults with complex disability needs, mental health conditions, and behavioural challenges, many of whom are at risk of institutional admission or transitioning out of psychiatric, prison, or long-stay hospital settings.

The firm's underlying "technology" is a proprietary humanistic, rights-based Model of Care grounded in the primacy of excellent relationships between people. Therapeutic delivery relies on practitioner training in Transactional Analysis (TA), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), and Human Rights and Legal Capacity frameworks, with structured therapeutic environments emphasising safe space, reliable relationships, and purposeful routines. All services are individually tailored following holistic assessment, with no standardised pricing tiers. External audit is conducted against Standards written specifically for intensive community support, even in the absence of statutory regulation of community services by HIQA.

Commercially, Simplicitas runs a sales-led, referral-driven go-to-market model. Referrals originate primarily from social workers, Disability Managers, and the Health Service Executive (HSE), supplemented by reputation-based word-of-mouth among families and professionals. The firm is privately held, has no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, and operates exclusively in Ireland with a team of 61 professionals (per the company) of whom over 25% have tenures exceeding ten years. Following the 2025 retirement of founding Director Liz Lyden, leadership is held by co-founder Directors Stephen Talbot and Janet Rich.

Name

Simplicitas

Legal name

Simplicitas Limited

Website

https://simplicitas.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Simplicitas is an Irish therapeutic social care provider founded in 2007, delivering individually tailored community-based support, transition, respite, and assessment services for adults with complex disability and mental health needs, primarily via HSE and social worker referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care and Disability Support Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Caregiver Support & Respite Coordination (Assessment/Scheduling/Voucher Navigation) (HLADAKAJ), Special Needs Adult Day Programs (Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Seniors) (HLADAIAI), Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Social care services
• Disability support
• Therapeutic support
• Mental health services
• Community care

Headquarters

HQ city

Prosperous

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Intensive Support Services: High-level community-based support in tenancies or within families for people with complex needs. Tailored programmes for those at risk of institutional care admission or requiring intensive supported living support.
2. Personal Development Programmes and Activity Clubs: Saol Iomlán project covering Activity and Social Clubs and Personal Development Programmes based on purposeful activity, educational, vocational and social skills, and community integration. Includes activity trips and holidays through savings club.
3. Transition Services: Step-down services from psychiatric or secure residential care, supporting return to community living, families, or supported living settings.
4. Respite Services: Planned respite for families and carers, including half-day support, overnight stays, or extended breaks. Also includes outreach programmes offering 4-20 hours per week of therapeutic support.
5. Assessment Services: Full holistic assessment including psychiatric, psychological, social skills components, and specialist inputs such as speech and language, forensic risk assessment, or occupational therapy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Simplicitas provides individually tailored therapeutic social-care services for adults with complex disability, mental health, and behavioural needs in Ireland. Its core offer comprises five service lines — Intensive Support, Personal Development Programmes and Activity Clubs (Saol Iomláin), Transition, Respite, and Assessment — delivered directly by Simplicitas staff in community settings, tenancies, and family homes to prevent institutional admission and support transition back into community living.

Product overview

Simplicitas is a social care service provider offering a unified portfolio of therapeutic support services for adults with complex disability, mental health, and behavioural needs. The core offering consists of five integrated service streams: Intensive Support (high-level community-based support for complex cases), Personal Development Programmes and Activity Clubs (the Saol Iomlán project providing educational, vocational, and social skills development), Transition (step-down services from institutional care), Respite (planned breaks for families and carers), and Assessment (holistic needs assessment with pragmatic recommendations). Services are tailored to individuals who have not succeeded in mainstream services and include therapeutic programmes, community integration, vocational development, and outreach support. The model is humanistic, rights-based, and therapeutic, built on strong professional relationships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intensive Support High-level, community-based therapeutic support for adults with multiple diagnoses or complex presenting needs, designed to prevent admission to full residential institutional care and enable supported independent living in tenancies or within families. Services are carefully tailored to each individual's full range of needs and are delivered where mainstream services have failed or family resilience is exhausted.
• Personal Development Programmes and Activity Clubs (Saol Iomláin) The Saol Iomláin project covering Activity and Social Clubs and Personal Development Programmes, based on purposeful activity and educational, vocational, and social skills development for adults living with family or independently whose days are empty and who lack a path or plan. Individually developed packages support people who are isolated or under-occupied within their own tenancies, families or residential settings, and include activity trips and holidays through a savings club.
• Transition Step-down transition services from psychiatric or secure residential care, providing structured support to help individuals return to families or move into supported living settings in the community. Designed for those leaving institutional care for whom mainstream exit plans have not worked.
• Respite Planned respite services for families needing breaks from caregiving responsibilities, including half-day support, overnight stays, extended breaks, family holiday support, and bespoke daily programmes for residential settings. Includes outreach programmes of 4–20 hours per week of therapeutic support.
• Assessment Full holistic assessment of an individual's needs combining psychiatric, psychological, and social-skills components with specialist inputs such as speech and language, forensic risk assessment, or occupational therapy, used to inform a tailored package of supports.

Quantifiable outcome

• Clients achieve independence and obtain their own homes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Priory Group: UK-wide specialist provider of mental health, learning disability, and autism services across hospitals, residential, and community settings. Comparable to Simplicitas as a broader incumbent offering complex-needs mental health and disability community support.
• The Rehab Group: Large Irish non-profit providing health and social services including disability, mental health, and rehabilitative training nationally. Comparable to Simplicitas as a broader incumbent in Irish disability and community services with overlapping complex-needs offerings.

Direct peers

• Hesley Group: UK specialist provider of residential, educational, and transition services for children and adults with autism, learning disabilities, and complex behaviors. Highly comparable to Simplicitas in serving complex-needs populations with bespoke, therapeutic packages.
• Western Care Association: Mayo-based Irish disability services provider offering residential, day, and respite supports to adults with intellectual disabilities. Comparable to Simplicitas in delivering individualized community supports to complex-needs adults in Ireland.
• Cheshire Ireland: Irish disability charity providing person-centered residential, day, and community supports to adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. Comparable to Simplicitas in serving adults with complex needs through individualized support packages.
• Camphill Communities of Ireland: Irish provider of intentional community living and day services for adults with intellectual disabilities and complex needs. Comparable to Simplicitas in its therapeutic, relationship-based model for adults whose needs mainstream services have not met.
• KARE: Irish disability services charity operating across Kildare, Meath, and Dublin. Closely comparable to Simplicitas given shared Kildare footprint and mission to support people with complex intellectual disabilities in community settings.
• Stewarts Care: Irish disability services provider supporting adults and children with intellectual disabilities in Dublin and surrounding areas. Comparable to Simplicitas as a non-profit delivering individualized community-based disability supports in Ireland.
• Enable Ireland: National Irish disability services organization providing therapy, day, residential, and family supports to children and adults with disabilities. Comparable to Simplicitas as an HSE-funded provider of community-based disability services.
• St Michael's House: Major Dublin-based provider of services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Comparable to Simplicitas in delivering tailored community supports and respite for complex-needs populations in Ireland.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/simplicitas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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