Optimo Care Group acquires Mayday Homecare to continue expansion in the UK Home Care market

Based in Bolton, Mayday Homecare is a domiciliary care provider which was established in 1997 by John and Marie Spackman who have grown and developed the business into one of the leading providers in the Greater Manchester region.

Operating across the Bolton and Bury areas, Mayday provides a range of care services specialising in domiciliary care, currently delivering more than 4,000 care hours per week to around 500 clients.

Mayday currently employ around 160 staff, all of whom will remain with the business with plans established to further increase the size of the team through further expansion of its services.

Opimo Care Group already owns local brand TLC Homecare, based in Doncaster.

With more than 250 staff, TLC Homecare deliver person-centred and bespoke services to more than 600 people per week across the South Yorkshire area, including Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield.

TLC has over 20 years’ experience of providing and assessing for care. Whether you are looking for domestic help, personal care or a support service TLC can help you find the right answer.

TLC are preferred and accredited providers to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, and Sheffield City Council.

Optimo Care Group was co-founded by Mark Hales and Richard Walker in 2010 with a single vision in mind – to create high quality, progressive and a well reputed family of care services.

Optimo aim to provide person centred care and support in ways which have positive

outcomes for service users and deliver a service to be proud of.

The Group is made up of a number of subsidiaries, and delivers over 12,500 hours of care per week, employing over 700 people, operating across the North of England.

This acquisition is the first of many planned which are to take place over the next 12 months to cement Optimo’s position as one of the UK’s leading community care providers.

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