Orestone Controls Limited

Fire, Door Entry and Emergency call systems designers, Installers and maintainers

Contact details
Bill Harris

Unit 59, Tempus Business Centre, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XG
T: 0330 6600 265
M: 07398 679373
E: bill.harris@orestone.uk
W: www/orestone.uk

Region/s covered: National

About Orestone Controls Limited
Orestone Controls Ltd is a UK-based systems integrator specialising in life safety and security solutions across emergency call, assisted living, fire safety, FRA remedial works, door entry and access control systems.

Since 2015, we have supported housing providers, care organisations and commercial businesses with reliable, compliant and future ready technologies.


We’ve installed and maintained fire and emergency call systems for many housing associations including, Aster, GreeSquareAccord, Selwood, Basildon and many more. Our accreditations include TEC Quality, BAFE, Construction line Gold, Safeconrtactor, several ISO standards, NICEIC and FIA (Fire Industry Association)

As a fully technology‑agnostic provider, we are not tied to any brand or platform. This allows us to integrate a broad range of industry‑leading systems, selecting the most suitable options to meet every client’s unique needs.

By combining flexibility, expertise and a commitment to quality, Orestone Controls delivers tailored, scalable solutions that enhance safety, efficiency and peace of mind.

2merative Web Design

Website Design, Digital Integration & Business Process Automation

Contact details
Jason Toomer
Founder & Web Design Specialist

376a Lady Gowrie Drive, Osborne, Adelaide, South Australia, 5017
T: +61498135744
E: hello@2merative.com
W: 2merative.com

Region/s covered: United Kingdom, Australia & International (Remote Delivery)

About 2merative Web Design
2merative is a bespoke digital solutions studio specialising in the design, development and integration of modern digital platforms for charities and purpose-led organisations. Rather than simply building websites, we work with organisations to simplify business processes, reduce administration and connect the systems they rely upon every day.


Every solution is developed from first principles around the organisation’s operational requirements, integrating websites with CRM platforms, Microsoft 365, member portals, application management, payment systems and other business-critical services. This approach creates digital ecosystems that are easier to manage, scalable as organisations grow and designed to support long-term strategic objectives rather than short-term technical fixes.


Our experience ranges from bespoke charity websites and secure member platforms through to complex digital transformation programmes and enterprise system implementations. We combine technical expertise with strong project governance, ensuring every project delivers measurable operational value alongside an exceptional experience.

Appello

Digital telecare and emergency call handling services

Contact details
Matthew Moon
Business Development Manager

Oregon House, 19 Queensway, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5NN
M: 07585701398
E: business@appello.co.uk
W: Appello.co.uk

Region/s covered: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

About Appello
As the UK’s leading digital telecare provider, Appello is your trusted partner for safer, smarter living.

We combine award-winning technology with 24/7 careline monitoring to navigate the digital switchover seamlessly, ensuring your residents live independently with ultimate peace of mind.

With unmatched experience, we have successfully transitioned over 50,000 homes to digital infrastructure, while our dedicated monitoring services support and improve the lives of more than 400,000 vulnerable individuals across the country.

We go beyond simply installing hardware; we deliver end-to-end support, software solutions, and call-handling innovation tailored to housing providers and local authorities.

Our focus remains on delivering the reliable, long-term support needed to empower communities and transform modern care.

Rebuild Cost Assessment Ltd

Rebuild Cost providers

Main Contact
John Pirone
Business Development Manager
Mey House, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3QY
T: 01305 215535
M: 07729 099 211 (John Pirone)
E: info@rebuildcostassessment.com / john.pirone@riskstopgroup.co.uk
W: www.rebuildcostassessment.com

Regions Covered: UK (inc NI)
About Rebuild Cost Assessment Ltd

Established in 2016, RebuildCostassessment.com is a leading specialist in rebuild cost consultancy, dedicated exclusively to providing accurate and reliable rebuild cost assessments. As part of the Riskstop Group, which has been operating since 2001, we focus solely on our expertise, without diversions into loss adjusting or market valuation services.
Our credentials include:
– Regulated by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
– ISO 27001 certification, ensuring robust information security management
– FSQS certification, reflecting our commitment to compliance and quality
With an impressive operational scale, we produce approximately 5,000 reports each month, totalling over
175,000 reports completed to date. Our trusted services are utilised by a diverse client base, including
over 1,400 brokers, insurers, managing agents, and property owners.

Carless + Adams

Architects

Contact details
Indeep Chana
Architectural Technician Arch BSc (Hons), MArch

6 Progress Business Centre, Whittle Parkway, Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 6DQ

T: 01628 665 131
E: ichana@carless-adams.co.uk
W: www.carless-adams.co.uk

Area covered: UK

About Carless + Adams
Carless + Adams is an award-winning, independent Architectural Practice, providing professional advice and services in architecture. The business began in 1972 and became a limited company in 2019.

Our team has successfully delivered a wide spectrum of projects within the sector, including care homes (residential and nursing), dementia care homes, integrated retirement communities, extra care apartments, cottages and retirement villages, extra care apartments, healthcare centre, specialist care, refurbishment and extensions, green belt, heritage assets and conservation areas.

It is a privilege to be part of something influential in the care industry and we are proud to have received the following recent awards:

Wins: The Business Magazine – Architectural Practice of the Year 2023

Accreditation: Thames Valley SME Growth 100

Finalist: Health Investor Senior Awards 2024 – Architect + Design of the Year; The Business Magazine – Architectural Practice of the Year 2024; Leaders in Care 2024 – Business Services

Browne Jacobson LLP

Legal Services

Main Contact
Nathalie Jacoby-Danesh
Partner

Mowbray House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham NG2 1BJ
T: 03300452833 
E: nathalie.jacoby-danesh@brownejacobson.com
W: www.brownejacobson.com

Regions covered: Nationwide

About Browne Jacobson LLP

Almshouses are complex charities, often combining ancient governing documents with permanent endowments and restricted funds, real estate portfolios and other investments and operating in a regulated field with responsibilities towards often vulnerable residents.

The Browne Jacobson charities team offers a full range of legal services to its clients. Guided by our core values, we try to keep the complex simple and provide strategic as well as pragmatic advice, on time and on budget. We advise on small and large matters of charity law, compliance with Charity Commission guidance, serious incidents, inquiries, governance audits, policy reviews, trustee training, amendments to governing documents, incorporations, conflicts of interests, health and safety, commercial contracts for the provision of goods and services, sale and purchase of real estate, commercial and agricultural properties, defamation, data protection, banking arrangements, tax matters and claims.

AEW Architects

Architecture Practice

Main Contact
Colin Savage
Commercial Director

Trinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, Manchester, M2 6HY
T: 0161 214 4370
M: 07388 948438
E: main@aewarchitects.com
www.aewarchitects.com

Regions covered: Nationwide

About AEW Architects
AEW Architects is a multi-award winning, RIBA Chartered Practice, founded in 1992. For the past 30 years we have provided architectural, conservation, interior design, masterplanning, sustainability and retrofit services across our specialist sectors.

Our older living residential sector experience spans from the refurbishment of listed buildings to bespoke rural homes to award-winning residential masterplans and the design of contemporary apartment complexes.

Regardless of the typology or service offered, our approach as residential architects is always underpinned by a commitment to placemaking and sustainability. This ensures high-quality, sustainable homes for residents, now and long into the future.

In undertaking our work, we understand the importance of conserving historical and listed buildings and the sensitivities of working in conservation areas. Our dedicated AABC architectural heritage and sustainability teams allow us to offer expert opinion on projects that include or affect heritage assets and historical buildings.

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Law Firm

Contact Details
Charlotte Cook
Partner

Arbor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 9AX
T: 020 7593 5107
M: 07949 841 414
E: ccook@wslaw.co.uk
W: www.wslaw.co.uk

Region/s covered: UK wide

About Winckworth Sherwood LLP
We work extensively on the provision of care and supported housing, from both the development and provider perspectives as well as on the management and support of those schemes. We work for many clients including RPs, almshouses, local authorities, charities, lenders, private providers and agencies and management bodies.

We offer the advantage of a full service law firm with a deep knowledge of the care sector, with expertise in care and support, commercial, constitutional and governance matters, asset management, property dispute resolution and litigation, employment and HR, construction, energy and property finance.

Our clients span the public and private sectors including key partners for you such as developers, local authorities and landowners. This means we understand the cultural and legal drivers for these organisations, allowing us to help you develop constructive relationships in negotiations, whilst remaining focussed on your objectives and protecting your interests.

The WayFinders Group

Multi-Disciplinary Organisation Change Consultancy

Contact Details
Leah Brown
Founder and CEO

128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX

T: 0208 058 3920
E: contact@charttheuncharted.com
W: www.charttheuncharted.com

Regions Covered: UK wide

About WayFinders Group
We are The WayFinders Group, a multi-disciplinary organisational change consultancy advising clients in the UK and further afield.

We empower and energise you to unearth and chart a different way forward, together – through valuesdriven, powerful problem-solving.

Through our three sub-brands comprising advisory, consultative, facilitative, educational, design-oriented methods and services, we help leaders and organisations navigate complexity, conflict and chaos.

Our aim is to help leaders pivot so they can step into a future filled with transformed and reconciled people, organisations and communities that are making a positive difference in our world.

KKE Architects

Architects

Contact details
Kerry Ward
Office Manager

Danks Warehouse, 60 Diglis Road, Worcester, WR5 3BW
T: 01905 358626
E: info@kkearchitects.co.uk
www.kkearchitects.co.uk

Regions covered: UK wide

About KKE Architects

KKE Architects is an award winning practice, established in 2005. We specialise in healthcare design, especially the design of hospices and palliative care. The practice has a keen agenda to work on socially orientated projects, and as a result we have experience working with a range of charitable organisations. We are experienced in all aspects of almshouse development and have worked with a number of almshouse charities.

  • We offer a full range of professional services which include:
  • Feasibility studies
  • RIBA professional services from inception through to completion
  • Planning & listed building applications
  • Project Management
  • New almshouse designs
  • Sustainable/green design
  • Alterations and extensions
  • Principal Designers under the CDM Regulations 2015

The work of the practice has received recognition through numerous awards including winner of the RIBA National Award 2018, numerous regional RIBA awards, Architect Journal Awards, RICS awards, Civic Trust awards, the Eisteddfod Gold Medal and the UK Passive House Award. The St Johns Almshouse was the AJ Winner of the Residential project of the year in 2018.

  • Architects Journal awards 2018 – St Johns, Lichfield, Winner of Residential project of the year 
  • UK Passivhaus Awards 2018 – St Johns, Lichfield, Finalist      
  • The Almshouse Association Patron’s Award 2017 -St Johns, Lichfield