Prime provider

Mears

Prime provider with 2 current named sites, 1 public money row, and 2 current chain gaps. This page keeps named site evidence, linked money rows, and place pressure on one actor-level surface so the public can move from hotel to provider or owner without losing the chain.

Prime provider2 current sites1 money rowlow

What matters first

Mears is already visible on named hotel sites, which means the public chain can now run from actor to hotel to place and, in some cases, to public money.

Prime provider

The visible estate is already named

Mears already touches 2 current named sites across 2 places.

Public money rows already attach to this actor

Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Mears is part of the public money layer already tied to this profile.

Current chain gaps are still part of the story

2 of 2 current sites linked to this profile still sit in partial or unresolved chain coverage.

Timeline of public evidence

These are the dated moments when this entity appears in the public record through named site evidence or published money rows.

2 dated events
First evidence17 Sept 2025

Earliest dated event currently attached to this profile.

Latest evidence22 May 2026

Most recent dated event in the current evidence chain.

Current named estate first appeared17 Sept 2025

Earliest dated public record for a current named site on this profile.

Latest money daten/a

Most recent dated money row attached to this profile.

22 May 2026

Cedar Court Hotel enters the public record

Wakefield appears in the visible site chain for Mears.

17 Sept 2025

Allerton Court Hotel enters the public record

North Yorkshire appears in the visible site chain for Mears.

Exposure summary

This is the quickest read on how much of the visible current estate is still non-resolved, where the linked pressure is landing, and how much public money is actually disclosed.

2/2 non-resolved current sites

Non-resolved chain exposure still dominates the visible estate

Mears still has 2 of 2 current named sites in partial or unresolved coverage, which is 100% of its visible current estate.

Wakefield is the main linked pressure point

724 people were on supported asylum there at quarter end, with 114 in contingency accommodation across 1 current linked site.

Public money visibility is still partial

1 linked money row already sit on this profile, but none of them disclose a normalized public value yet.

Unresolved1

50% of current named sites.

Partial1

50% of current named sites.

Resolved0

0% of current named sites.

Regional contract coverage

This is the wider contract field attached to the published asylum accommodation geography. It is broader than the named estate and should not be read as proof of a named local hotel in every covered area.

North East, Yorkshire and The Humber, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Contract geography is wider than the visible estate

Mears currently covers 70 local authority rows in the published regional contract structure, but only 2 of those are already tied to named hotel evidence on this profile.

Visibility gaps still matter inside the contract field

2 covered areas already carry named current hotel evidence, while 1 covered areas sit in unnamed-only hotel visibility gaps.

Highest-pressure covered area

Glasgow City is currently the largest supported-asylum place in this contract field at 3,938.

#01Scotland

Glasgow City

3,938

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 0 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#02Northern Ireland

Belfast

1,540

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 0 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#03Yorkshire and The Humber

Leeds

1,365

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 209 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#04Yorkshire and The Humber

Bradford

1,097

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 157 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#05Yorkshire and The Humber

Sheffield

1,034

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 184 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

Region spread

Region counts stay tied to named-site and linked-place evidence so footprint claims do not outrun the public ledger.

Yorkshire and The HumberEngland

2 current sites

2 linked places and 2 non-resolved current chains in this region slice.

Supported asylum across linked places1,049
Contingency across linked places176
Historical named sites0

Places: North Yorkshire, Wakefield

Linked-place rankings

These are the heaviest linked place rows for this entity, ordered by quarter-end supported asylum stock and then contingency pressure.

#01Yorkshire and The Humber

Wakefield

724

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 114 in contingency accommodation and 1 current site.

Supported asylum rate19.6 per 10,000
Historical linked sites0

Open place profile

#02Yorkshire and The Humber

North Yorkshire

325

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 62 in contingency accommodation and 1 current site.

Supported asylum rate5.09 per 10,000
Historical linked sites0

Open place profile

Current site footprint

Each site card keeps the relationship label, the local place, and the current chain status on the same row.

Prime providerpartial

Cedar Court Hotel

Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber. 1 linked money row and 1 integrity signal.

Confidencehigh
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Prime providerunresolved

Allerton Court Hotel

North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. 0 linked money rows and 0 integrity signals.

Confidencemedium
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Public money surface

These are the public rows already attached to this profile. They stay split by route family and row type.

Asylum supportprime contract scope

Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Mears

Current regional responsibility in the public contract structure. The starter ledger uses this to map visible current hotel sites to a prime provider.

BuyerHome Office
Published valueNot disclosed / not normalized
Linked sites1

Open money explorerSource

Linked places

These places are where the current public site chain already meets quarter-end local pressure data.

Yorkshire and The Humber1 current site

Wakefield

724 people on supported asylum and 114 in contingency accommodation in the latest local snapshot.

Sites: Cedar Court Hotel

Open place profile

Yorkshire and The Humber1 current site

North Yorkshire

325 people on supported asylum and 62 in contingency accommodation in the latest local snapshot.

Sites: Allerton Court Hotel

Open place profile

Concrete case files

These are the clearest current examples of this entity showing up on a named hotel site with a followable place and money chain.

Visible chainWakefieldpartialdirect money link

Cedar Court Hotel now links the hotel and money layers

Cedar Court Hotel in Wakefield already has a direct public money row attached. 724 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 114 in contingency accommodation.

  1. 01
    Money trail

    Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Mears is already the public money row tied to this site.

    Open direct money row
  2. 02
    Place pressure

    724 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 114 in contingency accommodation.

    Open place profile
Broken chainNorth Yorkshireunresolvedprovider money link

Allerton Court Hotel is public, but the chain still breaks

Allerton Court Hotel in North Yorkshire already has a public hotel row and a provider-level money trail. 325 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 62 in contingency accommodation.

  1. 01
    Money trail

    Mears is the public contract layer attached to this site in the live starter ledger.

    Open provider money trail
  2. 02
    Place pressure

    325 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 62 in contingency accommodation.

    Open place profile

The money step is provider-scope rather than site-specific.

Source trail

The source layer below is the public trail currently holding this profile together.

Money row

Asylum accommodation and support contracts

Open source

Prime-provider source

Mears prime-provider source

Open source

Editorial note

Current regional responsibility in the public contract structure. The starter ledger uses this to map visible current hotel sites to a prime provider.

Editorial note

Regional asylum accommodation provider under the current Home Office contract structure.