The Children's Home, the Councillor, and the Missing Declaration.
John Bolton was elected as a Reform UK councillor for Bretton ward in Peterborough in May 2026. He won by 60 votes.
What voters were not told is that Bolton is a director of Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd, a children's home for young people with complex needs registered at 92 Linkside, Bretton, Peterborough. The same address he lists as his home on his council register of interests.
Pasture View was never rated Good by Ofsted across four years of inspections. It was rated Inadequate twice. At its final inspection in January 2024, serious allegations were under investigation, sensitive police information had been mishandled, and the home had no registered manager. The home is now closed.
The company's last filed accounts show a deficit of £495,000. Accounts for the following year are overdue. The company currently shows an active proposal to strike off on Companies House.
A directorship is a disclosable pecuniary interest under the Localism Act 2011. Bolton's register of interests, published on 9 June 2026, declares Bretton Mobility and a musical band under employment and profit. Pasture View Nurturing Homes Ltd does not appear anywhere in the document.
The Verified Receipts sent a right of reply to John Bolton before publication. No response was received.