A residential care home in Bradford is to close with the loss of 19 beds for people with mental health needs after the Shipley company which runs it went into administration putting 70 staff at risk of redundancy.

Rookvale Residential Home in Carlton Drive, Heaton, is one of six homes owned and run by Pennine Care Services Ltd.

Manchester-based administrators Duff & Phelps has decided to close all but one of the company’s homes, it is understood.

Rookvale is set to close imminently, along with other homes in Halifax, Bridlington and Scarborough. It is believed one of the company’s homes in Bradford, Beechcliffe Care Home in Park Drive, Heaton, will remain open.

A total of 64 residents across Yorkshire could be affected and 70 members of staff could be made redundant.

The Telegraph & Argus understands the company ran into financial difficulties after applying to the bank for a £50,000 overdraft. This was declined and the bank called in administrators.

Rookvale is registered with health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission, to provide care for 19 adults between 18 and 65 who have mental health problems. It does not provide nursing care or care for people with physical disabilities.

Simon Large, chief executive of Bradford District Care Trust, said the Trust, which has responsibility for ten residents at Rookvale, was now working with Bradford Council’s adult and community services, the Care Quality Commission and residents and relatives to secure alternative accommodation.

No-one at the home – which has a for sale sign outside – was willing to comment yesterday and Pennine Care Services Ltd referred all queries to the administrators, Duff & Phelps, which was not able to comment.

In January the Care Quality Commission censured Jarnail Singh Bassan, of Pennine Care Services, the registered provider of Rookvale Residential Home, following an unannounced visit by inspectors in November last year. At the time Rookvale was home to 16 residents, many with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

The CQC said it was concerned individual care records did not accurately reflect the needs of all people living at the home and residents were not being adequately supported to access healthcare services.

The CQC found the home was failing to comply with regulations covering residents’ care and welfare, safety suitability of premises, support given to staff and the monitoring of the quality of service being provided.