Although our packages include pretty much everything you need, there are other costs to think about. We have listed these below:

Office - do you plan to have an office from home, a virtual office or lease a physical premises. If you have a physical premises you will need to take into account any business rates, service charges, as well as internet & utilities (if applicable)

Staff salaries - if you need to employ a registered manager, then their salary would need to be taken into account

Insurance - you will need to take out insurance policies, at minimum public liability, professional indemnity and employers’ liability. You may also choose to opt for additional policies which can be great to have but aren’t required, such as business interruption insurance, malpractice, buildings & contents cover, loss of registration and directors’ liability

Postage & stationary - you will need stationary and also need to post documents to staff, and new clients

Accountancy - support with bookkeeping (if you choose for an accountant to do this), as well as support filing accounts and submitting corporation tax returns

CQC fees - a mandatory fee paid annually to CQC

Marketing costs - depending on the type of marketing you will be doing, you will need a budget set aside for marketing until you are generating a profit

Staffing costs 

Training – you will need to provide all staff with mandatory care training, either in person, or blended (in person & online)
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Uniforms & ID Cards – if you plan to provide uniforms either branded or generic

DBS Checks - the cost of completing a DBS check for each new staff is £52 on average. You may choose to ask staff to pay for this if they are self employed, however to speed up the process it can be better to foot this cost as a business

If you hold a healthcare qualification or have a care background, and hold or are working towards L5 in Management of Health & Social Care, then you will be able to register as a manager and will not need to employ someone. If you have no experience in care from a management or clinical care perspective, then it's likely you will need to employ or partner with someone with the correct credentials.

Our team are here at all times to support you with any of the products we provide to you, and with our client guarantee we will help you to recruit your first staff members and onboard your first set of clients.

Beyond this we want to keep up with clients we have supported, so will never charge for advice or a chat.

Whatever point you are in your business journey our team will be there to assist, and if you need tailored support we also work with a network of consultants across the UK who we can point you to for support with ongoing compliance and mock CQC inspections.

When you get started with The Care Partnership our fees will be billed to you as an individual. All of our fees are for business products & consultancy, so are fully tax deductible. Once you get started costs can be recouped from your business as ‘pre-incorporation expenses'.