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Home care for older people companies in the Guildford area

92 home care for older people companies have a registered office in the Guildford area (GU postcodes), and 13 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £30,482 in cash and owed £59,981 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled” (SIC 88100). Covers companies with a registered office in GU postcodes, including Guildford, Woking, Farnham.

The numbers

Home care for older people companies in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureGuildfordUK
Registered companies926,646
Formed in 2025 or 202613 (14%)24%
Being struck off or in liquidation2 (2.2%)8.1%
Typical cash at year end£30,48242 accounts£35,034
Typical amount owed at year end£59,98155 accounts£29,559
Typical number of employees1656 accounts4

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of these businesses run with a team

The typical home care for older people company in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) reports 16 employees; the top quarter has 43 or more (56 filings).

Expect to compete with businesses that can cover longer hours and more customers than one person can.

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical home care for older people company in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) holds £30,482 in cash and owes £59,981; that cash figure is higher than 63% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding less cash than they owe, so there is little slack if takings dip or a big bill lands early.

You can start without much equipment

The typical home care for older people company in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) carries £10,964 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 71% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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