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Home care for older people companies in London

918 home care for older people companies have a registered office in London, and 296 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £19,849 in cash and owed £13,536 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).

The numbers

Home care for older people companies in London compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureLondonUK
Registered companies9186,646
Formed in 2025 or 2026296 (32%)24%
Being struck off or in liquidation80 (8.7%)8.1%
Typical cash at year end£19,849157 accounts£35,034
Typical amount owed at year end£13,536328 accounts£29,559
Typical number of employees2359 accounts4

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical home care for older people company in London reports 2 employees; the top quarter has 18 or more (359 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

London has fewer of these businesses than most places

Home care for older people companies are 0.08% of companies registered in London, against 0.12% UK-wide (0.7× the national share).

That could be a gap or a sign of weak demand. The register cannot tell which.

You can start without much equipment

The typical home care for older people company in London carries £4,296 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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