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Home care for older people companies in the Sheffield area

130 home care for older people companies have a registered office in the Sheffield area (S postcodes), and 24 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £53,395 in cash and owed £37,411 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 S postcodes, including Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield.

The numbers

Home care for older people companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureSheffieldUK
Registered companies1306,646
Formed in 2025 or 202624 (18%)24%
Being struck off or in liquidation8 (6.2%)8.1%
Typical cash at year end£53,39543 accounts£35,034
Typical amount owed at year end£37,41167 accounts£29,559
Typical number of employees471 accounts4

What this means if you’re starting one

the Sheffield area (S postcodes) already has more of these businesses than most places

Home care for older people companies are 0.17% of companies registered in the Sheffield area (S postcodes), against 0.12% UK-wide (1.4× the national share).

Demand here is proven, but so is choice. Customers can compare you with several nearby options.

You can start without much equipment

The typical home care for older people company in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) carries £6,973 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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