Walfinch, a network of leaders
Imagine being part of the home care revolution, not designed to ‘keep people at home’, but focused on streamlining clients’ daily lives and helping them to Thrive in (and beyond) their homes.
Let’s talk cash: the financial information
The minimum investment with a Walfinch franchise is £110,000 - 120,000, with a franchise fee £41,000 + VAT, along with an ongoing management support fee of 5%.
These figures underline that, while there is a serious investment, you’re backed by a proven model and recognised brand, with strong relationships with the banks. The opportunity is substantial, and the potential for return is transformative.
Walfinch was designed by a former home care franchisee
Walfinch is rooted in forward-thinking leadership, with our CEO, Amrit Dhaliwal having been a former home care franchisee. Our model combines entrepreneurial energy with care expertise, nationally supporting franchisees to set up their own Walfinch home care businesses. Could your individual expertise enrich our vibrant network of entrepreneurs? We want to hear your vision. When you join Walfinch, you’re signing up to a brand which values ambition, innovation, and seizing opportunities within a market that’s primed for growth.
Could Walfinch be the investment for you?
What kind of industry do you want to start a business in? Future-proof, deeply profitable, scalable, meaningful? You’re looking right at it. Walfinch is actively tapping into a broadening market, therefore, an undeniable demand.
Better yet: you’re not starting from scratch. You’re plugging into a brand with tested systems, operational tools, referral pathways and a growth-oriented mindset – a brand that is actively redefining what care means. This isn’t for people content with following, this is for leaders in the making.
As you build, your Walfinch business earns both social and commercial value. You’ll be creating jobs, contributing to communities and building something you can scale or sell. Walfinch franchisees are already seeing notable turnover and that momentum is infectious.
Are you what Walfinch is looking for?
We’re looking for driven, ambitious individuals who share our values of possibility, progress and perseverance. People who set new standards, people with passion, people with a hint of revolution in them. If you’ve ever looked at something and seen exactly what needs to change, you are suited to Walfinch.
We welcome franchisees from diverse backgrounds (we’ve had Marketing Executives, Accountants, Care Managers, Nurses, even Television Producers all become proud Walfinch business owners). Previous care experience is a bonus but not required.
All you need is the Thriving mindset:
- You believe great care comes from genuine human connection and operational excellence.
- You’re driven to build something in your local community; generating employment, creating value, making a difference.
- You embrace technology, systems and high standards, because you know that scalable success comes from disciplined frameworks.
- You’re willing to lead, to learn, and evolve.
- Previous experience of running a business or managing teams.
- You’re willing to get out there, shake hands, and become a person of influence within and beyond your local community.
As a Walfinch franchisee, you will…
- Be your own boss and have control of your life, with the backing of an award-winning brand.
- Work in a rewarding, high-impact sector: you’ll be helping people live better lives in their own homes.
- Support your local community by creating jobs, fostering partnerships, and building a reputation for excellence.
- Leverage a ready-built model: from referrals and service lines to admin systems and compliance frameworks.
- Potentially reach significant turnover, some franchisees are achieving up to £1 million turnover or more.
- Enjoy the support, network and ongoing development that comes with being part of a Thriving franchise system.
Training and support: marketing and regulation made manageable
Walfinch understands that care is a highly-regulated sector. So, we have designed our training and support to match. The start of your journey includes:
- A rigorous 10-day initial formal training programme covering business set-up, operations, compliance, marketing and more.
- Full assistance with registration (for example with the regulator Care Quality Commission in England) so you can get trading as quickly and smoothly as possible.
- A 90-day business launch plan that gives you clear milestones, actions and support.
- Office setup assistance, software training, marketing support and system implementation.
- Weekly and ongoing coaching meetings, business development workshops and compliance coaching.
- Access to a network of fellow franchisees, sharing best practice, referral networks and collaboration.
- Dedicated leadership team support, so you’re never left on your own.
How does the Walfinch franchise business model work?
The model is smart, clear and built to work in today’s digital age while staying human centred. At its core: you operate a home-care business under the Walfinch brand, delivering services in your exclusive territory. Our system ensures you have the technology, processes and branding to deliver standout service.
Key components:
- Exclusive territory license: You’re supported to establish a dominant local presence, with an expertly researched territory based on the population of potential clients.
- Technology-enabled operations: From rostering and care-monitoring to client management and compliance., the systems handle the heavy lifting so you can focus on growth and relationship-building.
- Marketing and referral strategy: You’ll be trained on how to build your network of referral providers, community relationships and local leads.
- Service diversity: You’ll offer a full range of care, from hourly/daily visits to live-in support, from simple companionship to complex care for conditions like dementia, stroke recovery, MS. That broad menu means you’re not locked into one niche, and you can scale your operations.
- Scale opportunity: While you might start as a single-unit franchisee, the model gives you potential to scale to multi-unit or multi-territory.
- Ongoing business development: Support doesn’t end at launch; you’ll be coached, updated, networked and encouraged to maximise the value of your business via best practices, operational innovation and strategic growth.
Stop surviving, start Thriving
By joining the Walfinch network you gain access to a proven platform: a recognised brand, a complete operating system, and a market position built for the future - with your own, exclusive territory. Why bother? Because setting up a home care business in such a regulated, evolving industry is tough. With Walfinch you get the backing, training and systems you need to succeed. Because it’s never enough just to survive. Through this high-potential business, make it your Time to Thrive.
Amrit Dhaliwal | Let's Talk The Regulator
Walfinch CEO walks us through the role of the regulators when setting up a homecare business franchise.
I'm Amrit Daliwell, the CEO and founder of Walfinch. Walfinch is a home care brand that focuses on an active lifestyle. The one of the only kind that champions an active lifestyle in later years. Today I'm here to talk about how to start a home care business. And one of the key things to think about is the regulator. Good old Regulator. So what do we need to know? Where are you in the UK?
Depending on where you are in the UK, there will be different regulators. Today, let's focus on England and the Care Quality Commission, the CQC. So in England we have the cqc. How do you get registered and start trading with homecare in England? The first thing to think about is we need a limited company set up post. Limited company getting set up. You'll need a financial viability from an accountant. Then you'll need to find a registered manager. Registered manager will either be someone that has a Diploma Level 5 in Health and social care, is super experienced or is a registered nurse. Invariably, one of these three people will be able to get signed off.
My personal preference is someone with the qualification and someone super experience, because home care, quite specifically is quite nuanced with rotors and all of the logistics around it. So I quite like people that have been in it and really get it and have leadership qualities.
I also find statistically, those businesses take off faster and run at a much higher rate. If you've got great people starting with you from the get go, then what do we do next? We get a police check done, a DBS check on both yourself, the provider and the registered manager. They're done in very specific places, in certain post offices and so on. But we can go through the online applications and you'll be able to see where the CQC DBS can be taken.
Once you've got the CQC DBS done, you will find an application form online with the CQC and you will submit this application form. There's lots of fun essay questions in there. There's things around compliance, there's things around regulation, your finances, business planning and so on. Once that's been submitted, 12 to 26 weeks later, CQC will come out and inspect you, or rather have a registration meeting with you.
In this meeting from the provider, they want to understand, well, are you going to support the registered manager? Do you have the finances and the business now to kind of keep this sustainably going? And are you going to keep on operating from the manager? They want to understand that they understand the compliance, the regulation and can lead a business like this from the front. There's a whole interview process that will happen there and that will happen either on Zoom, a phone call or in person.
Finally, once that's done, you'll get the nice big tick from the CQC to say that you can trade and then at regular intervals, they'll come out and inspect you for a public facing inspection. And in a very quick snapshot, that's how you go through your CQC registration.
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