Are you looking for one of the UK’s top care franchises?
Our first franchisees followed the business model, took our guidance, applied their skills and grew from zero to £1m turnover in year 1*.
Future stability | Deep rewards | Generous returns
Starting a business caring for people at home answers an urgent need in society, making this a stable, growing sector, one largely immune to political and economic turmoil. Better yet, advancing tech and AI presents a huge opportunity for your new business, rather being a threat.
It’s human-to-human, benefitting people throughout your local community, where working with passion, following a proven business model and applying sound values delivers real rewards.
What MATTERS most
We live by focusing on what matters most, with a wonderful caring culture that franchisees have embraced for their local businesses too.
As franchisor we are a multi-generational family team, providing franchisees a real breadth and depth of experience, a pure passion for care and stability for the network’s future.
- Build your business following one of the very best models. A reputation for excellence – our template operation is rated in the top 2% of care providers by the CQC.
- By taking care of the little details that really matter to our clients, a culture embraced across the network, franchisees also enjoy 28% of business coming through referrals.
- Target a wide mix of private clients, avoiding the pressures of functional local authority care.
- Franchisees enjoy direct access to the family’s huge breadth of skills, knowledge and experience to grow their business.
- No industry experience needed. If neither you or your business partner have industry experience, employ a registered manager to nurture the care portion of your business.
- Established in 2005 and launched as a franchise in 2021, we still have prime undeveloped territories available across the UK.
People just like YOU
The CareYourWay franchise is a perfect route to building your own business in the care sector, and we welcome business partnerships too! In fact, our most successful franchisees combine an astute commercial-minded partner with a passionate people-person, someone who wants to lead from the front.
I feel like I’m never disconnected from Head Office: if there’s anything I ever need, I’m always able to call them. They have repeatedly told me that they’re only a phone call away, and they’ve proven it. It’s genuinely the best support I’ve ever seen.
In our first financial year, we reached £1,000,000 turnover, and I just can’t believe it. We’ve changed thousands of lives so far, all made possible by Head Office. We wouldn’t be here without them
Support from Head Office is amazing. Next to none. We meet with Michelle weekly which is fantastic – we’re following an amazing process with a great and clear direction. We’ve never been in this industry, so it’s all extremely valuable.
Head Office are amazing. I can literally ring at any time. It really puts that warmth into you knowing that you’ve got that support. You know you can do anything because you’ve got Head Office behind you.
Care is hard work and carries a lot of responsibility, we don’t believe you can succeed in this sector without ‘caring’ and that brings its own stresses. With a business partner and all of us at head office, you won’t ever be alone on this business journey.
Investment + Returns
The total initial investment varies from £80k - £130k depending on your business plan. Thanks to our proven track record, 60% bank funding is available subject to status, so you can get started with a minimum of £39,500 of your own funds. This includes working capital to cover costs during the CQC certification process and then the time to build your new business up to deliver ongoing profits.
Your initial aim, to build a £1.5m turnover care business in your first territory, provides a real gateway to not only establish yourself as a successful franchisee, but open the opportunity to scale into multiple territories thereafter. The financial returns can be very impressive, both ongoing and at sale.
Support for your Journey
We focus on what matters most for you at the different stages of your businesses journey – starting with 18-months of dedicated, specialist training through our unique CareYourWay Academy.
Ongoing mentoring and support for:
- Launch and ongoing marketing and sales
- Business planning and financial management
- Recruitment of your RM, carers and management team
- Training and support on our franchisee App ‘FranchiseBase’
- Advice on client funding consultations
- Regulatory compliance with CQC/HR/H&S/HMRC
Launch
You will need to work really hard at first, raising awareness in your community to attract both clients and carers.
Scale
As your care hours really grow, so will your management team. This is an exciting period as your business scales up.
Consolidate
Your role moves to leading by example and protecting your culture. You should now be able to enjoy a rewarding work-life balance.
Specialise
With your business established, now is the time to develop specialist areas of care that you are particularly passionate about.
Evolve
Consider adding a second territory or maybe now is the right time for you to realise the value of your asset and sell your business?
Step up
You need to be fully committed to be successful in care.
- Compassion for others
- An outgoing nature and ability to forge strong relationships
- A partnership works: one business-minded, the other a people person
- Enthusiasm to join a network of like-minded, driven franchisees
- Desire to take guidance and follow our business model
- At least £39,500 to invest, total investment of between £80,000 - £130,000
- (bank funding available, subject to status).
If you have drive, ambition and the heart to care for others, and you’d like to know more about starting your own CareYourWay business, please share your contact details so that one of our team can reach out to you shortly.
Record-Breaking CQC Approval Marks Milestone for CareYourWay Franchise
CareYourWay achieves its fastest CQC validation yet, helping franchise partners launch quicker and provide essential home care services without long delays.
In a significant milestone, a franchise partner has successfully navigated the Care Quality Commission (CQC) validation process in record time - just three days from submission to interview invitation. This achievement highlights a potential shift towards more efficient regulatory approvals, offering hope to businesses that have long faced extensive delays.
Addressing Delays in the Home Care Sector
For many home care providers, securing CQC approval has been a time-consuming and costly hurdle. Some businesses have waited up to 28 weeks for validation, creating financial strain while being unable to operate. Overheads, including maintaining an office and employing a Registered Manager as required by CQC regulations, continue to accumulate during these delays, often costing business owners tens of thousands of pounds.
Recent efforts to streamline the approval process have yielded promising results for CareYourWay. On Friday, 24th January, a franchisee submitted their application, anticipating a long wait. Instead, they were contacted the following day, received validation by Tuesday morning, and had an interview invitation later the same day. This dramatic reduction in waiting time could signal an important development in addressing regulatory backlogs affecting care providers nationwide, particularly within the CareYourWay franchise network.
The Impact on Families and the Care Sector
Beyond the operational benefits for CareYourWay business owners, faster CQC approvals have significant implications for families in need of care. The UK’s social care system is under increasing pressure due to an ageing population and rising demand for domiciliary care. Currently, approximately 950,000 individuals receive home care, yet Age UK estimates that around 2 million older people in England still have unmet care needs.
The sector also faces a workforce shortage, exacerbated by a 70% drop in international recruitment in a recent quarter, as reported by the Homecare Association. By 2040, projections indicate that an additional 540,000 care positions will need to be filled - a 29% increase from current workforce levels.
Faster CQC approvals mean that new CareYourWay franchisees can launch their businesses sooner, ensuring that more families receive the support they need without unnecessary delays. This improvement could play a vital role in addressing the sector’s ongoing crisis.
A Step Forward for the Industry
While challenges remain, efforts to accelerate regulatory processes offer a glimpse of progress. Industry stakeholders, including CareYourWay, have been advocating for more efficient approvals, recognising the urgency of bringing new care providers into the sector.
CEO & Founder, Sarah Sabater
Sarah Sabater, CEO & Founder of CareYourWay, said:
"It has often been an uphill battle with the Care Quality Commission. With the sector drastically underfunded and the CQC itself under unprecedented strain, individuals who are passionate about opening their own businesses have faced huge financial pressures and long queues, discouraging many capable home care providers. We are immensely pleased with the results of continued efforts and recognise that the CQC is doing its very best to reform the current system despite the many difficulties they face. We continue to offer our insights to support these improvements and are overwhelmingly pleased to see such results."
Sarah has spent years fostering relationships with individuals within the CQC and supporting franchise partners in achieving fast-track applications. Her efforts have ultimately benefitted business owners, local councils, and care recipients across the country. By helping to reduce costly delays, she has saved business owners tens of thousands of pounds in potentially lost revenue while ensuring families receive high-quality care from CareYourWay franchise owners much sooner.
As the home care sector continues to react and evolve, streamlining regulatory processes will be essential to ensuring high-quality care services reach families without prolonged delays. The success of this expedited approval process marks an encouraging step towards a more responsive and efficient system, where passionate and dedicated business owners can make a meaningful impact in the home care sector, delivering outstanding care to those in need.