Written by Oliver Wakefield-Smith. Reviewed for accuracy against the Homecare Association's 2026/27 minimum-price report and Age UK's 2026 factsheets. Numbers verified 21 June 2026.

Who wrote this

This site is written and maintained by Oliver Wakefield-Smith, founder of Digital Signet. The stake in getting it right is personal: it was written because the existing pages on this topic are either lead-generation funnels or charity primers that stop short of the maths a family actually needs to do.

Editorial standard

• Every numeric claim links to a primary source on the /sources page.
• No AI-generated content. The voice on this site is one person, writing.
• Numbers re-checked monthly against the Homecare Association 2026/27 minimum-price report, Age UK factsheets, gov.uk, gov.scot, gov.wales and NIDirect.
• No referral fees, no affiliate links, no sponsored placements. Provider profiles are written from public sources.

How the site makes money (or doesn't)

It does not, yet. It exists because the search results for "home care cost UK" are dominated by directories that want a phone number, not a number. Future monetisation, if any, will be transparent and listed here before it goes live.

Reviewer

Numbers are reviewed for accuracy against the Homecare Association's 2026/27 minimum-price report and Age UK's 2026 factsheets at every monthly refresh.

Flagging a wrong number

See the about page for how to flag a stale or wrong number; corrections are made within the same week the flag arrives.