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Accountants for care homes — compliant, profitable, and ready for the scrutiny the sector brings

Care homes run on tight margins under heavy scrutiny — high staff costs, mixed funding, and regulators watching. We keep your finances clean, compliant and profitable so you can focus on care.

  • Fixed monthly fee
  • A named accountant
  • UK-wide, fully online

Everything you need

One team, one fixed fee

  • Accounts & Corporation Tax. Care-home accounts and tax, structured efficiently.
  • Payroll & CIS. Large-team payroll, pensions and rotas handled.
  • Bookkeeping Services. Fee income and funding reconciled, costs tracked.
  • Management accounts & Virtual FD. Occupancy, staff-cost ratio and margin reporting.
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Sound familiar?

The bits no one warns you about

Few sectors are as financially demanding as care: wafer-thin margins, agency-staff costs that can wreck a budget, and multiple funding streams that have to reconcile — all under close regulatory and funder scrutiny.

A general accountant rarely understands occupancy-driven income or the cost pressures of care, leaving operators flying blind on the numbers that decide whether the home survives.

  • High staff and agency costs squeezing margins
  • Private, NHS and local-authority funding to reconcile
  • Occupancy-driven income that’s hard to forecast
  • Heavy regulatory and funder scrutiny of finances
  • Payroll, pensions and rotas across a large team
  • A general accountant who doesn’t know the care sector
How we help

Everything handled, under one roof

Running a care home means balancing occupancy and fee income against high, ever-rising staff costs, juggling private, NHS and local-authority funding, and meeting the financial scrutiny that comes with a regulated, high-stakes sector.

We’re specialist care-home accountants. We handle your bookkeeping, payroll, accounts and tax, report in the way funders and regulators expect, and give you the numbers — occupancy, staff cost ratio, margin — to run a profitable, compliant home.

Is this you?

Who we work with

If any of these sound like you, you’re exactly who we set this up for. Not sure where you fit? A quick, free call will tell you.

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  • Residential and nursing home operators
  • Single-home and multi-site care groups
  • Supported-living and domiciliary care providers
  • Care homes with mixed private and funded residents
  • Operators buying, selling or expanding a home
  • New care businesses setting up their finances
Why it pays

More money kept, less stress carried

Protect your margins

Clear reporting on occupancy, staff costs and margin so you spot pressure early and keep the home profitable.

Ready for scrutiny

Accounts and reporting prepared to the standard funders, lenders and regulators expect.

Payroll without the pain

Large, shift-based teams paid right, with pensions and compliance handled.

Tax kept efficient

Every allowance and relief claimed, and advice when you buy, sell or expand a home.

Transparent pricing

Know the price before we start

A fixed monthly fee based on the size of your home(s), payroll and reporting needs — agreed up front, with no hourly billing.

  • A fixed quote, agreed before any work
  • No hourly billing, no year-end surprises
  • Cancel any time — no long tie-ins

A fixed monthly fee,
tailored to you

Confirmed after a free, no-obligation quote.

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Why Provense

A team that does the work — and picks up the phone

Care-sector specialists

Occupancy income, mixed funding and care cost pressures are familiar to us.

Margin-focused

Reporting built to protect profitability in a high-cost sector.

A named accountant

One specialist who knows your home — not a call centre.

Still deciding?

The honest answers to what you’re thinking

How much does a care-home accountant cost?

We agree a fixed monthly fee based on the size of your home (or homes) and your payroll and reporting needs. For most operators the margin control and tax efficiency outweigh it.

Do you understand mixed NHS, council and private funding?

Yes — reconciling private, NHS and local-authority income is a core part of care-home accounting, and exactly what we handle.

Can you handle our large, shift-based payroll?

Yes — large teams, rotas, agency staff and pensions are all part of the service.

Can you help if we’re buying or selling a home?

Yes — we advise on the numbers, structure and tax around buying, selling or expanding a care business.

How it works

Getting started is easy

  1. 01

    Review your home

    Your size, funding mix and reporting needs — a confidential chat.

  2. 02

    We take it on

    Bookkeeping, payroll, accounts and reporting handled to sector standards.

  3. 03

    You focus on care

    Compliant, profitable and ready for scrutiny, with clear numbers to steer by.

FAQ

Care homes: your questions answered

Do care homes need a specialist accountant?
Care finances — occupancy-driven income, mixed funding, high staff costs and heavy scrutiny — are genuinely specialist. A sector accountant protects your margins, keeps you compliant, and usually saves more than the fee.
How much does an accountant cost for a care home?
It depends on the size of your home and your payroll and reporting needs. We quote a fixed monthly fee up front so there are no surprises.
Can you reconcile NHS, council and private fee income?
Yes — reconciling and reporting across private, NHS and local-authority funding is core to what we do for care homes.
Do you handle care-home payroll?
Yes — large, shift-based teams, rotas, agency staff and pensions are all part of the service.
Do you work with care providers across the UK?
Yes — we’re fully online and work with care homes and care groups throughout the UK.

Let’s take the tax off your plate

Book a free, no-obligation consultation and we’ll show you exactly how we can help — and what it would cost.