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Business Structure and Acquisition

• How Long Do UK Care Businesses Survive? The ONS Data

  Residential care firms born in 2019 had 45.5% five-year survival vs 63.9% for non-residential social work firms, an 18-point gap, per ONS data.

• UK Care Provider Formation Trends: What the Companies House Data Shows

  Companies House data on care company formations by SIC code: domiciliary incorporations rising, residential nursing formations down. Q2 2026 figures.

• Business Rates for Care Homes: What Operators Actually Pay

  Care homes pay business rates and most sit above the SBRR threshold. Understand rateable value, Small Business Rate Relief and devolved differences.

• Capital Allowances on a Care Home Fit-Out: AIA, the 40% FYA and the New 14% WDA

  AIA £1m, 40% FYA and 14% WDA from April 2026. How to claim capital allowances on a care home build or refurb in the right order.