Research
Original, sourced reads on care home bed density, CQC rating quality, closure churn and care company formation trends, built entirely from official open data (CQC, ONS and Companies House). Free to read and cite with attribution.
4.4% care home beds per 100 people aged 65 and over in England, and 76.0% of care homes rated Good or Outstanding by CQC. Region and local-authority level; no care home is named.
Updated 2026-07-23
Quarterly Companies House incorporation and dissolution tracker for UK care providers across residential nursing, residential care and domiciliary care. 67,261 care companies currently active on the register.
Updated 2026-07-12
58.8% of care businesses born in 2019 were still trading five years later. A 1 to 5-year survival curve for residential care and social work without accommodation, built from ONS Business Demography birth-cohort data.
Updated 2026-07-23