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We help care and childcare professionals across Nottingham build CQC and Ofsted-registered businesses, while they keep working. We bring the local knowledge of how Nottingham commissions care.

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The care and childcare market in Nottingham

Nottingham is the largest city in the East Midlands by some measures and the centre of a wider urban area, with a young, diverse population, two large universities, and a significant care and childcare workforce. That mix sustains steady demand for both adult care and childcare across the city.

On the adult care side, an ageing wider population and a clear focus on supporting people at home keep demand for home care providers strong. On the childcare side, the city’s young population and working families sustain demand for nurseries, childminders, and early years provision. For experienced professionals, Nottingham offers real scope to build a compliant, well-run business.

How care is commissioned in Nottingham

Local commissioning details last reviewed 05 June 2026. Always confirm current arrangements with the council.

Adult social care in the city is led by Nottingham City Council, which has a statutory duty under the Care Act to maintain a healthy local care market and reviews its provider fee rates each year to reflect rising staffing and wage costs. Understanding how the council contracts is essential if you want council-funded work.

Nottingham runs an accreditation process for home care providers who want to supply services to the council. Rather than a single closed framework, providers apply to join the council’s accredited list, and applications are made through the East Midlands Tenders web portal. Being accredited is what allows the council to commission work from you, so getting onto that list is the practical route into council-funded home care.

There is also good timing to be aware of. The council has a new Care at Home framework for adults in its procurement pipeline, with the tender expected to be advertised around mid-2026 and a new contract beginning in 2027. For a provider getting set up now, that means a major new opportunity is coming, and being registered, compliant, and accredited in good time puts you in a strong position to bid for it. We keep track of how these local arrangements change.

How we help you start in Nottingham

We build your whole regulated business and handle the registration, so you can keep working in Nottingham while we do it. The regulatory process is national, the CQC for adult care, Ofsted for childcare, but we bring an understanding of how Nottingham commissions, so your business is ready to compete for work in the city.

Nottingham questions, answered

Yes. We work with clients across Nottingham and the wider East Midlands, and across England. We build and submit your registration remotely and efficiently, so you do not need to take time off work to set your business up.

Nottingham runs an accreditation process for home care providers, with applications made through the East Midlands Tenders portal. We set your business up so it is registered, compliant, and ready to apply for accreditation, though winning council work is never guaranteed. A new council home care framework is also expected in 2026 and 2027.

Around sixteen weeks to a submitted CQC or Ofsted application. After that, the regulator’s assessment timeline applies, which is outside our control. We handle the whole process.

Yes. We build both CQC-regulated care businesses and Ofsted-registered childcare and early years businesses, including nurseries and children’s homes, across Nottingham.

Start your Nottingham business properly

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