Home care providers to acquire in the South East
Updated 9 November 2026
Looking to acquire a home care provider in the South East? Firmbase ranks 467 home care providers using public company information to help buyers prioritise firms for research and potential outreach. The Approach Score ranks firms using public signals including director age and tenure, ownership, business scale, financial strength and recent changes. These firms are not listed for sale, and the ranking does not indicate that an owner is considering a sale.
The median firm has 33 staff and has been in business for 10 years; 2 firms are owned by groups that have acquired several firms in this sector. Looking beyond the South East? Explore the full UK list of home care providers.
467
Firms
UK 2,906
29%
Every director 55+
UK 28%
43%
Held 75%+ by one person
UK 40%
10
Median years in business
UK 10
33
Median headcount
UK 33
£500k to £1m
Median turnover band
UK £500k to £1m · includes our estimates
Towns with the most firms
- Southampton 40 firms
- Portsmouth 35 firms
- Reading 30 firms
- Brighton 24 firms
The first 25 firms, in Approach Score order
| Rank | Firm | Approach Score | The facts behind the score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Independent Care Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey | Approach Score 86/100 |
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Company no. 05591642 · Companies House |
| 2 | Town and Country Homecare Tenterden | Approach Score 86/100 |
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Company no. 05685994 · Companies House |
| 3 | Premier Care Services East Grinstead East Grinstead, West Sussex | Approach Score 86/100 |
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Company no. 06156911 · Companies House |
| 4 | Karibu Care Services Southampton, Hampshire | Approach Score 84/100 |
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Company no. 08789988 · Companies House |
| 5 | Reigate Senior Care Redhill, Surrey | Approach Score 84/100 |
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Company no. 09062525 · Companies House |
| 6 | ALL Home Care Hollingdon, Buckinghamshire | Approach Score 84/100 |
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Company no. 09439618 · Companies House |
| 7 | Rapid Care Gillingham, Kent | Approach Score 83/100 |
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Company no. 06841858 · Companies House |
| 8 | SAN Damiano Guildford, Surrey A director sits on 4 or more companies | Approach Score 83/100 |
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Company no. 08328574 · Companies House |
| 9 | Meridian Community Care Canterbury, Kent | Approach Score 83/100 |
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Company no. 04607159 · Companies House |
| 10 | Proxy Care Personnel Egham | Approach Score 83/100 |
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Company no. 10301484 · Companies House |
| 11 | Xtracare Dartford | Approach Score 82/100 |
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Company no. 05353861 · Companies House |
| 12 | Priority Services4u Wokingham, Berkshire | Approach Score 82/100 |
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Company no. 12217698 · Companies House |
| 13 | Golden Services Care Wantage | Approach Score 81/100 |
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Company no. 09298136 · Companies House |
| 14 | Amberley Care Southampton, Hampshire | Approach Score 81/100 |
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Company no. 08377378 · Companies House |
| 15 | More-Energy Care Services Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | Approach Score 81/100 |
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Company no. 09027588 · Companies House |
| 16 | Direct Link Care Littlemore, Oxford | Approach Score 81/100 |
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Company no. 08517413 · Companies House |
| 17 | Havant Homecare Havant, Hampshire | Approach Score 81/100 |
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Company no. 09867377 · Companies House |
| 18 | Total Health and Training Solutions Reading, Berkshire | Approach Score 81/100 |
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Company no. 06320980 · Companies House |
| 19 | FÉ Care Milton Keynes | Approach Score 80/100 |
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Company no. 12277552 · Companies House |
| 20 | Country Caregivers Eastleigh | Approach Score 80/100 |
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Company no. 09054626 · Companies House |
| 21 | ALL About Caring Guildford, Surrey | Approach Score 80/100 |
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Company no. 08167612 · Companies House |
| 22 | J&M Homecare Services Fareham | Approach Score 80/100 |
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Company no. 09843106 · Companies House |
| 23 | Sussex Homecare Hassocks, West Sussex | Approach Score 80/100 |
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Company no. 09336416 · Companies House |
| 24 | Thames Care Reading, Berkshire | Approach Score 79/100 |
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Company no. 06406370 · Companies House |
| 25 | Care Moments Crawley | Approach Score 79/100 |
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Company no. 12415467 · Companies House |
442 more firms are in the list, in Approach Score order.
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One row per firm, in Approach Score order, as Excel + CSV.
It holds the facts behind each score, points for each part of the score, financials with dates, publicly available contact details, where identified, director names and named shareholders.
Some people with significant control appear as Other individual, with no further detail. Director email lookups are not included.
How this list is filtered
- 10 or more staff, from filed headcount or our estimate where none is filed.
- Registered office in the South East.
How this list is built
The Approach Score ranks firms mainly on public Companies House information about owner tenure and age, ownership, size, financial strength and recent register changes.
Firms with higher scores appear first in each list.
Use the ranking to order research, then check each business directly.
What it does not mean
No firm here is for sale, and the score says nothing about any owner's plans.
At least 95% of the firms where we hold directors had them checked in or after November 2026.
What we do not cover
Regulatory information is not included in this list. Buyers should check the relevant register as part of their due diligence. Check the registered service and inspection reports in CQC's service search for England. Use Scotland's Care Inspectorate, Care Inspectorate Wales and Northern Ireland's RQIA service directories for the other nations.
Why age bands but no people's names
Age bands come from the month and year of birth on Companies House. This page shows no exact ages and no people's names. Both come with the purchased list. The band edges from 45 to 65 are the ages where the score changes. A row shows no age bands when a director's surname is in the firm's name, its group's name or its website. Those directors' ages still count towards the score.
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