Your statement of purpose describes what you do, where you do it and who you do it for.
All registered providers must have an accurate, up-to-date statement of purpose. It is a legal requirement (see guidance on Regulation 12: Statement of purpose).
What your statement of purpose must include
Your statement of purpose must include the following information:
About your business
- name of the business
- type of business (legal status) - for example sole trader, partnership, or organisation
- your business address, telephone number and email address (including address for serving notices or other documents)
- names of any partners in your business.
Your aims and objectives
These are your aims and objectives in providing the activities we regulate at the locations you operate.
Places where you provide services
We call these locations. For each of your locations, your statement of purpose must record:
- the address and other contact details
- a description of your location
- the type of service you provide at or from the location
- the different needs of people who use your service
- the activities we regulate that you provide at the location
- the registered manager who manages those activities at the location.
Your registered managers
For each of your registered managers, your statement of purpose must include:
- their full name and contact details
- the address we should use to serve notices and other documents to them
- the locations they manage and the percentage of time they spend at each
- the activities we regulate that they manage
- details of any job share arrangements.
Applying for a new registration
You need to send us your statement of purpose as part of your registration application.
You should email it to us along with:
- your application forms
- your registered manager forms (if needed)
- any other supporting documents we’ve asked you to provide.
Read our register as a new provider guidance for more information on how to apply.
Changing your registration details
If you make changes to your service or to your registration you may need to update your statement of purpose. You must keep your statement of purpose up-to-date and notify us of any changes.
Update your statement of purpose
Follow these steps:
- Use your existing statement of purpose.
- Update your statement of purpose with the new information
- Notify us of the change to your statement of purpose and email a copy of your updated statement of purpose with your notification.
- Keep your statement of purpose in a safe place.
Templates for your statement of purpose
You may find it helpful to record changes on one or more of these templates.
To record the relevant information about your business.
To record your aims and objectives.
To record the information about your locations. You’ll need to record this information for each of your locations.
To record the relevant information about your registered managers. You’ll need to record this information for each of your registered managers.
If you use our templates, copy and paste all the parts into one document before submitting it with your application.