Personal care registration for homecare agencies

Page last updated: 1 July 2025

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Summary

This guidance is for homecare agencies (also called domiciliary care agencies) that need to register to provide personal care activities in England. Use this guide to help you complete your application correctly the first time.

It explains how to check:

  • if you need to register
  • what you need to register for

It also tells you what information you must include in your application, and what happens if your application has missing or incorrect information.

It is an offence to carry on a regulated activity without being registered