Free 3-minute check

How sale-ready is your care home?

Answer honestly — it's only useful if it's accurate. Indicative only; the full workbook gives the precise picture.

1/12 What's your home's latest CQC overall rating? Outstanding Good Requires Improvement Inadequate Not yet rated

2/12 Across your last three inspections, your rating has… Improved or held a stable Good Held overall, but key questions move around Slipped once then recovered Declined Not applicable yet

3/12 How quickly can you produce reliable monthly management accounts? Monthly, within about 10 working days Monthly, but slower than that Quarterly Ad-hoc / only at year-end

4/12 Do you keep a rolling cash-flow forecast? Yes — a 13-week forecast, tracked for accuracy A rough forecast No — I manage from the bank balance

5/12 Your latest statutory accounts are… Clean, unqualified and filed on time On time, with minor notes Filed late Qualified, or I'm not sure

6/12 Roughly what share of care hours is covered by agency? Under 5% 5–15% 15–30% Over 30% — or I don't know

7/12 If your Registered Manager left tomorrow… A trained deputy is ready to step up Someone could step up with support There's no real cover

8/12 If you were unavailable for a month, the business would… Run smoothly on documented systems Cope informally Struggle — it's mostly in my head

9/12 Your statutory building certificates (fire, gas, electrical, asbestos) are… All current and filed Mostly there, some chasing needed Not sure

10/12 Your data-protection position (records security, ROPA, DSPT) is… Documented and current Partly in place Not sure

11/12 Your resident contracts and fee/debt tracking are… Reviewed and formal Workable but informal Not recently checked

12/12 Who do you think might buy your home? A private-equity firm or consolidator Another care operator (trade buyer) My management team or family A property investor / propco Not sure yet