If you run a care home, domiciliary care agency, or supported living service, CQC registration involves more than policies and clinical procedures. Providers must show they have the financial resources to run their service safely, both at registration and on an ongoing basis. For many applications, this means a financial viability statement, which must be signed by a qualified accountant, a bank, or an FCA-regulated firm — not a friend or relative. 

Specialist healthcare accounting support helps here. An accountant reviews your business plan, stress-tests your cash flow forecast, and maps out staffing and operating costs, so the numbers behind your application genuinely hold up. But registration is only the start. Bookkeeping, payroll, management accounts and tax records need to stay accurate and current, since inspections, funding reviews and audits all draw on the same information. Providers who build this into day-to-day operations, rather than tackling it once before registration, are far better prepared when CQC, a funder, or an auditor comes asking. 

Brayan & Spencer Associates is a tax advisory and accountancy firm supporting health and adult social care providers across the UK, from CQC registration through to audit and inspection readiness. Speak to us before your next CQC milestone — not after. 

Website: www.bsassociate.co.uk Phone: 0207 183 5956 

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