Care prices in North Somerset

Typical prices in North Somerset

The gap between two agencies is often bigger than the gap between regions. Ask for complete price lists, with weekend and bank holiday charges. For 2026/27, the Homecare Association reckons council-funded home care in England cannot be sustained below £34.42 an hour. Individual homes can be far from the average. What a home charges turns on the room, the care level and whether nursing is part of it. Self-funders tend to be charged more than councils for the same room.

Quality of care services in North Somerset

42 home care agencies and 94 care homes are registered with CQC in North Somerset. Of those rated, 96% of agencies are Good or Outstanding (better than the England figure of 88%) and 97% of care homes (better than England's 83%). 15 agencies and 5 care homes have not been rated yet.

North Somerset in numbers

97% of rated care homes in North Somerset are Good or Outstanding, above the England average of 83%. The area has 94 homes, 89 of them rated. Nursing homes make up 34 of the total, or 36%. Paying privately in North Somerset, expect around £1,530 a week for residential or nursing care (Q4 2026 estimate). The South West figure is £1,530 and England's is £1,520. Nursing places run at about £1,690, residential at about £1,450.

North Somerset has 0 Outstanding care homes; 3% of its rated care homes (3) sit below Good; the England share is 17%. Modelled fees for Q4 2026 put a visiting carer in North Somerset at £33.50 an hour, against a regional £33.50 (South West) and £33.50 for England.

The middle-sized care home in North Somerset has 27 beds, and the 94 homes with a registered bed count total 2,923. No single company leads in North Somerset: Community Therapeutic Services Limited and Flollie Investments Limited run 3 services each.

Source: our analysis of CQC data (Oct 2026), fees modelled for Q4 2026.

Getting an accurate price

• Per-hour rates on weekdays, in the evening, at weekends and on bank holidays.
• The minimum length of a call, and whether travel is charged.
• For a home: everything the weekly price covers, and how often it goes up.

Collect these in writing, run the totals through the cost calculator, then check your contribution with What will I pay?