What would care cost without the agency's cut?
On Selotape you pay the carer's own rate plus 6%. More of your money reaches the person who turns up, and on a typical rate you pay less than at an agency.
At an agency, at least
£16,713
a year
£321
a week
On Selotape
£13,780
a year
£265
a week
You'd pay
£2,933 less
a year, or £56 less a week.
89p
of every pound you pay reaches your carer. At an agency, about 40p.
£5,460
more a year for your carer for the same hours: £23.50 an hour, against about £13 at an agency.
Carers set their own rates; £25 is an example. You pay the rate plus a 6% service fee, with no contract and no joining fee.
We've added the full 6% to every hour. The fee stops at £60 a month per carer, so with one carer for 10 hours a week you'd pay less than this.
The agency figure is the Homecare Association's minimum price for 2025/26, £32.14 an hour: what it says an agency needs to charge to pay the legal minimum wage and run sustainably. Many charge more. Agency carer pay is the Skills for Care average for 2025/26, about £13 an hour.
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