Fulbridge Social Care

What Fulbridge Social Care does

Fulbridge Social Care Ltd is a privately held UK care-sector services provider founded in 2005 and headquartered in Peterborough, operating three divisions — Children's Services, Adult and Disabilities, and Education — plus a dedicated training arm (Fulbridge Training) and a consultancy practice. The company's core offering combines temporary and permanent recruitment of residential support workers, healthcare professionals, teachers, teaching assistants and SEND specialists with a 30+ course CPD-accredited training catalogue that includes Team Teach behaviour management and Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare qualifications. Revenue is generated through five streams: usage-based temporary agency staffing (paid by local authorities and private providers for residential, secure and independent settings), permanent placement fees (typically 15% of annual salary), per-day training fees (£500–£600/day with optional add-on modules), tiered monthly consultancy subscriptions (£1,000–£3,000/month bundling recruitment, training, DBS and compliance), and professional-services fees for Independent Reg 44 inspections and Return Home Interviews.

The go-to-market is sales-led, delivered by expert recruitment consultants engaging directly with care providers, local authorities, hospitals, clinics and housing associations under PSL agreements and long-standing contracts, supplemented by a self-service online job portal and the proprietary Advertisecare job board. The platform does not disclose any proprietary technology, API, or AI tooling; the service is people-and-process driven, anchored in 55+ years of combined consultant experience and codified expertise across OFSTED, DfE, CQC and Children's Home Regulations 2015. Geographic coverage spans England and Wales with physical training delivery in Peterborough, Oldham, Sheffield, Bristol, Harlow, Southampton, Wrexham and Birmingham, and candidate placement reach across 80+ UK towns and cities.

The company is independently owned with no disclosed external funding, acquisitions, or institutional investors; its named customers span local authorities, private providers, hospitals, housing associations and education institutions, with named accounts including Butterfly Farm and Stanfield House. Headcount sits in the 51–100 range, consistent with a mid-market specialist staffing and training operator rather than a scaled national platform.

Name

Fulbridge Social Care

Legal name

Fulbridge Social Care Ltd

Website

https://fulbridgesocialcare.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fulbridge Social Care is a UK-based care-sector staffing and training provider serving children's residential, adult/disabilities, and education clients with temporary and permanent recruitment, CPD-accredited training, regulatory inspection, and tiered consultancy subscriptions across England and Wales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Respite Caregiver Staffing & Coverage (HSABAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency / On-Demand Respite Care (HSABAGAD), Respite Care for Adults with Disabilities / Special Needs (HSABAGAI), Respite Care for Families of Children with Disabilities (HSAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Social care recruitment
• Care sector staffing
• Children's residential care
• Care training services
• Healthcare workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Peterborough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Temporary Recruitment Services: Provides agency staffing to local authorities and private care providers for residential, secure, educational and independent living environments. Workers are placed on a casual/rota basis with various shift patterns.
2. Permanent Recruitment Services: Bespoke permanent recruitment services for hiring full-time staff including Area Managers, Home Managers, Seniors, Residential Support Workers and Bank staff. Charges include percentage of annual salary per placement.
3. Training Services: CPD accredited classroom and online training courses including Team Teach, Level 3 Diploma, Care Certificate, and sector-specific courses. Training packages range from £500-£600 per day.
4. Consultancy Packages: Three-tiered consultancy packages (£1000, £2000, £3000 per month) offering training coordination, recruitment support, DBS checks, and business development services for care providers.
5. Independent Reg 44 Inspections: Monthly inspection services for children's residential homes compliant with The Children's Home Regulations 2015, including Return Home Interviews.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fulbridge Social Care provides temporary and permanent recruitment of trained and vetted residential support workers, nurses, healthcare professionals, teachers and SEND support workers for children's residential care homes, adult care, disability services and educational settings across the UK. The company also delivers CPD-accredited training (including Team Teach), business consultancy for care providers, and Independent Reg 44 inspections compliant with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.

Product overview

Fulbridge Social Care is a children's residential care agency offering a comprehensive suite of services across three main divisions: Children's Services, Adult and Disabilities, and Education. The core offering combines recruitment services (temporary and permanent placements) with training services (classroom, online, and qualification programmes). Additional services include Business Consultancy with Independent Reg 44 Inspections, Return Home Interviews, and tailored consultancy packages. The company operates nationally, providing vetted and trained residential support workers to care providers, local authorities, and educational settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fulbridge Adult and Disabilities Division: Division providing high quality Nursing, Support Workers and Health Care professionals to adult and children services on a temporary and permanent basis.
• Fulbridge Children's Services Division
• Fulbridge Education

Products and services

• Training Services Industry-specific classroom and online CPD-accredited training courses and qualifications including Team Teach, Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, Care Certificate and over 30 sector-specific courses for health and social care professionals.
• Recruitment Services Temporary and permanent staffing solutions for residential care, healthcare and education sectors, supplying qualified and vetted candidates with options for head-hunting, temp-perm and rota-perm placements.
• Business Consultancy Services Business development support for care providers including step-by-step assistance in opening registered units, regulatory compliance guidance, and tailored consultancy packages for new and existing providers.
• Children's Services Division Specialised recruitment and training supporting children within residential, secure and independent living settings nationwide, providing trained and vetted residential support workers to children's residential care homes.
• Adult and Disabilities Division Provides high-quality nursing staff, support workers and healthcare professionals to adult and children's services on a temporary and permanent basis across care homes, hospitals and disability support settings.
• Education Division Supplies qualified teachers, teaching assistants and SEND support workers to educational settings nationwide for temporary, fixed-term and permanent recruitment.
• Team Teach Training Behaviour management and de-escalation training programme delivered by accredited in-house Team Teach intermediate trainers, providing restraint training compliant with national providers for care and education staff.
• Independent Reg 44 Inspections Monthly independent inspection service for children's residential homes compliant with The Children's Home Regulations 2015, conducted by qualified inspectors from Social Work, OFSTED and Children's Home Management backgrounds.
• Return Home Interviews Trained and vetted consultants conduct in-depth interviews for young people returning to care after running away, identifying harm, understanding reasons and providing safety information for local authorities.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agincare: Agincare is a UK private care provider and staffing organisation supplying carers, support workers, and nurses to local authority and private clients — directly comparable in segment, geography, and service mix to Fulbridge.
• HFH Healthcare: HFH Healthcare is a specialist complex care staffing agency for adults and children with complex needs, overlapping directly with Fulbridge's Adult and Disabilities Division and Children's Services niche placements.
• Nurseplus UK: Nurseplus is one of the UK's largest social care and nursing staffing agencies, providing temporary and permanent staffing across care homes, NHS, and home care — directly comparable to Fulbridge's recruitment core across the same buyer base of local authorities and private care providers.
• Total Community Care (TCC): Total Community Care provides complex care staffing and live-in care packages for adults and children with specialist needs in their own homes — directly comparable as a recruitment-and-complex-care peer in Fulbridge's main operational geography.
• Helping Hands Home Care: Helping Hands is an established UK home care provider with its own training programmes supplying carers to private clients — overlapping with Fulbridge's adult care staffing and CPD-accredited training capability.
• Prestige Nursing + Care: Prestige Nursing + Care provides homecare, nursing, and specialist care staffing plus its own training academy, closely mirroring Fulbridge's combined recruitment and training offering in the UK social care market.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Specialist Recruitment: Reed is a UK-wide generalist recruiter with a dedicated Social Care and Education division placing support workers, nurses, and teachers — a broader incumbent that overlaps Fulbridge's recruitment services but as part of a much larger portfolio.
• Priory Group: Priory is one of the UK's largest operators of residential care, education, and specialist services, providing its own internal staffing for children's residential and adult services — a broader incumbent with significant overlap in clients and candidate pools.
• Caretech: Caretech operates residential and supported living services for adults and children with learning disabilities and complex needs across the UK, making it both a buyer of Fulbridge's recruitment/training services and a broader incumbent competing for similar PSL contracts.

Emerging players

• Cera Care: Cera Care is a technology-enabled home care provider using a digital platform to match carers to clients, intersecting with Fulbridge's staffing and adult care offering but with a more digital, consumer-facing go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fulbridgesc
• Facebookfacebook.com/FulbridgeSC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fulbridge-social-care

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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