Help & Care

What Help & Care does

Help & Care is a UK-registered nonprofit organization founded in 1985 and headquartered in Christchurch, United Kingdom. It provides a portfolio of health and social-care services including self-management support, healthcare coordination, volunteering programs, and a dedicated dementia coordinator function. The organization is positioned to serve individuals with long-term health conditions, older adults, people living with dementia, and their carers within its regional catchment, working in what appears to be the UK voluntary and community sector.

The organization employs between 101 and 250 staff and operates through a service-delivery model typical of UK charities: human-led casework, signposting, and commissioned programme delivery rather than software or platform-based products. The public website (helpandcare.org.uk) was inaccessible at the time of data capture, returning only a loading/verification page, and the input set contains no pricing information, no disclosed technology stack, no product inventory, and no integration or partnership data. Mark Sharman is identified as Chief Executive Officer.

As a private, non-listed nonprofit, Help & Care does not raise equity funding; its revenue mechanics are presumed to be a mix of local-authority contracts, NHS commissioning income, charitable grants, and donations, consistent with the UK charity sector. There is no evidence in the provided data of commercial product revenue, subscription pricing, or app-based delivery. No M&A, funding rounds, geographic expansion announcements, awards, or regulatory actions are disclosed. The absence of these signals — combined with the inaccessible website — represents a material data gap that constrains any forward-looking inference.

Name

Help & Care

Website

https://helpandcare.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Help & Care is a UK nonprofit founded in 1985 in Christchurch, delivering self-management, healthcare coordination, volunteering, and dementia coordination services to older adults, people with dementia, and carers through a 101–250-person care workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Caregiver Support, Coaching & Training (HLADALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dementia & Alzheimer’s Respite Care (HSABAGAF), Family Caregiver Coaching, Education & Support (HSABAIAI), Financial Assistance & Benefits Navigation Services (BPAGAEAK)

Keywords

• Community health services
• Dementia support
• Self-management programs
• Health advocacy
• Volunteer coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Christchurch

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Help & Care is a UK-based nonprofit organization that delivers community health and social care services. Its offerings include self-management programmes, health care advocacy, volunteer coordination, and a dedicated dementia coordinator service supporting individuals and families affected by long-term health conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Self-Management Programmes Programmes that help individuals living with long-term health conditions develop skills and confidence to manage their own health and wellbeing. Aimed at patients, carers, and community members in the UK.
• Health Care Advocacy Advocacy service that supports individuals to understand their health and social care rights, navigate services, and have their voices heard in care decisions. Targeted at vulnerable adults and their families.
• Volunteering Programme Coordination and support of community volunteers who contribute to delivering Help & Care's health and social care services across the Christchurch area and wider UK community.
• Dementia Coordinator Service A specialist service providing dedicated coordination, information, and support for people living with dementia and their carers. Helps families access appropriate health, social care, and community resources.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Independent Age: Independent Age is a UK charity providing advice, support, and befriending services for older people. Comparable to Help & Care in offering multi-service community-based elder support, including self-management and information services.
• Age UK: Age UK is the UK's largest charity for older people, providing information, advice, and services including dementia support. Directly comparable to Help & Care in addressing older adults' health and social care needs through charitable service delivery.
• Community Integrated Care: Community Integrated Care is a UK social care provider delivering person-centered support to vulnerable people including the elderly and those with dementia. Comparable service model and contract-based commissioning.
• POhWER: POhWER is a UK charity providing advocacy, information, and advice services including for older people and those with disabilities. Comparable in operating as a nonprofit delivering social services via local contracts.
• Carers UK: Carers UK is the leading national membership charity for unpaid carers in the UK, providing advice, information, and policy advocacy. Directly comparable to Help & Care's family caregiver support and education offerings.
• Carers Trust: Carers Trust is a UK charity network supporting unpaid carers through local delivery partners. Highly comparable to Help & Care's caregiver coaching, education, and family support offerings.
• Alzheimer's Society: Alzheimer's Society is a major UK charity focused on dementia support, research, and care services. Directly comparable to Help & Care's dementia coordinator service and broader caregiver/family support work.

Broad incumbents

• British Red Cross: British Red Cross is a major UK humanitarian organization offering health, social care, and community support services. Overlaps with Help & Care's health and volunteering activities but at much larger scale and scope.
• Marie Curie: Marie Curie is a UK charity providing end-of-life care and support for terminal illness. Comparable as a national nonprofit delivering community-based health and caregiver support, with potential overlap in bereavement/family support services.

Regional players

• Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust: The local NHS provider for Dorset (where Christchurch is located), delivering community health and dementia services. Regional comparable given Help & Care's geographic concentration in the same area and likely contract relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/helpandcare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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