Oxford House Community Care

What Oxford House Community Care does

Oxford House Community Care operates a dual-channel care delivery model in the Thames Valley, combining a residential nursing facility in Slough with a home care service spanning Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The nursing home, a family-run operation housed in a former 1890s vicarage, accommodates 30-34 residents and provides nursing, residential, and dementia care; the community care division deploys more than 100 carers to deliver domiciliary, live-in, specialist, and respite services in customers' own homes. Customers include elderly individuals requiring personal or clinical support, families seeking care for relatives, and three named local authority commissioners (Slough Borough Council, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and Buckinghamshire County Council) who procure publicly funded placements alongside private self-pay and direct payment arrangements.

The business generates recurring service revenue across four streams: home care, residential nursing home care, live-in care, and respite care, with payments sourced from local authority contracts, individual direct payment budgets, and private financing. Operations are supported by the Careberry electronic care management system, an NHS-approved platform enabling paperless workflows, online recruitment, and staff-client-family communication; the operator has publicly stated plans to layer generative AI into Careberry for note writing and care planning documentation.

The organisation is privately held under the Oxford House Partnership entity, family-owned since its 1980 founding, with no external investors or parent company disclosed. Regulatory standing is mixed: Community Care holds a CQC Good rating while the Nursing Home is currently rated Requires Improvement; the group holds Gold Standards Framework Platinum accreditation for end-of-life care (2024-2027), is a 2024 Great British Care Awards Regional Winner, and carries a Top 20 Care Home 2020 designation from carehome.co.uk alongside 9.3/10 (homecare.co.uk) and 9.8/10 (carehome.co.uk) consumer ratings.

Name

Oxford House Community Care

Legal name

Oxford House Partnership

Website

https://oxfordhousecare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Family-run care provider founded in 1980 operating a 30-bed nursing home in Slough and a 100+ carer home care service across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, delivering nursing, dementia, domiciliary, and live-in care to elderly clients and their families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Elderly Care Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610), Home Health Care Services (6216), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Small Residential Care Homes (RCFE/Board & Care) (HLADABAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Post-Diagnosis Transition & Hospital-to-Home Dementia Support (HSABAEAL)

Keywords

• Home care services
• Residential nursing care
• Dementia care
• Live-in care
• Domiciliary care

Headquarters

HQ city

Farnham Royal, Slough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Home Care Services: Personal care, support, companionship, and domestic assistance provided in customers' own homes. Revenue generated through local authority contracts, direct payment plans via individual budgets, and private pay arrangements.
2. Nursing Home Residential Care: Residential accommodation with nursing, residential, and dementia care services. Financing options include local authority funding, social services payments, direct payments, and private financing.
3. Live-in Care Services: Around-the-clock care provided in the customer's own home by dedicated live-in carers, supporting independent living with comprehensive support.
4. Respite Care Services: Temporary relief for family caregivers with professional, compassionate support for loved ones. Flexible short-term care arrangements.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Oxford House Community Care provides personalised home care services (domiciliary care, live-in care, specialist care) across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, alongside its Oxford House Nursing Home in Slough offering residential, nursing, and dementia care for up to 30-34 residents. The family-run organisation has over 30 years of experience delivering person-centred care to elderly individuals, employing more than 100 trained carers.

Product overview

Oxford House Community Care operates as a unified care organization offering two main service lines: (1) Home Care Services providing domiciliary care (including domestic care, companionship, home help & housekeeping, personal care, and respite care), live-in care, and specialist care for individuals remaining in their own homes across Berkshire and Buckinghamshire; and (2) Oxford House Nursing Home, a family-run residential nursing facility in Slough offering nursing, residential, and dementia care for up to 30-34 residents. The organization supplements its care delivery with Careberry, an NHS-approved electronic care management system that provides paperless operations, AI-enhanced documentation, and integrated staff-client-family communication. The portfolio also includes supporting services such as activities & events programming, home-cooked meals with special dietary accommodations, and health & wellbeing services with 24/7 nursing care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Domiciliary Care Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 9.3/10 rating from 49 reviews on homecare.co.uk
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CareberrycoreTechnology or IntegrationCareberry is an NHS-approved electronic care management system partner. The technology enables Oxford House to go paperless, handle recruitment online, and improve communication between staff, clients, and families. Future plans include AI integration for enhanced note writing and care planning. This partnership represents a core technology investment for operational efficiency.
• Homecare AssociationminorOthersOxford House Community Care is a member of the Homecare Association, the national membership body for home care providers. Membership indicates adherence to industry standards and best practices.
• Berkshire Care AssociationminorOthersOxford House is a member of the Berkshire Care Association, an industry body focused on raising standards of care in the Berkshire region.
• Slough Borough CouncilcoreOthersLong-established relationship for commissioning care services. Local authority partner for publicly funded care placements.
• Royal Borough of Windsor and MaidenheadcoreOthersLong-established relationship with this local authority for commissioning care services and supporting residents from this area.
• Buckinghamshire County CouncilcoreOthersLocal authority partner for commissioning care services, particularly for the Farnham Royal community care operations.
• NHSminorOthersNHS has approved the Careberry electronic care management system used by Oxford House. The NHS approval indicates the technology meets required standards for healthcare data management.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Right at Home UK: Network of locally owned home care offices across the UK providing personal care, dementia support, and live-in services to older adults — a directly comparable service mix to Oxford House's community care arm.
• Bluebird Care: UK franchised home care provider delivering domiciliary, live-in, and specialist care services across many UK regions, overlapping directly with Oxford House's home care and live-in offerings.
• Home Instead Senior Care: UK franchised home care provider offering personal care, companionship, dementia support, and live-in care to elderly clients in their own homes — directly comparable to Oxford House Community Care's home care division.
• Helping Hands Home Care: UK-established home care specialist offering visiting and live-in care, dementia support, and complex care — a directly comparable in-home care model to Oxford House Community Care.
• Aria Care: UK operator of small-to-medium residential and nursing homes, including dementia care, focused on family-run-style quality — comparable in scale and care model to Oxford House Nursing Home.

Broad incumbents

• Barchester Healthcare: One of the largest UK private operators of nursing and residential homes, providing an overlapping set of services to Oxford House but at portfolio scale rather than single-site.
• HC-One: Largest UK care home operator with hundreds of nursing, residential, and dementia homes, providing a clear incumbent benchmark for Oxford House's nursing home service line.
• Caring Homes Group: Established UK operator of residential, nursing, and dementia care homes across multiple regions, offering overlapping services but at significantly greater scale than Oxford House.
• Care UK: Major UK provider of residential, nursing, and dementia care, plus home care services through its Helping Hands brand, competing broadly with Oxford House across both divisions.

Regional players

• Avery Healthcare: Mid-sized UK operator of nursing and dementia care homes with strong regional presence, including in southern England — a comparable operator in similar geographies to Oxford House.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oxford-house-community-care

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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