PORTERS CARE LIMITED

What PORTERS CARE LIMITED does

Porters Care Limited is a UK-based care technology distributor and integrator headquartered in Stockport, Greater Manchester, operating as a family-run private limited company founded in 2020 with 1-10 employees. The company curates and deploys a portfolio of safety, monitoring, and health technologies for UK care homes, supported living providers, housing associations, NHS Integrated Care Boards, and lone workers across social care and community settings. Its core product surface comprises the Connect centralised caregiver dashboard, the CareBuilder modular monitoring platform, and AI-powered devices including Nobi Smart Lamps (ceiling-mounted fall detection), Sentinare (privacy-first stick-figure fall detection), Vitalerter (contact-free predictive health monitoring), Bide (night-time fall prevention with personalised voice prompts), CRDL (touch-to-sound therapeutic device for dementia), and GrandCare (independent living platform), supplemented by peripherals such as door and motion sensors, GPS trackers, sleep analysers, blood pressure monitors, and medication dispensers.

The business operates a multi-stream revenue model combining one-time hardware sales (e.g., Sentinare at £335 per unit), recurring software licences (£10/month additional user licences for Sentinare, monthly CareBuilder licence), professional services (installation, training, ongoing support), and managed enterprise solutions for multi-site care home and housing deployments. Distribution is primarily direct B2B sales with consultative demonstrations and quote-based enterprise pricing, complemented by an e-commerce channel for individual products and onboarding to the SHED 5 procurement framework for housing associations. The company holds official UK distribution rights for Nobi (Belgium), AltumView/Sentinare, and Vitalerter (Israel), giving it a multi-vendor position in the UK care technology stack.

Porters Care has secured notable customer logos including the NHS Suffolk & North East Essex ICB (87-room Nobi evaluation), Birchgrove (356 apartments across six retirement communities), Dudbrook House (150 rooms via Alcove), South Yorkshire ICB, Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, Eric Wright Group, and Alternative Futures Group. The company is NHS DTAC approved, a TSA member, and states UK GDPR and ISO 27001 alignment, positioning it for regulated public-sector procurement. Strategic emphasis is on privacy-first monitoring (no cameras, no constant audio recording), preventive rather than reactive care, and measurable NHS-validated outcomes including 41% reduction in falls, 70% faster intervention times, and up to 75% reduction in hospital visits.

Name

PORTERS CARE LIMITED

Legal name

Porters Care Limited

Website

https://porterscare.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Porters Care Limited is a UK-based care technology distributor and integrator curating AI-powered safety, fall detection, and health monitoring solutions (Nobi, Sentinare, Vitalerter, CareBuilder, Bide) for care homes, supported living providers, NHS Integrated Care Boards, housing associations, and lone workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Care Technology

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Home Health Care Services (621610), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLACAHAD

Care Management & Coordination Platforms (case/disease management workflows)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/Population Health Management & Value-Based Care Analytics

SECONDARYHLAFAEAL

Care Management & Care Coordination (Home & Community-Based)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Home Health & Hospice Providers

SECONDARYHLADALAG

Caregiver Support, Coaching & Training

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Senior Care Coordination & Case Management (Geriatric Care Management)

Keywords

• Care technology solutions
• Fall detection systems
• Remote health monitoring
• Digital care platforms
• Assisted living technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockport

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: Sale of smart monitoring devices and sensors including Sentinare fall detection units (£335), Nobi smart lamps, Vitalerter biosensors, Bide fall prevention devices, CRDL therapeutic devices, and various peripheral sensors (motion, door, health monitoring devices).
2. Software Licensing (Monthly): Additional user licenses for Sentinare available at £10/month via in-app purchase. CareBuilder requires active monthly licence plus compatible 4G Data SIM and data package.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, installation, training, and ongoing support services. Porters Care provides local installation, training and support for products like GrandCare, ensuring UK regulation compliance.
4. Enterprise Solutions Integration: Custom integrated monitoring solutions for care homes, housing providers, and NHS/ICBs involving audit, procurement, and full deployment across multiple locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Porters Care Limited supplies and integrates digital care technology for care homes, supported living providers, housing associations, the NHS and lone-worker organisations, distributing and implementing multiple best-in-class brands (Nobi smart-lamp fall detection, Sentinare acoustic monitoring, Vitalerter wearables, CRDL, CareBuilder, GrandCare, Bide and CB Voice) alongside its own Connect caregiver dashboard. The business combines hardware sales, recurring software subscriptions and professional services (consultation, installation, training, support) under a single supplier relationship for the UK care sector, with European distribution available on request.

Product overview

PORTERS CARE LIMITED offers a modular, platform-based care technology ecosystem designed for care homes, supported living, housing providers, and lone workers. The portfolio centres on CareBuilder as the core scalable monitoring platform that integrates with multiple specialized products including Bide (night-time fall prevention with voice prompts and lighting), CRDL (therapeutic touch-to-sound device for dementia), Connect (unified caregiver dashboard), Sentinare (AI-powered fall detection with privacy-safe stick figure monitoring), Vitalerter (contact-free health monitoring with predictive analytics), GrandCare (comprehensive independent living platform), and Nobi Smart Lamps (AI-powered ceiling lights with fall detection). The ecosystem supports a range of peripherals including health monitors, sensors, medication dispensers, and smart home devices all connected through the Connect dashboard. Solutions address resident safety, health monitoring, environmental monitoring, and staff/lone worker safety across UK care and housing settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Porters Connect: Centralized dashboard platform for caregivers to manage care technology, monitor residents, and receive real-time alerts
• Sentinare
• Sentinare 3
• CRDL
• CareBuilder
• GrandCare
• Vitalerter
• Bide
• Nobi Smart Lamps
• CB Voice

Products and services

• Nobi Smart Lamps AI-powered ceiling-mounted smart lamps that detect, predict and prevent falls in care home, hospital and home settings, providing 24/7 monitoring, fall detection and prevention, and automated lighting to reduce fall risk.
• Sentinare Acoustic Monitoring Privacy-first acoustic monitoring system using AI to detect falls and unusual behaviour in bedrooms without cameras or intrusive hardware, designed for care homes and supported-living settings.
• Vitalerter Wearable Wearable device using predictive machine learning to monitor vital signs and fall risk in real time, alerting caregivers to early warning signs before incidents occur.
• CRDL (Cradle) Therapeutic Device Touch-to-sound device that translates physical touch into audible sound, enabling inclusive communication between caregivers and people with dementia, learning disabilities or other communication barriers.
• CareBuilder Platform Touch-screen social-care management platform combining rota, care planning, eMAR, reporting and HR in a single system, used by care homes and home-care providers with Porters Care as the UK partner.
• GrandCare Independent-Living Platform Large touch-screen platform for independent and assisted living that enables activity, health and medication monitoring, video calls, messaging, photos and games for older and disabled people living at home.
• Connect Caregiver Dashboard Porters Care's centralized caregiver dashboard that integrates multiple care technologies and peripherals (sleep analyser, GPS trackers, door sensors, smart buttons, pagers, sound monitoring, bed sensors, cameras) into a single view, replacing multiple platforms with one cohesive ecosystem.
• Bide Fall-Prevention Wearable GPS-enabled fall-prevention wearable designed to prevent falls and wandering, suitable for care home and home environments, integrating into the Connect ecosystem.
• CB Voice Lone-Worker / Communication Device

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 75% reduction in hospital visits, up to 100% reduction in hospital admissions, up to 65% reduction in ambulance callouts
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability13 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2026Porters Care worked with SNEE ICB as part of its Digitising Social Care Programme to deploy and evaluate Nobi Smart Lamps across 7 Suffolk care homes. The company supported installation, training, and acted as liaison between NHS, care providers and Nobi. The evaluation demonstrated £89,000 in avoided emergency costs and 196% projected ROI.
• AlcovecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 30 October 2025Porters Care supplied Alcove with full audit, procurement and installation of Nobi Smart Lights at Dudbrook House, working closely to ensure seamless deployment and enabling staff training. Alcove is a technology integrator serving care homes.
• BirchgroveflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2024Birchgrove, the UK's leading developer of rented retirement homes, became the first senior living provider in the UK to install Nobi AI-driven fall detection smart lights. Partnership involves installation across 356 apartments in 6 communities including Ayrton House, Pepperpot House, Hampton Court Estate, Christ Church Apartments, Banstead Place, and Chiswick.
• NobicoreTechnology or IntegrationPorters Care is Nobi's UK partner for distribution, implementation and support of Nobi Smart Lamps. They handle UK installation, training, and ongoing support. Nobi is a Belgian health care technology provider. Data transfers comply with UK GDPR under adequacy regulations.
• CareBuildercoreTechnology or IntegrationPorters Care is a distributor and integrator for CareBuilder, a fully scalable modular monitoring platform for supported living, residential care, housing providers and domiciliary care environments.
• AltumView / SentinarecoreTechnology or IntegrationPorters Care is the official UK distributor for Sentinare AI monitoring products, offering direct online ordering with expert product support, fast dispatch and after-sales guidance.
• Procurement for Housing (SHED 5 Framework)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSHED 5 is a £500m framework dedicated to emerging disruptors in housing technology. Porters Care solutions are available through this framework, making it easier for housing associations and councils to procure their technology.
• TSAminorOthersPorters Care is a TSA member organisation. TSA is the UK industry association for telecare and telehealth.
• ArcominorOthersArco is a partner of Porters Care, appearing as a partner logo on their website.
• Suffolk County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSuffolk County Council partnered with Dudbrook House to equip rooms with Nobi Smart Lights as part of a local authority initiative to improve resident safety in senior living environments.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hasbro GrandCare (GrandCare Systems): US-based connected care and activity monitoring platform for independent living, elderly care and disability support — comparable to Porters Care's GrandCare product offering with similar touchscreen, telehealth and family connectivity feature set.
• Alcove: UK technology integrator for care homes and supported living providing care technology platforms, sensors and digital tools — directly comparable as a UK care home technology integrator, and notably an active implementation partner of Porters Care.
• Tunstall Healthcare: UK-based leading provider of telecare and telehealth solutions for housing, health and social care, serving care homes, local authorities and housing providers — directly comparable as a UK digital care technology integrator with similar NHS and housing association channels.
• Careium: European (Swedish) digital care technology company offering telecare, remote monitoring and connected care platforms to elderly and vulnerable individuals — comparable as a multi-vendor digital care platform serving similar care home and home-based customer segments.
• Appello Careline: UK provider of digital telecare, alarm and monitoring services for housing associations and local authorities — directly comparable as a UK-based technology-enabled care services company targeting overlapping social housing and care home buyers.

Emerging players

• Nobi: Belgian health technology company behind Nobi Smart Lamps for AI-powered fall detection in elderly care — comparable as a core product principal whose UK go-to-market is enabled by Porters Care, representing both a partnership and competitive overlap.
• CarePredict: US AI-powered remote health monitoring platform for seniors using wearables to predict health changes and falls — comparable as an AI-driven predictive care monitoring solution targeting the same elderly care market with similar outcomes-based value proposition.
• Home Instead (Honor Technology): Global home care franchise network increasingly deploying technology for falls detection, wellbeing monitoring and family connectivity in older adults' homes — partial overlap as both serve the independent living segment with safety monitoring solutions.

Broad incumbents

• VitalConnect: US-based remote patient monitoring platform with biosensor patches for continuous vital sign tracking — broader incumbent in remote monitoring space with similar predictive health analytics but oriented to clinical rather than social care settings.
• Legrand Care (UK): UK division of global Legrand group providing telecare, assisted living and dementia care technology — broader incumbent with overlapping fall detection and assisted living offerings to housing and care sectors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/porterscare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/porters-care-limited
• Instagraminstagram.com/porterscare
• Xx.com/PortersCare

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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