Home / Care home fee rate calculator

Care home fee rate calculator

Enter your beds, occupancy and costs for the year to see the weekly fee per resident your home needs to break even and to make the margin you want.

A carer bringing tea to a resident in her room

Pay, employer National Insurance, pension, agency and bank staff.

Food, utilities, insurance, maintenance, supplies and professional fees.

Illustrative figures on 2026/27 rates and simplified assumptions. This is information and not advice. Ask us to run it on your own figures as part of a free review.

The fee your home needs

Rates used in this calculator

Figure2026/27Source
National Living Wage, aged 21 and over£12.71 an hour, £13.21 from April 2027GOV.UK minimum wage rates
NHS-funded nursing care, standard rate£267.68 a weekDHSC, 9 March 2026
Personal Expenses Allowance£31.80 a weekDHSC charging circular 2026/27

The April 2027 line raises the staff costs you enter by 3.9%, the rise in the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over.

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