CQC, Ofsted, CIW & RQIA registration specialists
Open, register and grow a care business that stands up to inspection
MindBridge takes health and social care providers from first idea through registration, into compliance that holds, and on to the contracts that make the business sustainable. Director-led, fixed fees, UK-wide.
Thirty minutes, no obligation, and honest advice even if that advice is that you do not need us.
Director-led
Scoped and delivered by the director you meet on day one. No hand-offs.
Fixed written fees
Every engagement priced in writing before work begins. No surprises.
Confidential by default
Your data and findings stay yours. NDAs welcomed as standard.
UK-based, UK-wide
On site anywhere in the UK, or online when that serves you better.
Where providers come to us
Three problems, one consultancy
Most of our work starts at one of these three points. Wherever you are, the first conversation is free.
Start the care business you have been planning
Registration, policies, systems and the operating model, handled together so you open on time rather than in stages.
See start-up packagesStay inspection-ready once you are open
Mock inspections, audit cycles and evidence that is current on any given day, not reconstructed the week before a visit.
Compliance supportWin the contracts that make you sustainable
Tender writing, framework applications and the social value commitments that score, written to the evaluation criteria.
Tender support
Health & social care consultancy
Registration, compliance and everything after it
Thirteen services across four areas. Take one, take a package, or start with a conversation about which you actually need.
CQC Registration Support
End-to-end support through CQC registration, from choosing the right regulated activities to preparing your registered manager for interview.
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Ofsted Registration Support
Registration support for children's homes, supported accommodation and fostering services, including the Regulation 44 and quality-of-care evidence Ofsted looks for.
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CIW & RQIA Registration Support
Registration support for providers opening in Wales and Northern Ireland, where the regulator, the standards and the forms are all different from England.
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Compliance Management
Ongoing compliance support that keeps a registered service inspection-ready every month, rather than scrambling when the inspector calls.
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Care Business Setup
Everything around the registration: company structure, insurance, banking, systems, recruitment and the operating model that has to work on day one.
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Tender Writing & Bid Support
Bid writing for local authority and NHS frameworks, from opportunity search through to submission and feedback.
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Branding, Website & Marketing
The brand, website and marketing a care business needs to be found by families, commissioners and the staff it wants to recruit.
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Training & Capacity Building
Practical training and development that builds lasting capability inside your organisation, not dependence on consultants.
Learn moreStart-up packages
Start your care business with everything in one place
Fixed-scope packages that take a service from idea to registration, covering the paperwork, the people and the systems together.
Domiciliary Care Agency Setup
Care delivered in people’s own homes, registered with the CQC.
- CQC provider and registered manager applications
- Statement of purpose and business plan
- Registered manager interview preparation
- and 5 more
Fixed fee, quoted in writing after a free scoping call
Supported Living Setup
Supporting adults to live independently, with the right registration.
- Service model design and regulated activity scoping
- CQC provider and registered manager applications
- Statement of purpose and business plan
- and 5 more
Fixed fee, quoted in writing after a free scoping call
Temporary Staffing Agency Setup
Supplying care staff to providers, without regulated activity.
- Company setup, insurance and compliance basics
- Conduct of Employment Agencies compliance pack
- Safer recruitment and vetting processes
- and 5 more
Fixed fee, quoted in writing after a free scoping call
Combined Care Agency
Regulated care and staffing supply under one business.
- Everything in the Domiciliary Care package
- Everything in the Temporary Staffing package
- Group structure and governance design
- and 5 more
Fixed fee, quoted in writing after a free scoping call
CIW Domiciliary Care Setup
Opening a domiciliary care service in Wales.
- CIW service and responsible individual registration
- Statement of purpose to Welsh requirements
- Policies written to Welsh national standards
- and 5 more
Fixed fee, quoted in writing after a free scoping call
RQIA Domiciliary Care Setup
Opening a domiciliary care agency in Northern Ireland.
- RQIA registration application
- Statement of purpose and service user guide
- Policies written to NI minimum standards
- and 5 more
Fixed fee, quoted in writing after a free scoping call
We work to the frameworks that judge you
- CQCEngland
- OfstedEngland
- Care Inspectorate WalesWales
- RQIANorthern Ireland
- Skills for CareWorkforce
- NICEGuidance
- Local authority frameworksCommissioning
- NHS & ICB contractsCommissioning
MindBridge Limited is an independent consultancy. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of any regulator named here.
Why now
Demand is growing. So is the scrutiny.
Care is one of the few sectors where demand is structurally rising and the barrier to entry is rising with it. Both facts are opportunities if you are set up properly.
- Doubling
- the projected rise in the number of people aged 85 and over in England and Wales over the next 25 years
- Source: ONS national population projections
- Several times
- the national average vacancy rate, where adult social care has persistently sat
- Source: Skills for Care, State of the Adult Social Care Sector
- Around 1 in 5
- adult social care services rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate at any given time
- Source: CQC, State of Care
How we work
Three steps, no surprises in between
Every engagement runs the same way, whether it is a full registration package or an afternoon of advice.
Free scoping call
Thirty minutes on the phone. You tell us what you are trying to open, fix or win, and we tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.
Written proposal and fixed fee
Scope, deliverables, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before any work starts. No hourly drift and no surprise invoices.
Delivery, then handover
We do the work alongside your people rather than around them, and we hand over so your team can carry it on without us.
Next free webinar
Inspection-ready, not inspection-anxious
Thursday 23 July 2026, 12:30 BST · 45 min + Q&A
Testimonials
What clients say
Feedback from the people we have worked alongside.
Example feedback shown while we gather written permission to publish real client quotes.
“MindBridge took us from anxious about inspection to genuinely confident. The evidence was in order, the team knew their stuff, and we came through our CQC visit rated Good.”
“Frank and the team cut through the noise. Within a quarter we had a strategy the whole board could get behind and the operational discipline to deliver it.”
“The train-the-trainer programme meant the improvements stayed with us. A year on, our own people are still running the sessions MindBridge designed.”
The MindBridge briefing
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Occasional, genuinely useful notes on registration, inspection readiness and winning work. No filler, no spam, unsubscribe any time.
Talk to Frank Muzenda
Every enquiry reaches the director, not a call centre. Tell us what you are trying to open, fix or win, and we will tell you honestly what it takes.
- Response time
- Same working day, every enquiry
- First call
- Free, thirty minutes, no obligation
- Fees
- Fixed and in writing before work starts