Adult social care charges

For clients who have been financially assessed to pay full cost or choose not to disclose their financial information within 28 days of the care assessment, full cost charges will be applied to care received. Call our charging helpline on 020 8760 5676 for more information.

Maximum charges

Services from private providers

All services arranged but not provided by Croydon council are charged at variable actual cost or assessed contribution, whichever is the lowest.

Benchmarked Care Home Provider Rates for year 2025 to 2026

Care Home Provision Type	Price, per week (£)
Residential Standard	1,121
Nursing Standard (excluding FNC)	1,302
Residential – Dementia	1,183
Nursing – Dementia (excluding FNC)	1,337

These are benchmarked figures based on agreed rates with providers in our Older People’s market. These are uplifted annually in line with our annual inflationary uplift process. For working age adults, benchmarked costs may vary and will be calculated individually.

Services from Croydon council

Day care, per day	Price
Day care in-house	£78.64
Half day	£39.32

Meals, per meal
Meals in LBC run day Centres – Hot	£5.59

Special sheltered housing, per week	Price
Support charge pre-April 2003	£81.29
Support charge post-April 2003	£93.48
Laundry, up to 2 visits per week	£10.70
Guests or family stay, per person per night	£11.79
Home Care/personal & intimate care – one Carer 60 Minutes	£19.16
Home Care/personal & intimate care – one Carer 45 minutes	£9.94
Home Care/personal & intimate care – one Carer 15 minutes	£4.96
Home Care/personal & intimate care – two carers	Double single person rate
Sheltered housing care line plus support charge	£24.75 (under review)
post April 2003 no Housing Benefit per week	£24.85

Croydon Careline services, flat rate	Price
Standard weekly charge	£11.14
Pension credit or income support weekly	£6.97
Additional pendants	£1.24
Additional sensor	£3.86

Telecare service, per week, means tested if eligible	Price
Care at home	£18.28
Telecare system 1	£37.03
Telecare system 2	£55.31
Telecare system 3	£73.58
Additional sensor	£4.00

In-house respite care, per night	£135.32
Self Funders Admin Fee
Annual charges to self-funders - an arrangement fee for people who pay for their own non- residential care and who ask Croydon Council to arrange this for them.	329.46

In-house residential service type, per week	Price
Standard charge	£947.24
Standard EMI (elderly mentally infirm) charge	£993.18
Nursing standard charge (FNC not included)	£947.24
Nursing EMI charge (FNC not included)	£993.18
Annual charges to self funders; an arrangement fee for arranging care and support on behalf of people who pay for their care and who ask the local authority to arrange their care and support	£318.32 per year

Deferred Payment Agreements (DPA’s)
One-Off Set Up Costs:
Legal Fees for Agreement Set up: this covers the cost of placing the legal charge on property, drawing of contracts and may change as this is set by an external solicitor, not LBC *	£864 (plus any disbursements incurred as necessary)
Land Registry Search Land Registry fees have now increased from £3.00 to £7.00 for electronic official copy effective from 9 December 2014.	£7.00
Staff Costs: 15 hours work for an officer to initiate, set up and complete all the tasks required	£599.81
Property Valuation: this charge may vary as it is set by the District Valuers Office	£210 per hour inc. of VAT (May vary depending on the complexity of the case)
Legal Fees: no costs anticipated but may arise in unforeseen circumstances *	Variable
Yearly costs:
Contract Maintenance and Review Costs charged annually – Staff costs for 2hrs every quarter *	£319.88
Property Valuation: only when debt reaches 50% of equity or unforeseen need for in depth review of the DPA *	£210 per hour inc. of VAT (May vary depending on the complexity of the case)
Land Registry Search * Land Registry Fees have now increased from £3.00 to £7.00 for an electronic official copy effective from 9 December 2014.	£7.00
DPA Checkout Fee: 2 hours work for an officer to initiate, set up and complete all the closing down tasks required *	£79.97

* DPA charges may vary when a case incurs unforeseen circumstances that result in more
time and investigation. Charges set-up demonstrate anticipated charges bases on a
standard, non-complicated case.

Legal fees: £360.00
This covers the cost of removing the charge on a property and may change as this is
set by the solicitor and not the council.

* Interest applied to DPA’s are reviewed in January and July of each year. Please contact us for further information, deferredpayments@croydon.gov.uk

Appointeeship and deputyship fees 2026 to 2027
SUFMT charges	2026/27
Adults - APPOINTEE & DEPUTYSHIP CHARGES (Fees set by Public Guardianship Office) - Category 1 charges: Preparatory work to the date court makes an order	£944
Adults - APPOINTEE & DEPUTYSHIP CHARGES - Fees set by Public Guardianship Office - Category 2 charges: Income > £20,300k fixed fee or < £20,300k variable fee; 2.5% of savings up to £500.00 for Health and welfare and up to	£982
Adults - APPOINTEE & DEPUTYSHIP CHARGES - Fees set by Public Guardianship Office - B) 2nd and subsequent years	£824
Adults - APPOINTEE & DEPUTYSHIP CHARGES - Fees set by Public Guardianship Office - Category 3 charges: Annual property management fee	£380
Adults - APPOINTEE & DEPUTYSHIP CHARGES - Fees set by Public Guardianship Office - Category 4 charges: Preparation and lodgement of annual report	£274
Preparation of a Basic HMRC income tax return on behalf of the client:	£89
Hourly travel costs fee:	£51

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