Plans & pricing
Three plans. One system.
Care Syndicate is your engager-of-record — sitting compliantly between you and the care provider so you stay self-employed, audit-ready, and paid the same day.
Plan tiers
- Engager-of-record services
- Individual CEST per engagement
- Same-day payments
- Self-bill statements
- Care Syndicate AI CRM access
- HMRC MTD ITSA integration
- Everything in Foundation
- Public liability insurance facilitation
- Professional indemnity facilitation
- Bookkeeping support
- Priority compliance response
- Everything in Shield
- Full accountancy
- Self Assessment filed
- HMRC enquiry support
- Named account manager
Plain English numbers
What you take home, on each plan
Worked through against a £1,000 gross week. Your actual net depends on hours and rate.
- Gross
- £1,000
- Care Syndicate fee
- £100
- You receive
- £900
You pay separately: your own PL & PI insurance (typically £25–£40/week) and accountant fees if you use one.
- Gross
- £1,000
- Care Syndicate fee
- £125
- You receive
- £875
Included: PL & PI insurance cover + bookkeeping. Typical net value of these extras: £35/week.
- Gross
- £1,000
- Care Syndicate fee
- £150
- You receive
- £850
Included: insurance + bookkeeping + accountancy + Self Assessment filing + HMRC enquiry support.
Figures illustrative only — your actual net depends on your weekly hours and rate. Care Syndicate service fees are VAT-exempt under Schedule 9, Group 7 VATA 1994.
How it works
What sits behind every plan
Five things that don't change whichever tier you choose.
01Individual CEST assessment
Every engagement is run through a dedicated CEST assessment based on the actual work — not a blanket determination. You receive a copy and so does the engager. The assessment is logged, dated, and forms part of your audit trail.
02Engager-of-record structure
Care Syndicate sits as the engager-of-record between you and the care provider. You stay genuinely self-employed under the relationship; we handle the contracts, the compliance paperwork, and the right-to-substitute documentation that HMRC expects to see.
03Same-day payments
Cleared funds in before 13:00 on payment run day — your money lands the same day. No factoring, no umbrella deductions, no waiting on agency 30-day terms.
04Permanent audit trail
Every CEST result, every self-bill statement, every signed engagement, every HMRC submission — kept together, time-stamped, and exportable. If HMRC ask, you have the file ready.
05Plan flexibility
Move between Foundation, Shield and Summit as your circumstances change. 30 days' written notice, no penalties — the same wording that's in your engagement (W-01) terms.
Questions
The honest answers
Ready to begin?
Pick the tier that suits you today — switch later with 30 days' written notice, no penalties.
Or email join@caresyndicate.ai.