Getting registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is a vital step in launching any health or social care service, and doing it right from the beginning is critical. At Pinnacle Consultants Ltd, we provide expert-led support to help you navigate the complex CQC registration process with confidence. Whether you’re starting a domiciliary care agency, supported living service, or residential care home, we help ensure your application is complete, compliant, and positioned for approval.
Our consultancy goes beyond forms, we help you build a service ready to meet the CQC’s five key questions: is it safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led? From creating your Statement of Purpose to developing policies and preparing for interviews, we walk you through every requirement. We also offer post-registration quality assurance support, helping you maintain high standards and prepare for inspection. With us, you don’t just register, you register right.
We help you complete and strengthen your CQC application with full support on your Statement of Purpose, service scope, and supporting documents.
Tailored, CQC-compliant policies for safeguarding, staffing, medication, governance, infection control, and more, aligned to your service type.
We prepare your Responsible Individual and Registered Manager for CQC interviews, site visits, and expectations under the five key questions.
Ongoing audits, action planning, and quality assurance tools to help you maintain compliance and prepare for future CQC inspections.
Navigating Ofsted registration can be complex, but with the right process, it becomes clear and achievable. At Pinnacle Consultants Ltd, we guide you through every stage, from document preparation to inspection readiness, ensuring your application is strong, compliant, and complete. Our structured approach reduces delays, strengthens your service’s foundations, and prepares you for success. Every step is tailored to meet Ofsted’s exacting standards and your unique operational needs. With us, you move forward confidently towards full registration and lasting quality.
We assess your service model, readiness, and goals, setting a clear plan for registration and compliance.
We prepare your core documents, Statement of Purpose, and essential CQC policies, all tailored to your service.
We support your full CQC application process, including coaching for key interviews and registered manager preparation.
We offer ongoing audits, readiness reviews, and consultancy to help you meet CQC standards and improve service quality long-term.
Achieving and maintaining CQC compliance requires deep regulatory understanding and a service built on strong foundations. At Pinnacle Consultants Ltd, we offer tailored, end-to-end consultancy that helps care providers register with confidence and operate with excellence. Our clients trust us for our clear guidance, robust policy frameworks, and readiness to support them long after approval.
" We have worked with the team at Pinnacle for a few years and they have been phenomenal in supporting us with set-up, business development, registered manager coaching, mentoring compliance, successful tenders and much more. As a startup domiciliary care provider, we often found ourselves needing guidance and advice, and Pinnacle was always there to empower us and help us put our best foot forward. "
- Mary City Care Solutions
" We can attest that Pinnacle UK Consultant has been like a backbone to our company. They have supported our company in its growth and where we are today. By supporting our company with tailored consultancy according to our needs, and supporting us in our tenders, they even supported us in getting us ready and compliant with our Registered Manager CQC registration, which was a success. We will keep referring them and keep using their services. "
- Adefunke Infinite Healthcare Services