Published, in full, before you ring us.
Almost no home care provider in Greater Manchester puts a price on its own website. We think that is the wrong way round, so here is the whole list, including the awkward parts.
No assessment feeNo depositNo minimum term
Every visit, every uplift, one table
| What you are booking | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Two-hour visit, weekday 8am to 6pm | £54 | £27 an hour. This is our core visit and the one we recommend. |
| One-hour visit, weekday | £30 | Available where a longer visit is not wanted. |
| Each additional half hour | £13 | Added to any visit, arranged in advance or on the day. |
| Evenings after 6pm, and weekends | +25% | A two-hour weekend visit is £67.50. |
| Bank holidays | ×1.5 | Christmas Day and New Year's Day are charged at double. |
| Mileage on outings in the companion's car | 45p | Per mile, the HMRC approved rate. Travel to your home is included and never charged. |
| Meet-and-greet before your first visit | Free | You meet the companion at home before you are charged anything. |
| Assessment or set-up fee | None | We do not charge one, and we do not ask for a deposit. |
No VAT is currently charged. These are the prices you pay.
Three common arrangements
£54/wk
One two-hour visit a week. Where we usually start. A fixed afternoon, the same companion, and a written update to the family afterwards.
£216 in a typical four-week month.
£108/wk
Two two-hour visits a week. The most common settled arrangement — one at home and one out, or two at home.
£432 in a typical four-week month.
£162/wk
Three two-hour visits a week. Something on most days, typically where family live far away.
£648 in a typical four-week month.
Two two-hour visits a week with us is £108. Three one-hour visits a week from a premium franchise at £39 an hour is £117. Almost the same weekly spend, and twice as long in the room.
Franchise rate taken from published Greater Manchester price lists, February 2026. Home care in the UK averages £26 to £38 an hour according to homecare.co.uk, using data to 10 February 2026.
The parts people usually have to ring up to find out
- Invoiced weekly in arrears, by direct debit or card. You pay for visits that have already happened.
- No deposit and no minimum term. Stop whenever it stops being useful.
- One week's notice from either side to end regular visits.
- The same companion for every regular visit, with a named backup introduced within the first month.
- Cancellations with less than 24 hours' notice are charged in full — except for a hospital admission or acute illness, which never are.
- One-off visits are welcome and cost exactly the same as regular ones.
- Outings add mileage at 45p a mile in a companion's car, or the taxi fare. Your companion's own bus fare or coffee is on us.
- Nothing is charged before the free meet-and-greet.
A note on funding
Companionship of this kind is usually paid for privately, by the person or by their family. Some people use Attendance Allowance towards it. Some people with a personal budget or a direct payment from their local authority choose to spend part of it on company rather than on tasks.
Benefits and local authority funding are a specialist field and not ours, so we will point you at people who do it properly rather than guess. Age UK and Citizens Advice both give free, independent guidance, and your local authority's adult social care team is the place to ask about direct payments.
Companionship is the whole job, not a line on a rota
Most home care agencies offer companionship as one item inside a care package. It is the first thing squeezed when the round runs late. We do not run a care round, so there is nothing for your visit to be squeezed by.
Doing one thing means we can say exactly what it is, in writing, before you book.
Whitegreen Companions provides non-regulated independent living support. We do not provide personal care, nursing care, clinical care or any other activity regulated by the Care Quality Commission. Our companions can remind you to take medication but never administer it. If your needs change, we will help you find a registered care provider.
Personal care is defined in regulation 2 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. If it is what your family needs, tell us and we will help you find a provider registered to give it — at no charge and with no commission to us.
Start with a conversation, not a contract
Tell us who the visits are for and where they live. If we can help, we will arrange a free meet-and-greet with the companion we have in mind. If we cannot, we will say so and point you somewhere that can.