CQC Registration Consultant Support

You submit a formal application to CQC covering your Statement of Purpose, the fitness of your Registered Manager and Nominated Individual, your policies and your operational readiness. ClearRock's Launch360 project prepares and completes that application with you, drafts the supporting documents and runs mock fit person interviews, so the version you submit is as strong as it can be. CQC assesses every application and the final registration decision is always theirs.

There are two separate costs to plan for: CQC's own registration fee, which is set and invoiced by CQC directly and depends on your regulated activity and service size, and the cost of getting the application right, which is where a consultant comes in. ClearRock's Launch360 project is a fixed £3,950 for the full 12-week preparation process, so you know the cost upfront rather than being billed by the hour.

At a minimum you will need a Statement of Purpose, a suitable Registered Manager and Nominated Individual who can satisfy CQC's fit and proper person requirements, core policies covering safe care and safeguarding, and evidence that your premises, staffing and systems can support the regulated activity you are applying for. CQC sets and assesses these requirements in full; Launch360 is built to help you evidence each of them clearly.

ClearRock's Launch360 preparation project runs to a structured 12-week timeline with a clear handover at the end. CQC's own assessment of your application happens after submission and its timescale is set by CQC, not by ClearRock, so total time to registration varies by application and by CQC's current workload.

A registration consultant prepares your application, drafts your Statement of Purpose and policies, helps you plan your start-up budget and systems, and rehearses your Registered Manager and Nominated Individual for their fit person interview. They do not replace CQC's decision-making and cannot act as your Registered Manager once you are trading.

You start with an initial conversation to confirm scope and timeline, then move into the structured 12-week Launch360 project: application planning and drafting, policy development, budget and system set-up, and mock fit person interview preparation, finishing with a clear handover once your application is submitted, plus support through one amendment round if CQC requests changes.

No, and you should be cautious of any consultant who tells you otherwise. Some firms promise guaranteed first-time approval; that is not a truthful claim, because the registration decision belongs to CQC alone, not the consultant, and no one can control it. What ClearRock can promise is thoroughness: a complete, well-evidenced application, tailored policies and mock fit person interviews, so that everything within our control is covered before you submit.

No. ClearRock provides consultancy services, not legal services, and does not act as your Registered Manager once you are registered and trading. If your situation needs formal legal advice, we will tell you plainly and point you toward independent legal counsel.

Material changes to your legal entity, regulated activities, locations or service model partway through the project are rescoped rather than absorbed into the fixed fee. Launch360 covers one reasonable round of amendments after CQC assessment; further resubmissions beyond that are quoted separately.

Launch360 is built for providers preparing a first CQC application or a genuinely new registration. If you already hold CQC registration and need ongoing operational or compliance support instead, Partner360 or Perform360 is likely the better starting point.