# Register a supported accommodation service

Source: https://arccare.co.uk/register-supported-accommodation
Last updated: 2026-10-27

## What you can do before you register.

Registration can take several months. Use them to put each premises in order, so the evidence is dated and in one place when it is asked for.

- Premises register, with each premises' category and places
- Policy templates for safeguarding, missing child, behaviour and contingency
- The workforce plan and the young person's guide
- Statement of purpose
- Staff records and HR
- A location assessment for each premises, each year
- A compliance calendar for gas, electrical and fire

Kestrel House Example premises, pending

- **Location assessment**Due by 31 December In progress
- **Gas safety certificate**Expires 14 January Valid
- **Fire risk assessment**Due again 3 March Valid
- **Electrical installation report**No certificate added Missing

Every premises has its own location assessment and its own certificates. A lapse shows on the calendar before it shows on an inspection.

### Opens when you have your URN.

Everything that holds records about young people stays closed until the service is registered. Nothing is lost: it is the same account, with nothing to move.

- Young people's records
- Moving in, and the Regulation 28 notice
- Daily logs and key work
- Incidents and Regulation 27 notifications
- Restraint records

## Simple terms, no surprises.

Read the full [SA Prepare terms](https://arccare.co.uk/sa-prepare-terms). Full prices are on the [pricing page](https://arccare.co.uk/pricing#supported-accommodation).

### Monthly only

SA Prepare is billed monthly. There is no annual option.

### Upgrade any time

Enter your URN and the service moves to £25 a place, from 3 places (£75 a month). You pay the difference for the rest of the month.

### Up to 12 months

A service can stay on SA Prepare for up to 12 months. We email you at least 30 days before it moves to the per-place price. If Ofsted is running late, ask us about an extension.

### Pay once premises open

Per-place pricing starts for a premises when its first young person moves in. Until then the service pays for the minimum of 3 places. Annual billing is £250 a place a year.

## Get ready before the day you register.

See ARC working, and we will help you set up your first premises on SA Prepare.

[Request a demo](https://arccare.co.uk/demo?plan=prepare) [See ARC for supported accommodation](https://arccare.co.uk/supported-accommodation-software)