Paying for it yourself
If savings and capital are above the English threshold, the fee is paid privately. The threshold changes each April, so check the current figure with the council or on GOV.UK before you plan around it.
Fees and funding
Fees and funding, explained simply.
Whatever your situation, we will help you understand the fees and any support you may be entitled to.
Talk it through with us.
We are here to help. A weekly figure depends on what someone needs, and because Bristol and Neath sit in different funding systems, the answer differs between our two homes. Below are the fees each home publishes, then the funding routes that apply to each.
Whatever you read here, your own figure is worked out after an assessment and confirmed in writing before anybody moves in. Nothing gets added on afterwards without being agreed with you first.
Weekly fees
Our weekly fees.
These are the weekly fees the homes publish on carehome.co.uk, checked 12 August 2026. They are a guide, not a quote.
Edgecumbe Lodge, Bristol
Weekly charge per person. Respite and permanent stays are the same price at Edgecumbe.
| Type of care | Weekly fee |
|---|---|
| Residential care | £1,250 to £1,270 |
| Residential dementia care | £1,270 to £1,300 |
Gnoll Nursing Home, Neath
Weekly charge per person. Respite and permanent stays are the same price at Gnoll.
| Type of care | Weekly fee |
|---|---|
| Residential care | £1,020 to £1,200 |
| Residential dementia care | £1,200 to £1,250 |
| Nursing care | £1,300 to £1,320 |
| Nursing dementia care | £1,350 to £1,370 |
Fees are reviewed from time to time. Ring the home for today's figure and what it covers.
What is included
What the weekly fee covers.
Your room, and all the care you need in it
All meals, drinks and snacks through the day
Laundry, cleaning and heating
Activities in the home, and the garden
At Gnoll, the registered nurses on duty day and night
Things like hairdressing, chiropody and newspapers are extra
Ask for the full list of what is and is not included when you visit. It is short, and we will go through it with you.
England
Funding for Edgecumbe Lodge, in Bristol.
Edgecumbe Lodge sits in South Gloucestershire, so English rules apply and South Gloucestershire Council is the council involved.
Council funding
Start by asking South Gloucestershire Council for a care needs assessment, then a financial assessment. If the council funds a place, a family member or friend can sometimes pay a third party top up so somebody can have the room they want. We accept council funding with or without a top up.
NHS Continuing Healthcare
Where somebody's needs are primarily health needs rather than social care needs, the NHS may fund the whole package. It is assessed by the NHS, not by us, and we can point you at who to ask.
Attendance Allowance
A non means tested benefit for people over State Pension age who need help with personal care. It is worth checking whether it applies, because a lot of people who qualify never claim it.
Wales
Funding for Gnoll Nursing Home, in Neath.
Wales has its own system, so this is genuinely different from the section above. The council here is Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Paying for it yourself
Wales sets its own capital limit for residential care, and it is reviewed each year, so ask the council for the current figure rather than assuming the English one.
Council funding
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council carries out the care needs assessment and the financial assessment. Wales also caps what a council can charge somebody for non residential care, which is a separate rule from residential fees; the council will explain which applies.
NHS funded nursing care
Where somebody in a nursing home needs care from a registered nurse, the Welsh NHS pays a weekly contribution towards it. The published rate is at least £201.74 a week, checked 12 August 2026, and your local health board may pay more. It comes to the home, not to you, and it reduces what is left to pay.
NHS Continuing Healthcare
As in England, where somebody's needs are primarily health needs the NHS may fund the whole package. The assessment is run by the health board.
Questions
Questions families ask about money.
Fees are reviewed periodically, and we write to families in advance of any change rather than putting it on an invoice unannounced.
Tell us early. Both homes accept council funding, and the sooner the council is involved the smoother the change is. Nobody should be finding this out in a crisis.
Age UK and Age Cymru both give free, independent advice on paying for care, and your council's adult social care team is the right first call for an assessment. We are not financial advisers, and we will always say so.
Come and have a look round.
Ring whichever home is nearer to you and ask for a visit. Come at a time that suits you, meet the people who would be looking after your relative, and take as long as you need to decide.
Bristol on 0117 956 8856, Neath on 01639 637988.