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Autumna
Later-life care directory and quality score
Care matching
Autumna helps self-funding families find later-life care through the UK's largest care directory, and its OpenScore product gives each provider a real-time quality score built from more than 60 data points.
The read
Autumna is a later-life care directory for self-funding families, who often struggle to find independent, detailed information about the care open to them. It gives independent advice on every type of care, from care homes and home care to live-in care and retirement living, and puts providers in front of self-funders who are actively searching.
OpenScore is its quality product. It combines more than 60 data points, including live reviews and mock inspections, into a single score that updates in real time. Autumna's case is that CQC inspections are on average four years out of date, so families need a current picture. The score appears on Autumna provider profiles, on an interactive OpenScore map, and on providers' own websites through an embeddable widget.
The Bridgehead view
OpenScore changes what Autumna is. A directory competes on how many providers it lists; a score competes with the CQC rating as the number families trust. That is a stronger position and a more exposed one. Providers will accept a score they can display on their own sites only while they think the method is fair, so how the 60 data points are weighted will matter more than how many there are.
Recent coverage
Care Home Professional2 Sept 2026
Autumna appoints new head of commercial growth
Read the storyCare Home Professional16 Dec 2025
Autumna's Debbie Harris | The trust deficit: Why real-time transparency is the key to enquiries in 2026
Read the storyCare Home Professional24 Nov 2025
Interactive map with real-time care home ratings launched
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