UK fostering, done with care
Open your home.
Change a life.
KinMatch walks you from “could I foster?” to approved carer, and gives agencies and local authorities a safe, considered way to match every child with the right home.
Safeguarding-firstHuman-led decisionsUK-hosted records
Becoming a carer
Three clear steps, with a real person beside you.
- STEP 1
See if it could be you
A few warm, jargon-free questions. No pressure, no commitment, just a clearer picture of whether fostering fits your life.
- STEP 2
Apply with guidance
A step-by-step application you can pause and pick up any time, with a fostering advisor to talk things through.
- STEP 3
Get approved and matched
Your agency handles assessment and checks, then thoughtfully matches you with a child you can genuinely support.
For agencies & local authorities
Matching a regulator would respect.
KinMatch surfaces ranked, explainable suggestions with the reasons shown. Not a black box. A qualified person always decides, and every action is logged.
Explainable matching
Weighted scoring across location, capacity, age range, needs and keeping siblings together, with the reasons shown.
Immutable audit trail
Every view of a child's record is permissioned and logged, ready for Ofsted scrutiny.
Built on UK GDPR
Role-based access, encryption, retention rules and a UK-hosted database from day one.
Full access from day one. No card, no commitment. See pricing.
Sound familiar?
Fostering software is stuck in the past.
Most agencies are paying more for less. Here’s what we hear, and how KinMatch is different.
Charged by the seat
Adding a social worker shouldn't cost more. KinMatch includes unlimited staff logins on every plan.
Your data held hostage
Some tools charge thousands to hand back your own records. KinMatch lets you export everything to CSV, any time, at no cost.
Clunky, desktop-era tools
If the software is painful, your team avoids it. KinMatch is modern and mobile-first, so records actually get kept.
Compliance chased by hand
Scrambling through spreadsheets before every inspection. KinMatch tracks DBS and reviews for you, with Ofsted-ready exports.
One platform
Everything a fostering service needs, in one place.
Recruit carers, match children, stay compliant, without stitching together spreadsheets, inboxes and three other tools.
Explainable matching
Ranked, weighted suggestions across location, capacity, age, needs and keeping siblings together, with the reasons shown. A qualified person always decides.
A recruitment engine
Our public funnel sends you people who want to foster. You only pay a success fee when an enquiry becomes one of your approved carers.
Referrals, where you already work
Forward your central referrals inbox to your private KinMatch address. Emails land in one queue, with AI-assisted extraction and a human check.
Compliance & reporting
Track DBS checks and annual reviews, and export placements, compliance and a full audit log, the paperwork an inspection expects.
Verification built in
Companies House, Ofsted URN and grade, and Charity Commission checks, so every organisation on the network is who they say they are.
Safeguarding by design
Children are initials-only, access is role-based, every action is logged, and your records are held in a UK database, built to UK GDPR.
Try it yourself
Matching you can actually explain.
This isn’t a mock-up. It’s the real KinMatch scoring engine. Toggle the factors and watch the score and reasoning update live, every time with the reasons shown.
Strong match
Live from the real KinMatch scoring engine.
Approved for Long Term placements
Child age 10 within approved 0-18
1 place free
Same postcode district (M1), keeps child near home/school
Supports all recorded needs
Single child
Grow your carer base
We bring you carers. You only pay when it works.
Recruiting a foster carer usually costs thousands in marketing. KinMatch’s public funnel does the top of that work for you, and there’s no fee until an enquiry becomes one of your approved carers.
- Qualified enquiries routed to your pipeline
- A clear, supported journey that converts
- Attribution tracked, so the fee is only ever for real results
Fair pricing. Free for local authorities.
Simple tiers for agencies, billed monthly or annually, a success fee only when we help you recruit, and no fees per child, ever. Founding partners get 50% off their first year.
Agency plans from £349/mo billed annually, or £419/mo monthly. Save around 17% with annual.
Per-seat fees you avoid
£5,040 /year
Many fostering tools charge per staff licence. KinMatch never does. Unlimited logins are included on every plan.
Estimate only, based on a typical £35/user/month licence. Local authorities use KinMatch free.
Built for how fostering works today.
Most fostering software is a single-agency filing cabinet with per-seat fees. KinMatch is a modern, connected network.
Security & safeguarding
It’s not a feature. It’s the foundation.
KinMatch handles information about vulnerable children. Every one of these is something we do today.
UK-hosted database
Your records are held in a UK database (London region). Any supporting services outside the UK are listed transparently in our privacy notice.
Encrypted in transit & at rest
Everything travels over TLS and is encrypted at rest on managed infrastructure.
Role-based access
Every user has a role. People only ever see the records their job needs.
Immutable audit trail
Every action is written to an append-only log, ready for Ofsted scrutiny.
Children are initials-only
Children are identified by an anonymised reference and initials, never full names.
Per-organisation isolation
Each organisation's data is strictly separated. Nothing leaks between agencies.
Human-led AI
AI can read a referral email to save typing, but a person always decides, and your records are never used to train AI models.
UK GDPR & a DPA
Built to UK GDPR data-minimisation, with a Data Processing Agreement available for every account.
Questions, answered.
What is KinMatch?
KinMatch is a UK platform with two parts: a guided journey to help people become approved foster carers, and a private, auditable tool for local authorities and fostering agencies to match approved carers with children who need a home.
Who can foster a child in the UK?
You can usually apply to foster if you are over 21, have a spare room, and can offer a child a safe, stable home, regardless of whether you own your home, your relationship status, sexuality, or employment. A fostering agency or local authority assesses your suitability, including DBS checks.
How do I become a foster carer with KinMatch?
Start with a few short eligibility questions, then submit an enquiry. A fostering agency or local authority guides you through application, assessment and approval. KinMatch keeps the process clear and supported at every stage.
Is KinMatch only for foster carers?
No. Alongside the recruitment journey for prospective carers, KinMatch provides fostering agencies and local authorities with explainable, professional-led matching and a complete audit trail designed to meet UK safeguarding and GDPR expectations.
How does KinMatch help fostering agencies?
KinMatch gives agencies one place to recruit carers (via the public funnel), respond to referrals, match children with explainable AI-assisted scoring, manage placements, and stay compliant, with verification, a full audit trail and Ofsted-ready exports built in.
How much does KinMatch cost?
KinMatch is free for local authorities. Agencies pay a simple monthly subscription scaled by their number of approved carers, plus a success fee only when we help recruit an approved carer. There are no fees per child.
Is children's data kept safe?
Yes. KinMatch is built safeguarding-first: children are identified by reference and initials only (never full names), access is role-based and every action is logged for audit, and your records are held in a UK database.
There’s a child who needs the home only you can offer.
Take the first step today. It starts with a conversation, nothing more.