Clear information
We explain where information comes from and distinguish registered company data from manually reviewed evidence.
About Accessible Trades
Making it easier to begin a search for accessible home adaptation work
Accessible Trades helps people discover companies that may provide building, renovation and specialist services relevant to accessible homes and independent living.
Why the service exists
Finding the right starting point can be difficult
Home adaptations can cover a wide range of work, from accessible bathrooms, wet rooms and widened doorways to ramps, rails, lifts, hoists and larger building alterations. Companies do not always use the same language to describe these services, and accessibility work may not be clear from a company name alone.
Accessible Trades brings together location-based company searches, registered business activities and manually reviewed supporting sources. The aim is to help people create a more relevant shortlist and understand what information is available before contacting a company directly.
How it works
A clearer route from location to comparison
Choose a location and distance
Search using a town, city, postcode district or full postcode, then choose how far from that location you want to look.
Select the type of work
Choose a home adaptation trade or search across all supported categories. Registered SIC codes are used to identify potentially relevant businesses.
Review and compare companies
Compare company details, distance, registered activities, websites and any supporting evidence found during manual review.
Supporting evidence
Why some companies are highlighted
Evidence-backed results are shown first
A highlighted result means a relevant source has been found and stored, such as an explicit accessibility service page, a council record, a framework listing or another public source.
Evidence is reviewed against the company identity and recorded with its original source. Where available, the result card may also link to a company website identified during that review.
Supporting evidence can make a result more relevant, but it does not guarantee workmanship, availability, suitability, pricing, insurance or the outcome of a project. Users should still contact companies, ask questions and carry out checks appropriate to their circumstances.
Our approach
Designed around clarity, independence and accessibility
No hidden endorsement
Appearing in search results, having supporting evidence or buying a sponsored placement does not constitute a recommendation or guarantee.
Accessible by design
The service is being built with keyboard access, readable content, visible focus states and reduced-motion preferences in mind.
Sponsored content
Advertising is kept visually distinct
Some areas of the service may contain paid placements. Sponsored content is clearly labelled and may be selected according to the location being searched so that it is locally relevant.
A sponsored placement does not mean Accessible Trades has verified, approved or entered into a business partnership with the advertiser. Sponsored items are separate from the ordering of company search results and do not replace the checks users should carry out.
What the service cannot tell you
Search results are a starting point, not a final decision
Companies House records describe a legal company and its registered activities. A registered office may not be the place from which a company operates, and a SIC code does not prove that a particular accessibility service is currently offered.
Accessible Trades does not inspect completed work, manage contracts, process payments or guarantee that a company will be appropriate for a particular person, property, grant or adaptation.
Begin your search
Discover companies near the place where the work is needed
Search by location and distance, then choose the type of adaptation or trade you are looking for.