Care funds

Care funds are used to track a service user's available funds, for example the amount of personal funds an individual service user has left to pay for their private care.

The care fund object

Attributes

_id
string

A unique Id for the care fund type.
care_fund_type
string

The care fund type, e.g. Savings, Property, etc.
created
string

The date/time the care fund type was created.
description
string

A short description for the care fund to help identify a fund when there are multiple of the same type.
modified
string

The date/time the care fund type was created.
opening_balance
string

The balance in the fund on the opening date
opening_balance_date
string

The date on which the fund's balance was last set, this is effectively the opening balance.
service_user
string

The service user the fund is being tracked for.

List all care funds

Return a list of care funds.

Parameters

attributes
optional

default ['_id']

A list of attributes to include for fetched objects.
filters-care_fund_type
optional

A filter that accepts a list of care fund type Ids and filters care funds by type.
filters-ids
optional

A filter that accepts a list of Ids and filters the items returned to those with an Id in the list.
filters-modified_after
optional

A filter that accepts a date/time and filters the items returned to those modified after the date/time.
filters-modified_before
optional

A filter that accepts a date/time and filters the items returned to those modified before the date/time.
filters-q
optional

A case insensitive keyword filter applied to the following fields; description.
filters-service_user
optional

A filter that accepts a list of service user Ids and filters care funds by the service user they are associated with.
page
optional

default 1

The page number to fetch.
per_page
optional

default 10

The number of items to return per page.
sort_by
optional

default _id

A list of fields the returned items can be sorted by. Fields prefixed with minus (-) sign are sorted in descending order.
- _id
- created
- modified
- opening_balance

Response

Returns a page of care funds.

var careFunds = apiClient.Request(
    HttpMethod.Get,
    "care-funds",
    new MultiValueDict()
        .Add(
            "attributes",
            "description",
            "opening_balance",
            "opening_balance_date",
            "service_user"
        )
        .Add("filters-care_fund_type", careFundTypeId)
);

const careFunds = await apiClient.request(
    "GET",
    "care-funds",
    {
        "params": {
            "attributes": [
                "description",
                "opening_balance",
                "opening_balance_date",
                "service_user"
            ],
            "filters-care_fund_type": [careFundTypeId]
        }
    }
)

<?php

$care_funds = $api_client->request(
    'GET',
    'care-funds',
    [
        'attributes'=>[
            'description',
            'opening_balance',
            'opening_balance_date',
            'service_user'
        ],
        'filters-care_fund_type'=>[$care_fund_type_id]
    ]
);

care_funds = api_client(
    'GET',
    'care-funds',
    params={
        'attributes': [
            'description',
            'opening_balance',
            'opening_balance_date',
            'service_user'
        ],
        'filters-care_fund_type': [care_fund_type_id]
    }
)

care_funds = api_client.request(
    'GET',
    'care-funds',
    params: {
        'attributes' => [
            'description',
            'opening_balance',
            'opening_balance_date',
            'service_user'
        ],
        'filters-care_fund_type' => [care_fund_type_id]
    }
)

Response

{
    "item_count": 14,
    "items": [
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ad9",
            "description": "Savings",
            "opening_balance": 2875000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2024-04-04",
            "service_user": "69e0f990d17c7b702403938b"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039adb",
            "description": "House sale",
            "opening_balance": 8000000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2025-09-15",
            "service_user": "69e0f991d17c7b7024039445"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039add",
            "description": "Savings",
            "opening_balance": 10000000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2026-01-15",
            "service_user": "69e0f990d17c7b7024039355"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039adf",
            "description": "Savings",
            "opening_balance": 18200000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2025-02-09",
            "service_user": "69e0f991d17c7b70240393f3"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ae1",
            "description": "Savings",
            "opening_balance": 16450000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2024-04-07",
            "service_user": "69e0f991d17c7b70240393e3"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ae3",
            "description": "Grant",
            "opening_balance": 8800000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2025-11-23",
            "service_user": "69e0f990d17c7b702403938f"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ae5",
            "description": "House sale",
            "opening_balance": 32000000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2024-06-05",
            "service_user": "69e0f990d17c7b70240393b1"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ae7",
            "description": "Savings",
            "opening_balance": 15600000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2024-10-26",
            "service_user": "69e0f991d17c7b702403943f"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ae9",
            "description": "Bridging loan",
            "opening_balance": 3800000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2026-02-15",
            "service_user": "69e0f991d17c7b702403946b"
        },
        {
            "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039aeb",
            "description": "Bridging loan",
            "opening_balance": 4950000,
            "opening_balance_date": "2025-11-04",
            "service_user": "69e0f991d17c7b702403940f"
        }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_count": 2,
    "per_page": 10
}

Retrieve a care fund

Retrieve a care fund object.

Response

Returns a care fund object.

var careFund = apiClient.Request(
    HttpMethod.Get,
    $"care-funds/{careFundId}"
);

const careFund = await apiClient.request(
    "GET",
    `care-funds/${careFundId}`
)

<?php

$care_fund = $api_client->request(
    'GET',
    'care-funds/' . $care_fund_id
);

care_fund = api_client('GET', f'care-funds/{care_fund_id}')

care_fund = api_client.request(
    'GET',
    "care-funds/#{care_fund_id}"
)

Response

{
    "_id": "69e0f997d17c7b7024039ad9",
    "care_fund_type": "69e0f98dd17c7b702403851d",
    "created": "2026-04-16 15:00:39",
    "description": "Savings",
    "modified": "2026-04-16 15:00:39",
    "opening_balance": 2875000,
    "opening_balance_date": "2024-04-04",
    "service_user": "69e0f990d17c7b702403938b"
}