The quality of our relationships affects the quality of our lives. 

Time For Tea Companions is a small company operating around Guildford, Godalming, Woking and Farnham in South West Surrey. We help you to find friendly, reliable and professional companions to ensure you stay independent and feel more supported in everyday life. We don't replace home care services, our speciality is taking time to be a friend.

Image of Rebecca Mann, Director

Rebecca Mann is one of the founding directors of Time for Tea Companions. Rebecca loves being a companion and looks after the other Time for Tea Companions too. 

Image of Peter Tate, Director of Time for Tea Companions.

Peter Tate is a director of Time for Tea Companions, mostly responsible for the administration, Peter still finds time to enjoy meeting people too.

The things we do

We always start by taking an interest in you.  It is important to us that we understand what you need.  We have a number of companions that we carefully choose to work with and we try to match the best person to your situation and interests before we introduce you to each other.


We charge for our service because we believe that good people should be paid fairly for their time. We invest in our companions who are primarily interested in building a good relationship with you.


When you choose us we provide you with a safe, reliable and regular service and


  • Our companions love to chat and share a cup of tea, play games or do puzzles together. What is important is what is needed to make your time together feel satisfying and enjoyable.


  • Our companions can sometimes offer transport for a shopping trip or to enjoy visiting somewhere or someone you'd like.


  • Our companions can help you with light domestic work, after all who doesn't appreciate a hand folding the sheets or clearing up now and then?


Our mission is to tackle loneliness and isolation and to support people to feel independent and confident.

What Our Clients Say

Don't just take our word

She is the perfect person to turn to for that support or stimulation needed for yourself or an aging relative. She will work out what might help each individual- either a trip out to visit a place of interest or playing a game while listening to music of your choice. A wonderful way to ease a lonely few hours with such a cheerful caring person.



Erin

How it all works

Get in touch

Give us a call on 01483 604580 or send us an email at hello@timeforteacompanions.com. We will  discuss what support you'd like us to provide and the sort of person you'd like to have as a companion.

Meet up with us

Our next step is to meet you at your home with one of our companions to make sure you feel comfortable with us and give you time to ask any questions. We will never put you under pressure to work with us and we'd love you to have a friend or family member along too if you'd like.

Enjoy your meetings

Once you are happy to proceed we'll arrange a regular time and place to meet up with your companion.  We'll also send you a reminder that your companion will be visiting if you like.

Stay in touch

It's really important to us that your relationship with your companion is all that you need it to be so we will contact you now and then to make sure it is all going smoothly. You can always get in touch with us if you need to.

Important Information

About Our Companions


All of our companions are carefully selected and will always have an enhanced check before they can work with us:


  1. They will have an enhanced DBS certificate.
  2. They will be trained in safeguarding practice.
  3. Those offering transport will have a safe and clean car, with proper insurance and a good driving record if they are to take you anywhere.
  4. They all have the correct public liability insurance.
  5. They will have good references.


We regularly meet with our companions to ensure they are well and happy, we don't want to let anything get in the way of a great relationship with you.


We ensure that the companions are trained regularly as they work with us, especially in first aid and mental health concerns.


What We Assume from You


We hope that you will be able to treat our companions as friends.  It is important that you:


  1. Meet in a safe place such as your home.
  2. Inform us as soon as possible if you are not able to meet when arranged. (we charge 60% of your fee if less than 48 hours to cover costs.)
  3. Provide a month's notice if you choose to discontinue the service.
  4. Let us know if you don't feel happy with our service or your companion.
  5. Make payments in a regular and timely manner to allow us to continue to provide a good service.


Our Charges


In order to pay our companions, cover the expenses of insurance and safety checks and the admin of offering this service we charge an initial setup fee of £35 per hour and then from £28 per hour (a little more on high days and holidays).  A mileage fee of 45p mile is charged when making trips out which goes to the companion to cover their costs.


We invoice you each month and expect payment within 14 days.


Let's Talk

Give a call today on 01483 604580. Let's find a time where we can meet or talk about becoming your companion.

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