Home care agency · Leeds
Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support- Address
- 13 Wetherby Road, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2JU
- Run by
- Westward Care Limited (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Pets
- Pets welcome (as stated on westwardcare.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Matthew Larkin
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1994 (32 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02969357)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Feb 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-119664848
The service in brief
Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support in Leeds is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Westward Care Limited. It is registered to support adults of all ages.
CQC rated it Good overall (February 2024). It is one of 210 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Leeds; 98 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2024), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 9 February 2024.
How its rating has changed
- Oct 2016
- Nov 2017
- Feb 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 9 February 2024
- CQC inspection report 28 November 2017
- CQC inspection report 29 October 2016
- Inspection report 4 March 2014
- Inspection report 1 November 2013
- Inspection report 2 November 2012
Where it is
- Ward
- Roundhay
- Council
- Leeds City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leeds North East
- NHS planning area
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in LS8 (15)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
With savings below £23,250, Leeds Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Park Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 16 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Roundhay ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.
Who runs it
Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support is run by Westward Care Limited (company 02969357), incorporated in 1994, 16 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Westward Care Limited runs 6 CQC-registered services; 4 of the 6 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (67%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 6 are in Leeds, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
The inspection, summarised
- People told us they felt safe and enjoyed living at Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support.
- One person told us, "I can't see room for improvement, it is an excellent service." Relatives also spoke positively about the support and were satisfied with the care and support given to their loved ones.
- Medicines were not always managed as required, areas for improvement were identified during our inspection around storage and auditing, the policy that was in place was not relevant for 'extra care' housing.
- Systems were in place to protect people from the risks related to their care needs.
Inspected 12 December 2023; report published 9 February 2024. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe117 of 150 in Leeds
- Effective132 of 150 in Leeds
- Caring138 of 149 in Leeds
- Responsive134 of 150 in Leeds
- Well-led103 of 150 in Leeds
As rated by CQC, published 9 February 2024. Under each rating: how many agencies in Leeds share it.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 102 of the 149 other agencies in Leeds that CQC has rated.
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Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support against its area
- Rated Good. Across Leeds, 83% of the 143 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2024) is more recent than 54% of agency ratings in Leeds.
- Registered with CQC in 2011, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Leeds lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Leeds; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support
- What are Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support's fees?
- Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How did Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What kind of care can Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support offer?
- Registration for Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support covers: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who runs Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support?
- Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support is run by Westward Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Can Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support care for someone with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- When did CQC last rate Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support?
- The latest rating is dated 9 February 2024, 2 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Where is Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support based?
- Its office is at 13 Wetherby Road, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2JU. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Is Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support a registered provider?
- Southlands Retirement Apartments with Care and Support is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-119664848) and was rated Good overall in February 2024.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.