Home care agency · Gloucester
Essential Care Solutions Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of Essential Care Solutions Ltd- Address
- Office 16, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1UB
- Run by
- Essential Care Solutions Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Khanyisile Winnie Myeni
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2021 (5 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 13698455)
- Last CQC check
- 23 Jun 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-12865113024
About Essential Care Solutions Ltd
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Essential Care Solutions Ltd is based in Gloucester. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (June 2023). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 107 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Gloucester; 56 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe19 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Effective116 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Caring113 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Responsive115 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Well-led31 of 129 in Gloucestershire
CQC key question ratings, published 23 June 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Gloucestershire share it.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Essential Care Solutions Ltd 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Gloucestershire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Inspection findings in brief
- The majority of people's health associated risks were assessed by the provider.
- We found some health associated risks were not assessed to guide staff on how to respond to these risks.
- Where people were supported in the administration of their medicines, they were supported by staff who had been trained and competency assessed.
- The provider had no system for the safe administration of transdermal patch application.
Inspected 23 May 2023; report published 23 June 2023. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is P & N Healthcare Services Ltd - Gloucester, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Westgate ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
The company behind Essential Care Solutions Ltd
Essential Care Solutions Ltd is run by Essential Care Solutions Ltd (company 13698455), incorporated in 2021.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Track record
Essential Care Solutions Ltd has been registered with CQC since March 2022, about 4 years.
CQC has rated it once overall, as Requires improvement, in June 2023.
It has gone 3 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
Ratings over time
- Jun 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 23 June 2023
Finding it
- Ward
- Westgate
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gloucester
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in GL1 (39)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
Needs it is registered to meet
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Gloucestershire, 19 of 129 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (15%), while 31 of 129 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
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Where Essential Care Solutions Ltd stands locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Gloucestershire, 88% of the 125 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2023) is more recent than 70% of agency ratings in Gloucestershire.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 39% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Gloucestershire lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (15% of home care agencies in Gloucestershire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (25% of home care agencies in Gloucestershire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Gloucestershire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Similar home care agencies near Gloucester, rated recently
- Foundation HouseOct 2026 · 0.9 miles
- Care at Home GloucesterJul 2026 · 1.0 miles
- P & N Healthcare Services Ltd - GloucesterApr 2026 · 1.1 miles
What families ask about Essential Care Solutions Ltd
- How is Essential Care Solutions Ltd rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Essential Care Solutions Ltd: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- Does Essential Care Solutions Ltd support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Is Essential Care Solutions Ltd registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Essential Care Solutions Ltd as a home care agency, location ID 1-12865113024 and was rated Requires improvement overall in June 2023.
- When did CQC last rate Essential Care Solutions Ltd?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 23 June 2023, 3 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What services is Essential Care Solutions Ltd registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Essential Care Solutions Ltd how it would adapt if needs increase.
- How much does Essential Care Solutions Ltd charge?
- No fee list from Essential Care Solutions Ltd has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Where is Essential Care Solutions Ltd based?
- Office 16, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1UB is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.