Home care agency · Christchurch
Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd- Address
- 370 Lymington Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5EZ
- Run by
- Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Carla Marie Tomes
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12124182)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Mar 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
Registered to provide: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-16479973554
About Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd
Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd in Christchurch is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (March 2023). It is one of 36 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Barton on Sea; 31 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ownership and company checks
Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd is run by Farmhouse Care Home Ltd (company 12124182), incorporated in 2019, 3 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe90 of 92 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Effective88 of 92 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Caring83 of 92 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Responsive87 of 92 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Well-led87 of 92 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
CQC key question ratings, published 30 March 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole share it.
Past CQC ratings
- Mar 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Where it is
- Ward
- Highcliffe & Walkford
- Parliamentary constituency
- Christchurch
- Integrated care board
- NHS Dorset 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 BH23 (17)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
What the ratings tell you
Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd 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 86 of the 91 other agencies in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that CQC has rated.
How long it has been running
Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd has been registered with CQC since July 2023, about 3 years.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in March 2023.
3 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Farmhouse Care Agency 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The local picture
There are 15 other agencies within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Ethos Care, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 22 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Highcliffe & Walkford 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 Dorset ICB.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd on The Care Panel so far.
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Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd in local context
- Rated Good. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 99% of the 92 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2023) is more recent than 33% of agency ratings in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 27% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole lists 6.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd: common questions
- Is Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd registered with CQC?
- Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-16479973554) and was rated Good overall in March 2023.
- When was Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 30 March 2023, 3 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- How did Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- Can Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- Where is Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd?
- 370 Lymington Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5EZ. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- What type of care does Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd provide?
- Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- What are Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd's fees?
- Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
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