Home care agency · Newton Aycliffe
Blossom Home Care Durham
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Blossom Home Care Durham- Address
- FLEXSPACE BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTRE, Durham Way South, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6XP
- Run by
- Carevantage Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- February 2021 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- Tracy Dunn
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2020 (6 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12733074)
- Last CQC check
- 21 May 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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About this agency
Blossom Home Care Durham in Newton Aycliffe is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Carevantage Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2022). It is one of 33 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Newton Aycliffe; 24 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe44 of 50 in County Durham
- Effective46 of 50 in County Durham
- Caring43 of 50 in County Durham
- Responsive46 of 50 in County Durham
- Well-led40 of 50 in County Durham
From CQC's latest report, published 21 May 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in County Durham share it.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People and relatives spoke positively about Blossom Home Care Durham.
- People said they felt safe with the staff who supported them.
- People said they received good care from a consistent staff team who arrived on time, were professional and communicated effectively.
- People and relatives said staff were king and caring and promoted people's independence in a safe way.
Inspected 6 April 2022; report published 21 May 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 39 of the 49 other agencies in County Durham that CQC has rated.
History with CQC
Blossom Home Care Durham has been registered with CQC since February 2021, about 5 years.
One overall rating to date: Good, published May 2022.
No new overall rating has been published for 4 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Blossom Home Care Durham 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
With savings below £23,250, County Durham Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Rating history
- May 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 21 May 2022
Location and local area
- Ward
- Aycliffe South
- Council
- Durham County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in DL5 (6)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
How it fits locally
There are 5 other agencies within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Compassionate Care and Support (North East) Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
14 of the 20 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Aycliffe South ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
The company behind Blossom Home Care Durham
Blossom Home Care Durham is run by Carevantage Ltd (company 12733074), incorporated in 2020.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
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Blossom Home Care Durham in local context
- Rated Good. Across County Durham, 94% of the 48 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2022) is more recent than 25% of agency ratings in County Durham.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 45% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in County Durham lists 6.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in County Durham. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
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What families ask about Blossom Home Care Durham
- What kind of care can Blossom Home Care Durham offer?
- Registration for Blossom Home Care Durham covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who is the registered provider for Blossom Home Care Durham?
- Carevantage Ltd is the registered provider for Blossom Home Care Durham.
- How much does Blossom Home Care Durham charge?
- Blossom Home Care Durham hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Is Blossom Home Care Durham rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- Where is Blossom Home Care Durham based?
- The agency works from FLEXSPACE BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTRE, Durham Way South, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6XP; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Blossom Home Care Durham regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-10351768475 and was rated Good overall in May 2022.
- Does Blossom Home Care Durham support people with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- When did CQC last rate Blossom Home Care Durham?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 21 May 2022, 4 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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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.