Care group

Midshires Care Limited

CQC lists 150 home care agencies run by Midshires Care Limited, across 9 regions of England. Good or Outstanding: 98% of 133 rated services, compared with 88% for like-for-like services in England.

150CQC-registered services
98%of rated services are Good or better
0rated Outstanding
28recent ratings (2 years) · 75 older than 4 years

Midshires Care Limited: CQC ratings by key question

Question	Rated Requires improvement	Rated Good	Rated Outstanding
Overall rating	3	130	0
Safe	5	128	0
Effective	1	132	0
Caring	0	130	3
Responsive	1	131	1
Well-led	7	125	1

Each service counted once, by its most recent CQC rating; first service registered January 2011.

Brand: Midshires Care Ltd.

About Midshires Care Limited's services

Council areas covered: 100, with the largest numbers in Essex (8), Kent (5) and Nottinghamshire (4).

Its services received 21 new CQC ratings over the past year (up: 1, down: 0, first rating: 0). Most recent: Helping Hands Godalming, Good, 20 October 2026.

Key questions compared: Well-led has 7 of 133 services below Good, the most of the five; Caring has 133 of 133 at Good or Outstanding, the highest share.

Region by region: North West (24 home care agencies), South East (24 home care agencies), East (21 home care agencies) and South West (21 home care agencies), plus 5 more regions.

Oldest registration: Helping Hands Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-avon, January 2011. Newest: Helping Hands Salford, Salford, January 2026.

Compared with England, weighting for its mix of care homes and home care, Midshires Care Limited has 0% of rated services at Outstanding against 5%, and 2% (3 of 133) below Good against 12%.

CQC has yet to rate 17 of the group's 150 services.

Service by service, against the area

For every location, the share of similar local services rated Good or Outstanding, and how recent its own rating is.

Location	Current rating	Council	Good/Outstanding in the area	Recency vs area
Helping Hands Accrington	Good	Lancashire	97% of 211	82% locally
Helping Hands Aintree	Good	Liverpool	93% of 61	75% locally
Helping Hands Arnold	Good	Nottinghamshire	90% of 125	54% locally
Helping Hands Aylesbury	Requires improvement	Buckinghamshire	81% of 69	90% locally
Helping Hands Barnet	Good	Enfield	89% of 72	96% locally
Helping Hands Barnsley	Good	Barnsley	96% of 51	33% locally
Helping Hands Basildon	Good	Essex	90% of 310	30% locally
Helping Hands Basingstoke	Good	Hampshire	91% of 225	56% locally
Helping Hands Bath	Good	Bath and North East Somerset	70% of 20	35% locally
Helping Hands Batley	Not yet rated	Kirklees	80% of 61	–
Helping Hands Bedford	Not yet rated	Bedford	83% of 42	–
Helping Hands Beverley	Good	East Riding of Yorkshire	86% of 44	61% locally
Helping Hands Birmingham	Good	Birmingham	77% of 175	50% locally
Helping Hands Blackpool	Good	Blackpool	94% of 18	61% locally
Helping Hands Bolton	Good	Bolton	95% of 44	55% locally
Helping Hands Braintree	Good	Essex	90% of 310	49% locally
Helping Hands Brentwood	Good	Essex	90% of 310	84% locally
Helping Hands Bristol	Good	Bristol, City of	100% of 57	68% locally
Helping Hands Bromley	Good	Bromley	88% of 57	95% locally
Helping Hands Bury	Good	Bury	95% of 37	8% locally
Helping Hands Bury St Edmunds	Good	Suffolk	89% of 146	51% locally
Helping Hands Calne	Good	Wiltshire	90% of 110	39% locally
Helping Hands Camberley	Good	Surrey	93% of 214	25% locally
Helping Hands Cambridge	Good	Cambridgeshire	90% of 90	98% locally
Helping Hands Cannock	Not yet rated	Staffordshire	79% of 97	–
Helping Hands Cheadle	Good	Stockport	82% of 49	76% locally
Helping Hands Chelmsford	Good	Essex	90% of 310	30% locally
Helping Hands Cheltenham	Good	Gloucestershire	88% of 125	57% locally
Helping Hands Chester	Good	Cheshire West and Chester	95% of 56	29% locally
Helping Hands Chesterfield	Good	Derbyshire	96% of 107	82% locally
Helping Hands Chichester	Good	West Sussex	94% of 147	30% locally
Helping Hands Chigwell	Good	Essex	90% of 310	37% locally
Helping Hands Chipping Sodbury	Good	South Gloucestershire	91% of 56	14% locally
Helping Hands Christchurch	Good	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	99% of 92	72% locally
Helping Hands Cirencester	Good	Gloucestershire	88% of 125	64% locally
Helping Hands Colchester	Good	Essex	90% of 310	21% locally
Helping Hands Cosham	Good	Portsmouth	77% of 31	32% locally
Helping Hands Coventry	Good	Coventry	81% of 69	23% locally
Helping Hands Cramlington	Good	North Tyneside	84% of 31	48% locally
Helping Hands Croydon	Good	Croydon	84% of 99	40% locally
Helping Hands Darlington	Good	Darlington	94% of 18	33% locally
Helping Hands Dartford	Good	Kent	82% of 222	24% locally
Helping Hands Derby	Good	Derby	90% of 70	3% locally
Helping Hands Doncaster	Good	Doncaster	96% of 54	33% locally
Helping Hands Dulwich	Good	Lambeth	97% of 36	47% locally
Helping Hands Durham	Good	County Durham	94% of 48	63% locally
Helping Hands Eastbourne	Good	East Sussex	93% of 81	14% locally
Helping Hands Ellesmere Port	Good	Cheshire West and Chester	95% of 56	86% locally
Helping Hands Enfield	Good	Essex	90% of 310	68% locally
Helping Hands Epsom	Good	Surrey	93% of 214	87% locally
Helping Hands Esher	Not yet rated	Kingston upon Thames	98% of 42	–
Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold	Good	Worcestershire	91% of 88	64% locally
Helping Hands Exeter	Good	Devon	92% of 120	99% locally
Helping Hands Fareham	Good	Hampshire	91% of 225	73% locally
Helping Hands Ferndown	Good	Dorset	98% of 66	73% locally
Helping Hands Folkestone	Good	Kent	82% of 222	47% locally
Helping Hands Gateshead	Good	Gateshead	97% of 35	57% locally
Helping Hands Gloucester	Good	Gloucestershire	88% of 125	82% locally
Helping Hands Godalming	Good	Surrey	93% of 214	100% locally
Helping Hands Halifax	Good	Calderdale	90% of 40	40% locally
Helping Hands Harlow	Good	Essex	90% of 310	41% locally
Helping Hands Harpenden	Good	Hertfordshire	86% of 192	13% locally
Helping Hands Harrow	Good	Harrow	93% of 61	69% locally
Helping Hands Hereford	Not yet rated	Herefordshire, County of	100% of 33	–
Helping Hands Hertford	Good	Hertfordshire	86% of 192	86% locally
Helping Hands Highbury & Islington	Good	Islington	93% of 30	27% locally
Helping Hands Horley	Good	Surrey	93% of 214	81% locally
Helping Hands Huddersfield	Not yet rated	Kirklees	80% of 61	–
Helping Hands Hull	Not yet rated	Kingston upon Hull, City of	92% of 36	–
Helping Hands Hungerford	Good	West Berkshire	100% of 24	83% locally
Helping Hands Ipswich	Good	Suffolk	89% of 146	38% locally
Helping Hands Kensington & Chelsea	Good	Kensington and Chelsea	92% of 13	46% locally
Helping Hands Knaresborough	Good	North Yorkshire	92% of 130	75% locally
Helping Hands Leeds	Good	Leeds	83% of 143	6% locally
Helping Hands Leicester	Good	Leicestershire	84% of 112	94% locally
Helping Hands Letchworth	Good	Hertfordshire	86% of 192	47% locally
Helping Hands Lichfield & Tamworth	Good	Staffordshire	79% of 97	67% locally
Helping Hands Lincoln	Good	Lincolnshire	87% of 83	51% locally
Helping Hands Liverpool	Good	Liverpool	93% of 61	92% locally
Helping Hands Luton	Not yet rated	Central Bedfordshire	88% of 33	–

Midshires Care Limited's home care agencies

East (21)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Basildon	Wickford, Essex	Good Rated Mar 2020
Helping Hands Bedford	Bedford	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Braintree	Braintree, Essex	Good Rated Apr 2022
Helping Hands Brentwood	Brentwood, Essex	Good Rated Jan 2025Inspected recently
Helping Hands Bury St Edmunds	Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk	Good Rated Sep 2021
Helping Hands Cambridge	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Good Rated Jun 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Chelmsford	Chelmsford, Essex	Good Rated Mar 2020
Helping Hands Chigwell	Loughton, Essex	Good Rated Jun 2021
Helping Hands Colchester	Colchester, Essex	Good Rated Sep 2019
Helping Hands Enfield	Waltham Abbey, Essex	Good Rated Jun 2023
Helping Hands Harlow	Harlow, Essex	Good Rated Oct 2021
Helping Hands Harpenden	St. Albans, Hertfordshire	Good Rated Mar 2019
Helping Hands Hertford	Hertford, Hertfordshire	Good Rated Oct 2024
Helping Hands Ipswich	Ipswich, Suffolk	Good Rated Nov 2019
Helping Hands Letchworth	Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire	Good Rated Jul 2021
Helping Hands Luton	Luton, Central Bedfordshire	Not yet rated
Helping Hands North Norfolk	Fakenham, Norfolk	Good Rated Mar 2020
Helping Hands Norwich	Norwich, Norfolk	Good Rated Apr 2020
Helping Hands Peterborough	Peterborough	Good Rated Sep 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Southend on Sea	Southend-on-sea, Southend-on-Sea	Good Rated Mar 2022
Helping Hands Watford	Watford, Hertfordshire	Good Rated Dec 2019

East Midlands (12)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Arnold	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Good Rated Aug 2022
Helping Hands Chesterfield	Chesterfield, Derbyshire	Good Rated Mar 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Derby	Derby	Good Rated Nov 2018
Helping Hands Leicester	Leicester, Leicestershire	Good Rated Jul 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Lincoln	Lincoln, Lincolnshire	Good Rated Jan 2022
Helping Hands Lutterworth	Lutterworth, Leicestershire	Requires improvement Rated Jun 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Mansfield	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire	Good Rated May 2022
Helping Hands Newark	Newark, Nottinghamshire	Good Rated Jul 2021
Helping Hands Northampton	Northampton, West Northamptonshire	Requires improvement Rated Dec 2021
Helping Hands Swadlincote	Burton-on-trent, Derbyshire	Good Rated Jun 2023
Helping Hands West Bridgford	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Good Rated May 2018Previous provider's rating
Helping Hands Wigston	Wigston, Leicestershire	Good Rated May 2026Inspected recently

London (11)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Barnet	Enfield	Good Rated Sep 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Bromley	Chislehurst, Bromley	Good Rated Aug 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Croydon	Croydon	Good Rated Aug 2022
Helping Hands Dulwich	Lambeth	Good Rated Nov 2022
Helping Hands Esher	Chessington, Kingston upon Thames	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Harrow	Harrow	Good Rated May 2024
Helping Hands Highbury & Islington	Islington	Good Rated Nov 2020
Helping Hands Kensington & Chelsea	Kensington and Chelsea	Good Rated Jan 2025Inspected recently
Helping Hands Rainham	Rainham, Havering	Good Rated Nov 2022
Helping Hands Richmond	Richmond, Richmond upon Thames	Good Rated Jul 2022
Helping Hands Wimbledon	Merton	Good Rated Oct 2025Inspected recently

North East (6)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Cramlington	Whitley Bay, North Tyneside	Good Rated Nov 2024Inspected recently
Helping Hands Darlington	Darlington	Good Rated Jul 2022
Helping Hands Durham	Durham, County Durham	Good Rated Sep 2023
Helping Hands Gateshead	Gateshead	Good Rated Aug 2024
Helping Hands Newcastle	Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne	Good Rated Jul 2023
Helping Hands Sunderland	Sunderland	Good Rated Aug 2022

North West (24)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Accrington	Burnley, Lancashire	Good Rated Jan 2025Inspected recently
Helping Hands Aintree	Liverpool	Good Rated Jun 2023
Helping Hands Blackpool	Blackpool	Good Rated May 2022
Helping Hands Bolton	Bolton	Good Rated Oct 2022
Helping Hands Bury	Bury	Good Rated Aug 2018
Helping Hands Cheadle	Cheadle, Stockport	Good Rated Aug 2023
Helping Hands Chester	Chester, Cheshire West and Chester	Good Rated Jan 2020
Helping Hands Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester	Good Rated Jun 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Liverpool	Liverpool	Good Rated Oct 2025Inspected recently
Helping Hands Macclesfield	Macclesfield, Cheshire East	Good Rated Mar 2020
Helping Hands Nantwich	Nantwich, Cheshire East	Good Rated Nov 2022
Helping Hands Northwich	Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester	Good Rated Jul 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Oldham	Oldham	Good Rated Jun 2022
Helping Hands Poynton	Stockport, Cheshire East	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Preston	Preston, Lancashire	Good Rated Sep 2023
Helping Hands Rochdale	Rochdale	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Sale	Sale, Trafford	Good Rated Feb 2023
Helping Hands Salford	Salford	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Southport	Southport, Sefton	Good Rated Aug 2022
Helping Hands Stalybridge	Hyde, Tameside	Good Rated Aug 2023
Helping Hands Warrington	Warrington	Good Rated Jun 2022
Helping Hands Widnes	Widnes, Halton	Good Rated May 2022
Helping Hands Wigan	Wigan	Good Rated Jan 2023
Helping Hands Wirral	West Kirby, Wirral	Good Rated Nov 2021

South East (24)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Aylesbury	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Requires improvement Rated Mar 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Basingstoke	Basingstoke, Hampshire	Good Rated Nov 2022
Helping Hands Camberley	Camberley, Surrey	Good Rated May 2021
Helping Hands Chichester	Chichester, West Sussex	Good Rated Feb 2020
Helping Hands Cosham	Portsmouth	Good Rated Aug 2022
Helping Hands Dartford	Dartford, Kent	Good Rated Sep 2019
Helping Hands Eastbourne	Eastbourne, East Sussex	Good Rated Jun 2019
Helping Hands Epsom	Banstead, Surrey	Good Rated Jul 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Fareham	Fareham, Hampshire	Good Rated Nov 2023
Helping Hands Folkestone	Folkestone, Kent	Good Rated Oct 2021
Helping Hands Godalming	Godalming, Surrey	Good Rated Oct 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Horley	Horley, Surrey	Good Rated Jun 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Hungerford	Hungerford, West Berkshire	Good Rated May 2024
Helping Hands Maidenhead & Windsor	Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead	Good Rated Feb 2023
Helping Hands Maidstone	Maidstone, Kent	Good Rated Mar 2020
Helping Hands New Milton	New Milton, Hampshire	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Newport Pagnell	Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes	Good Rated Feb 2020
Helping Hands Oxford	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Good Rated Jun 2023
Helping Hands Ramsgate	Ramsgate, Kent	Good Rated Feb 2020
Helping Hands Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells, Kent	Good Rated Jan 2020
Helping Hands Wantage	Wantage, Oxfordshire	Good Rated Nov 2022
Helping Hands West Quay	Southampton	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Wokingham	Wokingham	Good Rated Mar 2021
Helping Hands Worthing	Worthing, West Sussex	Good Rated Apr 2019

South West (21)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Bath	Bath, Bath and North East Somerset	Good Rated Apr 2022
Helping Hands Bristol	Bristol, Bristol, City of	Good Rated May 2024
Helping Hands Calne	Calne, Wiltshire	Good Rated May 2022
Helping Hands Cheltenham	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Good Rated Aug 2022
Helping Hands Chipping Sodbury	Bristol, South Gloucestershire	Good Rated May 2019
Helping Hands Christchurch	Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Good Rated Feb 2025Inspected recently
Helping Hands Cirencester	Cirencester, Gloucestershire	Good Rated Jan 2023
Helping Hands Exeter	Exeter, Devon	Good Rated Oct 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Ferndown	Ferndown, Dorset	Good Rated Apr 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Gloucester	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Good Rated Mar 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Plymouth	Plymouth	Good Rated Oct 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Poole	Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Good Rated May 2024
Helping Hands Portishead	Clevedon, North Somerset	Good Rated Aug 2022
Helping Hands Salisbury	Salisbury, Wiltshire	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Stroud	Stroud, Gloucestershire	Good Rated Mar 2022
Helping Hands Swindon	Swindon	Good Rated Sep 2018
Helping Hands Taunton	Taunton, Somerset	Good Rated Feb 2021
Helping Hands Topsham	Exeter, Devon	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Torquay	Torquay, Torbay	Good Rated May 2019
Helping Hands Truro	St. Austell, Cornwall	Good Rated Feb 2020
Helping Hands Weston Super Mare	Weston Super Mare, North Somerset	Good Rated Mar 2023

West Midlands (16)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Birmingham	Birmingham	Good Rated May 2021
Helping Hands Cannock	Cannock, Staffordshire	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Coventry	Coventry	Good Rated Aug 2019
Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold	Evesham, Worcestershire	Good Rated Nov 2021
Helping Hands Hereford	Hereford, Herefordshire, County of	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Lichfield & Tamworth	Tamworth, Staffordshire	Good Rated Jan 2023
Helping Hands Redditch & Bromsgrove	Bromsgrove, Worcestershire	Good Rated Jun 2019
Helping Hands Shrewsbury & Telford	Shrewsbury, Shropshire	Good Rated Sep 2022
Helping Hands Solihull	Solihull	Good Rated Apr 2019
Helping Hands Stoke	Newcastle, Staffordshire	Good Rated Apr 2019
Helping Hands Stourbridge	Stourbridge, Dudley	Good Rated Aug 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Sutton Coldfield	Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham	Good Rated Oct 2019Previous provider's rating
Helping Hands Walsall	Walsall	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Warwickshire	Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire	Good Rated Jun 2019
Helping Hands Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire	Good Rated Mar 2020
Helping Hands Worcester	Worcester, Worcestershire	Good Rated Mar 2020

Yorkshire & Humberside (15)

Name	Location	Rating
Helping Hands Barnsley	Barnsley	Good Rated Jun 2022
Helping Hands Batley (dormant)	Batley, Kirklees	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Beverley	Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire	Good Rated Jun 2023
Helping Hands Doncaster	Doncaster	Good Rated Jan 2023
Helping Hands Halifax	Halifax, Calderdale	Good Rated Apr 2020
Helping Hands Huddersfield	Huddersfield, Kirklees	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Hull	Hull, Kingston upon Hull, City of	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Knaresborough	Knaresborough, North Yorkshire	Good Rated Nov 2024Inspected recently
Helping Hands Leeds	Leeds	Good Rated Mar 2019
Helping Hands Rotherham	Rotherham	Not yet rated
Helping Hands Rothwell	Leeds	Good Rated Jan 2023
Helping Hands Sheffield	Sheffield	Good Rated Apr 2026Inspected recently
Helping Hands Shipley	Shipley, Bradford	Good Rated Jun 2021
Helping Hands Wakefield	Wakefield	Good Rated Jul 2021
Helping Hands York	York	Good Rated Feb 2020

Each rating applies to one service, not the whole group. Based on CQC data as of Oct 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence, version 3. Care groups index.

Midshires Care Limited FAQs

How many care services does Midshires Care Limited run?

CQC lists Midshires Care Limited as running 150 home care agencies across 9 regions of England.

What ratings do Midshires Care Limited's services have?

Good or Outstanding: 98% of Midshires Care Limited's 133 rated services. Breakdown: 0 Outstanding, 130 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 0 Inadequate. Always check the individual service.

Are Midshires Care Limited's ratings up to date?

28 were rated within two years; 75 have ratings over four years old, which may predate changes in management. How old care ratings are across England.

CQC register data (Oct 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is independent of every provider listed.