Home care agency · Corby
A Little Extra Help Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of A Little Extra Help Ltd- Address
- Office 9, Corby Business Centre, Eismann Way, Corby, NN17 5ZB
- Run by
- A Little Extra Help Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- August 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Terrie Rutendo Katsande Donna Lisa Barclay
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10349607)
- Last CQC check
- 24 Nov 2021
- 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 activities: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-9339240018
A Little Extra Help Ltd at a glance
A Little Extra Help Ltd in Corby is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by A Little Extra Help Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia and physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (November 2021). Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 85 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Corby; 41 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good; 1 other area is Good.
Across North Northamptonshire, 14 of 78 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (18%), while 8 of 78 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Effective (10%), while 6 of 78 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Responsive (8%), while 13 of 78 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (17%).
The Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe14 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
- Effective8 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
- Caring72 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
- Responsive6 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
- Well-led13 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
As rated by CQC, published 24 November 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in North Northamptonshire share it.
Earlier inspections
- Nov 2021
- Today Rating 4 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 24 November 2021
Where it is
- Ward
- Lloyds & Corby Village
- Parliamentary constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in NN17 (40)
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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.
What inspectors found
- The induction training package did not cover the basic training required for staff working in care, to ensure they were competent to care for vulnerable people.
- Safe employment checks were not always carried out.
- The service had taken on staff from another domiciliary care agency which had closed, but checks on their recruitment were not all complete.
- Care plans were in place and described the risks present in people's lives, but associated risk assessments had not always been completed to explain the detail of the risk, and mitigating measures.
Inspected 21 October 2021; report published 24 November 2021. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from A Little Extra Help 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Northamptonshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Ownership and company checks
A Little Extra Help Ltd is run by A Little Extra Help Limited (company 10349607), incorporated in 2016, 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 social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Giant Healthcare Corby, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 11 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Lloyds & Corby Village ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from August 2020, so the service has been operating for around 6 years under its current registration.
Its only published overall rating so far is Requires improvement, from November 2021.
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.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across North Northamptonshire, 84% of the 76 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2021) is more recent than 20% of agency ratings in North Northamptonshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 60% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in North Northamptonshire lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (18% of home care agencies in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Effective (9% of home care agencies in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Responsive (7% of home care agencies in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (20% of home care agencies in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Based on the CQC register for North Northamptonshire as at Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about A Little Extra Help Ltd
- Is A Little Extra Help Ltd regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records A Little Extra Help Ltd as a home care agency, location ID 1-9339240018 and was rated Requires improvement overall in November 2021.
- Where is A Little Extra Help Ltd?
- Office 9, Corby Business Centre, Eismann Way, Corby, NN17 5ZB. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- When was A Little Extra Help Ltd last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 24 November 2021, 4 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can A Little Extra Help Ltd care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Which provider runs A Little Extra Help Ltd?
- A Little Extra Help Limited is the registered provider for A Little Extra Help Ltd.
- What kind of care can A Little Extra Help Ltd offer?
- Registration for A Little Extra Help Ltd covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- How did A Little Extra Help Ltd score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What are A Little Extra Help Ltd's fees?
- We don't have published prices from A Little Extra Help Ltd yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
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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.