Home care agency · Accrington
Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire)
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- Suite 22, The Globe Centre, Accrington, BB5 0RE
- Run by
- Affinity Supporting People (South) Limited (3 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- February 2022 (4 years)
- Part of
- National Care Group
- Registered manager
- Laura Elizabeth Johnson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04186179)
- Last CQC check
- 1 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
Registered activities: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-12510133635
About this agency
Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) in Accrington is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Affinity Supporting People (South) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2023). It is one of 94 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Accrington; 61 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The service demonstrated how they were meeting the underpinning principles of Right support, right care, right culture.
- Right Support People received person centred support and their needs were met.
- There were sufficient numbers of staff deployed to meet people's needs and ensure their safety.
- Staff were recruited safely, and relevant checks had been carried out.
Inspected 17 May 2023; report published 1 June 2023. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The company behind Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire)
Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) is run by Affinity Supporting People (south) Limited (company 04186179), incorporated in 2001, 20 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 8 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Affinity Supporting People (South) Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Lancashire.
It trades under the National Care Group brand, which covers 49 services run by 17 registered providers.
History with CQC
Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) has been registered with CQC since February 2022, about 4 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 3 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.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe194 of 212 in Lancashire
- Effective204 of 212 in Lancashire
- Caring199 of 212 in Lancashire
- Responsive197 of 212 in Lancashire
- Well-led191 of 212 in Lancashire
Source: CQC, published 1 June 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Lancashire share it.
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 190 of the 211 other agencies in Lancashire that CQC has rated.
Ratings over time
- Nov 2016
- Aug 2019
- Jun 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 1 June 2023
Location and local area
- Ward
- Central
- Council
- Lancashire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hyndburn
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in BB5 (10)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
How it fits locally
There are 12 other agencies within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is AFG Community East Lancashire, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 21 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Central 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 Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) 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 arrangements here usually cost £1,450–£1,770 weekly.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Lancashire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
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Where Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Lancashire, 97% of the 211 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 10 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2023) is more recent than 70% of agency ratings in Lancashire.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 37% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Lancashire lists 5.
Based on the CQC register for Lancashire as at Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire)
- What services is Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) registered for?
- Registration for Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) covers: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who runs Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire)?
- CQC lists Affinity Supporting People (South) Limited as the provider responsible for Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire).
- How much does Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) charge?
- Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire)'s prices aren't on our site yet. 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.
- Is Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire): Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- Where is Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire)?
- Suite 22, The Globe Centre, Accrington, BB5 0RE is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- Is Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) as a home care agency, location ID 1-12510133635 and was rated Good overall in June 2023.
- Does Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- When was Affinity Supporting People (East Lancashire) last inspected?
- 1 June 2023 is when the current rating was published, 3 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
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