Home care agency · Huddersfield
Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees
Illustrative photo, not of Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees- Address
- Sundale House, 44 Keldregate, Huddersfield, HD2 1SY
- Run by
- Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1102020)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- May 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Kerry Lee Horton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2004 (22 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05013745)
- Last CQC check
- 29 Nov 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-5148673886
About this agency
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees is based in Huddersfield, run by Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2019). It is one of 72 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Mirfield; 42 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Key points from CQC's visit
- About the service Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees registered in 2018 to provide a domiciliary care service for older people living in Kirklees and Calderdale.
- This part of the service has not commenced, and the provider had not yet determined when this service would start to operate.
- However, people were provided with a domiciliary toe nail cutting/foot care service and at the time of inspection this was provided to 29 people.
- People were visited at intervals of between six and twelve weeks.
Inspected 12 November 2019; report published 29 November 2019; supporting 29 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How long it has been running
Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees has been registered with CQC since May 2018, about 8 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2019), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Good.
The rating is 6 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 29 November 2019.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
Kirklees Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Agaped Healthlink Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
14 of the 20 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ashbrow ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.
The five key questions
- Safe48 of 62 in Kirklees
- Effective59 of 62 in Kirklees
- Caring57 of 62 in Kirklees
- Responsive54 of 62 in Kirklees
- Well-led45 of 62 in Kirklees
From CQC's latest report, published 29 November 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Kirklees share it.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
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 44 of the 61 other agencies in Kirklees that CQC has rated.
Rating history
- May 2019
- Nov 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 29 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 15 May 2019
Area and map
- Ward
- Ashbrow
- Council
- Kirklees Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Huddersfield
- Integrated care board
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in HD2 (8)
Bigger map · How to get there · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Registered specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Who runs it
Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees is run by Age Uk Calderdale & Kirklees (company 05013745), incorporated in 2004, 14 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 7 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
How Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees compares
- Rated Good. Across Kirklees, 80% of the 61 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 16% of agency ratings in Kirklees.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 60% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Kirklees lists 5.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Kirklees. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Recently rated home care agencies near Huddersfield
- CJP Outreach Services LtdNov 2025 · 3.5 miles
- North Kirklees Domiciliary Care ServiceJul 2026 · under 0.5 miles
- Abhi Rose HomecareAug 2025 · 1.7 miles
Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees questions answered
- Is Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- When was Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 29 November 2019, 6 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Where is Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees based?
- The agency works from Sundale House, 44 Keldregate, Huddersfield, HD2 1SY; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees as a home care agency, location ID 1-5148673886 and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
- How much does care from Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees cost?
- We don't have published prices from Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Is Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What type of care does Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees provide?
- CQC lists Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Which provider runs Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees?
- Age Uk Calderdale and Kirklees is run by Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees, the registered provider on the CQC register.
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