Home care agency · Liverpool
Apollo Care (North) Liverpool
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- 30 Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 2PA
- Run by
- Kris Thompson Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2016 (10 years)
- Part of
- Apollo Care
- Registered manager
- Paul Williams
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09308662)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Feb 2018
- 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
Registered to provide: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-2529837822
About Apollo Care (North) Liverpool
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Apollo Care (North) Liverpool is based in Liverpool, run by Kris Thompson Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (February 2018). It is one of 192 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Liverpool; 112 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The registered provider
Apollo Care (North) Liverpool is run by Kris Thompson Ltd (company 09308662), incorporated in 2014, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
It trades under the Apollo Care brand, which covers 3 services run by 3 registered providers.
How it fits locally
There are 24 other agencies within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 17 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Garston 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 Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
How its rating has changed
- Feb 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 20 February 2018
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Garston
- Council
- Liverpool City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Integrated care board
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside 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 L19 (8)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Apollo Care (North) Liverpool 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Liverpool Council for a free care needs assessment.
Inspection findings in brief
- The inspection of Apollo Care North Liverpool took place on 14 and 19 December 2017, the inspection was announced.
- It provides personal care to older adults living in their own homes in the community.
- Where they do we also take into account any wider social care provided.
- A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.
Inspected 19 December 2017; report published 20 February 2018; supporting 14 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
History with CQC
Apollo Care (North) Liverpool has been registered with CQC since March 2016, about 10 years.
One overall rating to date: Good, published February 2018.
It has gone 8 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
Reading Apollo Care (North) Liverpool's CQC ratings
Apollo Care (North) Liverpool has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 48 of the 61 other agencies in Liverpool that CQC has rated.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe55 of 62 in Liverpool
- Effective57 of 62 in Liverpool
- Caring58 of 62 in Liverpool
- Responsive54 of 62 in Liverpool
- Well-led49 of 62 in Liverpool
From CQC's latest report, published 20 February 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Liverpool share it.
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Where Apollo Care (North) Liverpool stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Liverpool, 93% of the 61 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2018) is more recent than 3% of agency ratings in Liverpool.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 78% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Liverpool lists 6.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Liverpool, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Liverpool: home care agencies inspected recently
- Outreach ServicesApr 2026 · 4.7 miles
- Merseycare Julie Ann LimitedAug 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Local Solutions Liverpool BranchNov 2025 · 1.1 miles
What families ask about Apollo Care (North) Liverpool
- What are Apollo Care (North) Liverpool's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Apollo Care (North) Liverpool 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 Apollo Care (North) Liverpool rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Apollo Care (North) Liverpool: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What kind of care can Apollo Care (North) Liverpool offer?
- CQC lists Apollo Care (North) Liverpool under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Who runs Apollo Care (North) Liverpool?
- The registered provider is Kris Thompson Ltd, according to CQC.
- Can Apollo Care (North) Liverpool 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.
- When was Apollo Care (North) Liverpool last inspected?
- 20 February 2018 is when the current rating was published, 8 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What is Apollo Care (North) Liverpool's address?
- The agency's base is 30 Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 2PA. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is Apollo Care (North) Liverpool a registered provider?
- Yes. Apollo Care (North) Liverpool is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-2529837822) and was rated Good overall in February 2018.
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