Home care agency · Manchester
Away Day Care
Illustrative photo, not of Away Day Care- Address
- 269 Church Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 6EP
- Run by
- Away Day Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home, Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- September 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Lily-Ann Jessica Shaw Rebecca Catherine Brown
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (18 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06539837)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Dec 2022
- 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 to provide: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-9397179795
An overview of Away Day Care
Registered with CQC as a home care agency that also provides supported living, Away Day Care is based in Manchester, run by Away Day Care Limited. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities and learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (December 2022). It is one of 228 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Urmston; 122 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind Away Day Care
Away Day Care is run by Away Day Care Ltd (company 06539837), incorporated in 2008, 12 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).
Away Day Care Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Trafford, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Ratings over time
- Dec 2022
- Today Rating 3 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 3 December 2022
Finding it
- Ward
- Flixton
- Council
- Trafford Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in M41 (8)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
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 30 of the 45 other agencies in Trafford that CQC has rated.
What inspectors found
- The service was able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of right support, right care, right culture.
- Right Support: People's choices were at the forefront of decision making.
- Staff supported people to complete tasks independently, where possible.
- Staff communicated with people in ways that met their needs.
Inspected 8 September 2022; report published 3 December 2022; supporting 5 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Away Day Care over the years
CQC registration dates from September 2020, so the service has been operating for around 6 years under its current registration.
One overall rating to date: Good, published December 2022.
3 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Away Day Care 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.
Trafford Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Around Manchester
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Mather Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
11 of the 21 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Flixton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Greater Manchester ICB.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe39 of 46 in Trafford
- Effective40 of 45 in Trafford
- Caring37 of 45 in Trafford
- Responsive40 of 45 in Trafford
- Well-led31 of 46 in Trafford
From CQC's latest report, published 3 December 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Trafford share it.
Family reviews
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Where Away Day Care stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Trafford, 87% of the 46 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2022) is more recent than 39% of agency ratings in Trafford.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 56% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Trafford lists 5.
Based on the CQC register for Trafford as at Oct 2026.
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Newer ratings near Manchester
- Imagine Act and SucceedOct 2025 · 1.1 miles
- Right at Home South TraffordApr 2026 · 3.5 miles
- Mather Care LimitedJun 2026 · 0.5 miles
Away Day Care: common questions
- Who runs Away Day Care?
- Away Day Care is run by Away Day Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What kind of care can Away Day Care offer?
- Away Day Care is registered with CQC for: residential homes, homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How did Away Day Care score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does Away Day Care charge?
- Away Day Care's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Away Day Care registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-9397179795 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in December 2022.
- Where is Away Day Care?
- 269 Church Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 6EP is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- When was Away Day Care last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 3 December 2022, 3 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can Away Day Care care for someone with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
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