Home care agency · Ashford
Bluebird Care (Ashford)
Typical fee here £31.50–£38.50 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Bluebird Care (Ashford)- Address
- Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Ashford Business Point, , Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0LH
- Run by
- Piromar Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2017 (9 years)
- Registered manager
- Joanna Cawdron
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10268230)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Aug 2018
- Typical fees Estimated
- £31.50–£38.50 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,520–£1,860 a week. Estimated from prices published locally (Bluebird Care branches publish rates a little above the national median); not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-3839240188
About Bluebird Care (Ashford)
Bluebird Care (Ashford) in Ashford is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Piromar Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and children and lists dementia and physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2018). It is one of 33 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ashford; 12 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe178 of 226 in Kent
- Effective194 of 226 in Kent
- Caring203 of 226 in Kent
- Responsive198 of 225 in Kent
- Well-led160 of 226 in Kent
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 August 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Kent share it.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Bluebird Care (Ashford): no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 159 of the 225 other agencies in Kent that CQC has rated.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Bluebird Care (Ashford) at £31.50–£38.50 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region (Bluebird Care branches publish rates a little above the national median). As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £370 a week.
Live-in arrangements here usually cost £1,520–£1,860 weekly.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Kent Council for a free care needs assessment.
The inspection, summarised
- Care is provided for a range of people including older people, people living with dementia and children up to the age of 12.
- Where they do we also take into account any wider social care provided.
- There was a registered manager in post who was also the registered provider.
- A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.
Inspected 19 June 2018; report published 16 August 2018. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Past CQC ratings
- Aug 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 16 August 2018
Where it is
- Ward
- Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ashford
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in TN24 (15)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 7 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Kent Care Consultants LTD, 1.4 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (5 of the nearest 25).
Every one of the 12 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Who runs it
Bluebird Care (Ashford) is run by Piromar Ltd (company 10268230), incorporated in 2016.
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 human health activities.
History with CQC
Registered in June 2017, it has 9 years on the CQC register.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in August 2018.
No new overall rating has been published for 8 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.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Bluebird Care (Ashford) 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.
Bluebird Care (Ashford): common questions
- When was Bluebird Care (Ashford) last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 16 August 2018, 8 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Bluebird Care (Ashford) support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Is Bluebird Care (Ashford) regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Bluebird Care (Ashford) is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-3839240188) and was rated Good overall in August 2018.
- What is Bluebird Care (Ashford)'s address?
- Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Ashford Business Point, , Sevington, Ashford, TN24 0LH. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- How is Bluebird Care (Ashford) rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Bluebird Care (Ashford): Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does care from Bluebird Care (Ashford) cost?
- No fee list from Bluebird Care (Ashford) has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Who is the registered provider for Bluebird Care (Ashford)?
- The registered provider is Piromar Ltd, according to CQC.
- What kind of care can Bluebird Care (Ashford) offer?
- Registration for Bluebird Care (Ashford) covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.