Home care agency · Chester
Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited- Address
- 2 Brook Street, Chester, CH1 3DP
- Run by
- Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Janet Helene Humphreys
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04418617)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Mar 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-140317529
About this agency
Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited in Chester is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (March 2019). It is one of 40 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Chester; 29 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
At 7 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 20 March 2019.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
With savings below £23,250, Cheshire West and Chester Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
The local picture
There are 21 other agencies within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Belong at Home Chester, under 0.5 miles away.
15 of the 19 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Chester City & the Garden Quarter ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Reading Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 48 of the 57 other agencies in Cheshire West and Chester that CQC has rated.
Who it can help
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People's experience of using this service: The provider had made a number of positive improvements to the service since our last inspection.
- A review had been undertaken of medicines management and improvements made.
- This ensured that people received their medicines safely and as prescribed.
- Steps had been taken to improve the governance of the service with better checks and audits being in place to determine the quality of the care.
Inspected 6 March 2019; report published 20 March 2019. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe53 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Effective54 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Caring53 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Responsive52 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Well-led49 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
CQC key question ratings, published 20 March 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Cheshire West and Chester share it.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2015
- Mar 2018
- Mar 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 20 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 22 March 2018
- CQC inspection report 20 April 2015
- Inspection report 13 July 2013
- Inspection report 23 November 2012
- Inspection report 20 April 2011
Finding it
- Ward
- Chester City & the Garden Quarter
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- NHS planning area
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CH1 (15)
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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.
The registered provider
Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited is run by Bowling Green Court (chester) Limited (company 04418617), incorporated in 2002, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Family reviews
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Cheshire West and Chester, 95% of the 56 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2019) is more recent than 14% of agency ratings in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Cheshire West and Chester lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Cheshire West and Chester; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Other home care agencies near Chester with recent ratings
- Pinnacle Caring Services LimitedAug 2025 · 1.9 miles
- Apollo Care (South Wirral)Oct 2026 · 6.7 miles
- The HawthornsOct 2026 · 6.8 miles
What families ask about Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited
- How much does Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited charge?
- No fee list from Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- What type of care does Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited provide?
- Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited?
- The agency works from 2 Brook Street, Chester, CH1 3DP; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Does Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- How is Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How recent is Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 20 March 2019, 7 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Bowling Green Court (Chester) Limited as a home care agency, location ID 1-140317529 and was rated Good overall in March 2019.
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