Home care agency · Hitchin
Care 4 You Direct Limited
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- 40A Wilbury Way, Hitchin, SG4 0AP
- Run by
- Care4You Direct Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2021 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- Sekai Garikayi
- Company check
- Voluntary arrangement, trading since 2020 (6 years), accounts up to date, has insolvency history (Companies House 12421895)
- Last CQC check
- 17 Aug 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-11092209660
About Care 4 You Direct Limited
Care 4 You Direct Limited is a CQC-registered home care agency that also provides supported living in Hitchin, run by Care4You Direct Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2022). It is one of 98 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Hitchin; 45 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Care 4 You Direct Limited: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 137 of the 195 other agencies in Hertfordshire that CQC has rated.
Past CQC ratings
- Dec 2021
- Aug 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 17 August 2022
- CQC inspection report 7 December 2021
Where it is
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hitchin
- NHS planning area
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in SG4 (10)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe164 of 196 in Hertfordshire
- Effective173 of 196 in Hertfordshire
- Caring172 of 196 in Hertfordshire
- Responsive172 of 196 in Hertfordshire
- Well-led138 of 196 in Hertfordshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 17 August 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Hertfordshire share it.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Who runs it
Care 4 You Direct Limited is run by Care 4 You Direct Limited (company 12421895), incorporated in 2020, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as voluntary arrangement, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and it has an insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Care4You Direct Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Care 4 You Direct 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.
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 Hertfordshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is LSR Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 16 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hitchin Bearton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- People were safe and protected from avoidable harm because management and care workers knew how to identify and report any concerns relating to the risk of abuse.
- Risks to people's health, safety and well-being were assessed and measures developed to remove or reduce the risks.
- People were supported by care workers who had been safely recruited.
- Care workers received appropriate training and had their competency assessed to help ensure they were sufficiently skilled and knowledgeable to safely administer medicines.
Inspected 20 July 2022; report published 17 August 2022; supporting 19 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from June 2021, so the service has been operating for around 5 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2021–2022), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Good.
At 4 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.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 17 August 2022.
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Where Care 4 You Direct Limited stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Hertfordshire, 86% of the 192 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 11 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2022) is more recent than 65% of agency ratings in Hertfordshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 47% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Hertfordshire lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Hertfordshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Also nearby
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Frequently asked about Care 4 You Direct Limited
- When was Care 4 You Direct Limited last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 17 August 2022, 4 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Does Care 4 You Direct Limited support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is Care 4 You Direct Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Care 4 You Direct Limited as a home care agency, location ID 1-11092209660 and was rated Good overall in August 2022.
- Where is Care 4 You Direct Limited based?
- The agency works from 40A Wilbury Way, Hitchin, SG4 0AP; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How is Care 4 You Direct Limited rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Care 4 You Direct Limited: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does Care 4 You Direct Limited charge?
- Care 4 You Direct Limited hasn't shared a price list with us. 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.
- Which provider runs Care 4 You Direct Limited?
- Care 4 You Direct Limited is run by Care4You Direct Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What services is Care 4 You Direct Limited registered for?
- CQC lists Care 4 You Direct Limited under: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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