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Care Associates (Coventry) Limited

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 3 April 2019 Rating 7 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Address
221 Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6NF
Run by
Care Associates (Coventry) 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
Helen Hunter
Company check
Active, trading since 2003 (22 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04977301)
Last CQC check
3 Apr 2019
Typical fees Estimated
£30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Personal care

Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-127566773

About this agency

Care Associates (Coventry) Limited is a CQC-registered home care agency in Coventry. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and mental health conditions.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (April 2019). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 156 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Coventry; 64 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

What CQC's inspectors reported

  • It is registered to provide personal care to people in their own homes, including, older people, people with mental health problems, and people living with dementia.
  • But these had not always been implemented consistently.
  • Rating at last inspection: Requires Improvement overall with a breach of Regulation 18, Notifications.
  • This was a planned inspection based on the date and the rating of the previous inspection.

Inspected 27 February 2019; report published 3 April 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

Ownership and company checks

Care Associates (Coventry) Limited is run by Care Associates (coventry) Limited (company 04977301), incorporated in 2003, 7 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 other social work without accommodation.

How long it has been running

Care Associates (Coventry) Limited has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.

It has gone 7 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.

CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 3 April 2019.

Earlier inspections

  1. Jul 2016 Good
  2. Mar 2018 Requires improvement
  3. Apr 2019 Good
  4. Today Rating 7 years old

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.

CQC reports

Map and area details

Ward
Earlsdon
Parliamentary constituency
Coventry South
Local NHS (ICB)
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire 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 CV5 (13)

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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.

What the ratings tell you

Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.

Across Coventry, 17 of 70 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).

If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

What it may cost

We estimate visits from Care Associates (Coventry) 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.

Live-in arrangements here usually cost £1,450–£1,770 weekly.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Coventry Council after a needs and financial assessment.

Ratings for safety, care and leadership

  • SafeGood57 of 70 in Coventry
  • EffectiveGood64 of 70 in Coventry
  • CaringGood65 of 70 in Coventry
  • ResponsiveGood61 of 70 in Coventry
  • Well-ledRequires improvement17 of 70 in Coventry

From CQC's latest report, published 3 April 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Coventry share it.

Needs it is registered to meet

Registration details from CQC.

The local picture

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Helping Hands Coventry, under 0.5 miles away.

9 of the 11 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Earlsdon 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 Coventry and Warwickshire ICB.

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Care Associates (Coventry) Limited against its area

  • Rated Good. Across Coventry, 81% of the 69 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (April 2019) is more recent than 16% of agency ratings in Coventry.
  • Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Coventry lists 6.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (25% of home care agencies in Coventry are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Coventry. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Care Associates (Coventry) Limited: common questions

Where is Care Associates (Coventry) Limited?
The agency's base is 221 Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6NF. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
How much does care from Care Associates (Coventry) Limited cost?
Care Associates (Coventry) Limited has not published its fees 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.
What services is Care Associates (Coventry) Limited registered for?
CQC lists Care Associates (Coventry) Limited under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
When was Care Associates (Coventry) Limited last inspected?
CQC published the current rating on 3 April 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
Is Care Associates (Coventry) Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
Registered, yes: location 1-127566773 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in April 2019.
Is Care Associates (Coventry) Limited registered for dementia care?
Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
Is Care Associates (Coventry) Limited rated well for safety?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.

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