Home care agency · Liverpool

CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool

Rated Requires improvement by CQC Rating published 14 November 2025 Rated in the last 12 months

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Address
30 Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 2PA
Run by
CareCaliRaya Ltd
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Home care agency
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
April 2023 (3 years)
Registered manager
Tracey Elizabeth Kays
Company check
Active, trading since 2015 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09786419)
Last CQC check
14 Nov 2025
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

CQC regulated activities: Personal care

See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-15500386093

The service in brief

CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool in Liverpool is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by CareCaliRaya Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, sight or hearing loss and drug or alcohol problems among its specialisms.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (November 2025). Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 192 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Liverpool; 112 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

From the latest CQC inspection

  • Site visits to the providers registered office address were carried out on 8 August and 12 August 2025.
  • An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is registered for use by autistic people or people with a learning disability.
  • During the assessment, 2 regulatory breaches in respect of safe care and treatment and governance were identified.
  • Comments included, "I feel very safe with [Staff]." People and their relatives told us they had been involved in discussions about their or their loved one’s care when they first started receiving support.

In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

Ratings over time

  1. Jun 2017 Good
  2. Jan 2020 Good
  3. Jul 2021 Requires improvement
  4. Nov 2025 Requires Improvement
  5. Today Rated in the last 12 months

Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

Where it is

Ward
Garston
Parliamentary constituency
Liverpool Garston
Local NHS (ICB)
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Setting
Urban; nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Home care in L19 (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.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

Area by area, Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good; 1 other area is Good.

Across Liverpool, 5 of 62 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (8%), while 3 of 62 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Effective (5%), while 1 of 62 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Responsive (2%), while 8 of 62 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (13%).

The Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

Needs it is registered to meet

From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.

How long it has been running

CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool has been registered with CQC since April 2023, about 3 years.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2025), starting at Good and falling to Requires Improvement.

The five key questions

  • SafeRequires improvement5 of 62 in Liverpool
  • EffectiveRequires improvement3 of 62 in Liverpool
  • CaringGood58 of 62 in Liverpool
  • ResponsiveRequires improvement1 of 62 in Liverpool
  • Well-ledRequires improvement8 of 62 in Liverpool

From CQC's latest report, published 14 November 2025. Under each rating: how many agencies in Liverpool share it.

What it may cost

We estimate visits from CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool 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 care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Liverpool Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

The local picture

There are 24 other agencies within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Apollo Care (North) Liverpool, under 0.5 miles away.

1 of the 17 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Garston ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.

Who runs it

CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool is run by Carecaliraya Ltd (company 09786419), incorporated in 2015, 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 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other human health activities.

It trades under the Apollo Care brand, which covers 3 services run by 3 registered providers.

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Where CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool stands locally

  • Rated Requires improvement. Across Liverpool, 93% of the 61 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (November 2025) is more recent than 97% of agency ratings in Liverpool.
  • Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 36% of home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Liverpool lists 6.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (8% of home care agencies in Liverpool are also rated below Good here); Effective (5% of home care agencies in Liverpool are also rated below Good here); Responsive (2% of home care agencies in Liverpool are also rated below Good here); Well-led (13% of home care agencies in Liverpool are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

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

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Questions about CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool

What kind of care can CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool offer?
Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool how it would adapt if needs increase.
Who is the registered provider for CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool?
CareCaliRaya Ltd is the registered provider for CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool.
How much does CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool charge?
No fee list from CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool has reached 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.
How is CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool rated for safety and leadership?
By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
Where is CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool?
30 Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool, L19 2PA. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
Is CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool a registered provider?
Registered, yes: location 1-15500386093 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Requires improvement overall in November 2025.
Does CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool support people with dementia?
Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
How recent is CareCaliRaya Ltd T/A Apollo Care South Liverpool's CQC rating?
The rating now shown was published on 14 November 2025. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.

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