Home care agency · Cirencester

Careful Care Limited

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 14 July 2021 Rating 5 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Address
Suite 3, Security House, 82C Chesterton Lane, Cirencester, GL7 1YD
Run by
Careful Care Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Home care agency
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
May 2013 (13 years)
Registered manager
Ewelina Iga Bennett-Hood
Company check
Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07634094)
Last CQC check
14 Jul 2021
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

Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care

Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-758994009

An overview of Careful Care Limited

Careful Care Limited in Cirencester is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia among its specialisms.

CQC rated it Good overall (July 2021). It is one of 9 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Cirencester; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

The registered provider

Careful Care Limited is run by Careful Care Limited (company 07634094), incorporated in 2011, 2 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 human health activities.

History with CQC

Registered in May 2013, it has 13 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.

The rating is 5 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.

There are 4 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 14 July 2021.

Budgeting for this agency

We estimate visits from Careful Care 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.

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

From the latest CQC inspection

  • At our previous inspection in November 2020, we found that effective systems were not being used to manage people's risks and monitor the quality of care being provided.
  • Records relating to people's care and staff recruitment were not always complete and contemporaneous.
  • There was evidence that the provider had improved their processes to assist them in the monitoring of people's care.
  • Each person's care needs had been comprehensively reviewed and documented.

Inspected 3 June 2021; report published 14 July 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Earlier inspections

  1. Oct 2015 Good
  2. Jun 2018 Good
  3. Jan 2021 Requires improvement
  4. Jul 2021 Good
  5. Today Rating 5 years old

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

Published inspection reports

The neighbourhood

Ward
Watermoor
Parliamentary constituency
South Cotswolds
Integrated care board
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Urban or rural
Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Home care in GL7 (11)

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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.

How it fits locally

There are 8 other agencies within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Siluette Care, under 0.5 miles away.

It sits in Watermoor 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 Gloucestershire ICB.

CQC ratings, area by area

  • SafeGood106 of 129 in Gloucestershire
  • EffectiveGood116 of 129 in Gloucestershire
  • CaringGood113 of 129 in Gloucestershire
  • ResponsiveGood115 of 129 in Gloucestershire
  • Well-ledGood83 of 129 in Gloucestershire

Source: CQC, published 14 July 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in Gloucestershire share it.

Registered specialisms

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

Reading Careful Care Limited's CQC ratings

CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 82 of the 128 other agencies in Gloucestershire that CQC has rated.

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How Careful Care Limited compares

  • Rated Good. Across Gloucestershire, 88% of the 125 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (July 2021) is more recent than 39% of agency ratings in Gloucestershire.
  • Registered with CQC in 2013: it has been registered longer than 88% of home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Gloucestershire lists 5.

All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Gloucestershire; CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Careful Care Limited questions answered

What type of care does Careful Care Limited provide?
CQC lists Careful Care Limited under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
What are Careful Care Limited's fees?
Careful Care Limited's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
Where is Careful Care Limited?
Suite 3, Security House, 82C Chesterton Lane, Cirencester, GL7 1YD is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
How is Careful Care 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.
Can Careful Care Limited care for someone with dementia?
Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
Is Careful Care Limited registered with CQC?
Registered, yes: location 1-758994009 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in July 2021.
When was Careful Care Limited last inspected?
Its current CQC rating dates from 14 July 2021, 5 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.

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