Home care agency · Huddersfield
Caremark (Kirklees)
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- A1 Brookes Mill, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, HD4 7NR
- Run by
- Affleck 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 2015 (11 years)
- Part of
- Caremark
- Registered manager
- Katie Anne Fowler
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09356873)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Feb 2020
- 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
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-2043465193
About Caremark (Kirklees)
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Caremark (Kirklees) is based in Huddersfield, run by Affleck Care Limited. It supports adults of all ages and children, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (February 2020). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 62 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Huddersfield; 42 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind Caremark (Kirklees)
Caremark (Kirklees) is run by Affleck Care Limited (company 09356873), incorporated in 2014.
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 social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
It trades under the Caremark brand, which covers 56 services run by 54 registered providers.
Key points from CQC's visit
- We did not find evidence that anyone had been harmed.
- However, medicine administration records had not always been completed accurately and we could not be sure people had received their medicines as prescribed.
- Staff understood safeguarding procedures and had received training in recognising the signs of and types of abuse.
- Safe recruitment practices were followed to ensure staff were suitable to support vulnerable people.
Inspected 13 January 2020; report published 8 February 2020. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Caremark (Kirklees) over the years
CQC registration dates from May 2015, so the service has been operating for around 11 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2020), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
It has gone 6 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.
Reports on record: 2, with the most recent dated 8 February 2020.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe13 of 62 in Kirklees
- Effective59 of 62 in Kirklees
- Caring57 of 62 in Kirklees
- Responsive54 of 62 in Kirklees
- Well-led45 of 62 in Kirklees
Source: CQC, published 8 February 2020. Under each rating: how many agencies in Kirklees share it.
Around Huddersfield
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Newsome Road - St Paul's House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (3 of the nearest 25).
9 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Netherton & Newsome ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Kirklees, 13 of 62 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (21%).
The Safe findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Past CQC ratings
- Jul 2017
- Feb 2020
- Today Rating 6 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 8 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 25 July 2017
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Netherton & Newsome
- Council
- Kirklees Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Huddersfield
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in HD4 (8)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Caremark (Kirklees) 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Kirklees Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
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Caremark (Kirklees) in local context
- Rated Good. Across Kirklees, 80% of the 61 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2020) is more recent than 25% of agency ratings in Kirklees.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 74% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Kirklees lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (21% of home care agencies in Kirklees are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Kirklees. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Also nearby
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Huddersfield: home care agencies inspected recently
- CJP Outreach Services LtdNov 2025 · 3.8 miles
- Limitless Care LtdJun 2026 · under 0.5 miles
- 24Hrs HC Home Care Services LimitedJul 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Questions about Caremark (Kirklees)
- Where is Caremark (Kirklees) based?
- Its office is at A1 Brookes Mill, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, HD4 7NR. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Is Caremark (Kirklees) registered with CQC?
- Caremark (Kirklees) is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-2043465193) and was rated Good overall in February 2020.
- Does Caremark (Kirklees) support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How recent is Caremark (Kirklees)'s CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 8 February 2020, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What type of care does Caremark (Kirklees) provide?
- Registration for Caremark (Kirklees) covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who is the registered provider for Caremark (Kirklees)?
- On CQC's register the provider is Affleck Care Limited.
- How much does care from Caremark (Kirklees) cost?
- We don't have published prices from Caremark (Kirklees) yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How did Caremark (Kirklees) score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.