Home care agency · Ellesmere Port
Caring Alternatives
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · 34,336 registered providers compared
Illustrative photo, not of Caring Alternatives- Address
- Unit B7, Stanlaw Abbey Business Centre, Dover Drive, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9BF
- Run by
- Caring Alternatives 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
- April 2021 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- Kelly Egerton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1998 (28 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03622578)
- Last CQC check
- 23 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
Registered activities: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-10599753373
About this agency
Registered with CQC as a home care agency that also provides supported living, Caring Alternatives is based in Ellesmere Port, run by Caring Alternatives Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2022). It is one of 71 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ellesmere Port; 49 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Around Ellesmere Port
There are 19 other agencies within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Aspiring Lives Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
10 of the 20 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wolverham 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 Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Caring Alternatives: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 48 of the 57 other agencies in Cheshire West and Chester that CQC has rated.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Caring Alternatives 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Cheshire West and Chester Council for a free care needs assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe53 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Effective54 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Caring53 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Responsive52 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Well-led49 of 58 in Cheshire West and Chester
CQC key question ratings, published 23 August 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Cheshire West and Chester share it.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The service was able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of Right support, right care, right culture.
- Right Support The service was wholly person centred.
- It encouraged and promoted people's rights to pursue those activities they wished to pursue.
- People were encouraged to be as independent as possible.
Inspected 2 August 2022; report published 23 August 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Caring Alternatives over the years
Caring Alternatives has been registered with CQC since April 2021, about 5 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2022), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
4 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
The company behind Caring Alternatives
Caring Alternatives is run by Caring Alternatives Limited (company 03622578), incorporated in 1998, 22 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Caring Alternatives Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Rating history
- Nov 2017
- Aug 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 23 August 2022
Location and local area
- Ward
- Wolverham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CH65 (17)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Caring Alternatives on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Cheshire West and Chester, 95% of the 56 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2022) is more recent than 57% of agency ratings in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 47% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Cheshire West and Chester lists 5.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Cheshire West and Chester. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Nearest home care agencies
Guides for families
Recently rated home care agencies near Ellesmere Port
- The HawthornsOct 2026 · 1.0 miles
- Apollo Care (South Wirral)Oct 2026 · 1.2 miles
- Helping Hands Ellesmere PortJun 2026 · 1.4 miles
Caring Alternatives: common questions
- Can Caring Alternatives care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- How recent is Caring Alternatives's CQC rating?
- 23 August 2022 is when the current rating was published, 4 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Where is Caring Alternatives?
- Unit B7, Stanlaw Abbey Business Centre, Dover Drive, Ellesmere Port, CH65 9BF. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- Is Caring Alternatives regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-10599753373 and was rated Good overall in August 2022.
- What are Caring Alternatives's fees?
- No fee list from Caring Alternatives has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did Caring Alternatives score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What type of care does Caring Alternatives provide?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies, supported living. Ask Caring Alternatives how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Who is the registered provider for Caring Alternatives?
- Caring Alternatives Limited is the registered provider for Caring Alternatives.
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