Home care agency · Bradford
Carlton Home Care
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- 134 Leeds Road, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 1BX
- Run by
- Carlton Home Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03999109)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Dec 2019
- 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
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-115043788
An overview of Carlton Home Care
Carlton Home Care is a CQC-registered home care agency in Bradford, run by Carlton Home Care Ltd.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2019). Responsive was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 96 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Shipley; 58 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Around Bradford
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Helping Hands Shipley, under 0.5 miles away.
11 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Windhill & Wrose 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 West Yorkshire ICB.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Carlton Home Care 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Bradford Council for a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Area by area, Responsive is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Bradford, 9 of 79 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Responsive (11%).
The Responsive findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Carlton Home Care over the years
Registered in November 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
The rating is 6 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.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 10 December 2019.
Past CQC ratings
- Jan 2016
- Dec 2016
- Mar 2018
- Oct 2018
- Dec 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 10 December 2019
- CQC inspection report 3 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 7 March 2018
- CQC inspection report 22 December 2016
- CQC inspection report 14 January 2016
- Inspection report 28 January 2014
Area and map
- Ward
- Windhill & Wrose
- Parliamentary constituency
- Shipley
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in BD18 (10)
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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.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe65 of 79 in Bradford
- Effective72 of 79 in Bradford
- Caring68 of 79 in Bradford
- Responsive9 of 79 in Bradford
- Well-led65 of 79 in Bradford
From CQC's latest report, published 10 December 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Bradford share it.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People told us they received their medicines as prescribed.
- Staff completed medication training and their competency was checked Care plans were person-centred with information about people's life history and their preferences.
- Some aspects of care planning needed further detail which was added during our inspection.
- Staff demonstrated their knowledge of people's care needs and action needed to reduce risks to people.
Inspected 4 October 2019; report published 10 December 2019. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who runs it
Carlton Home Care is run by Carlton Home Care Ltd (company 03999109), incorporated in 2000, 10 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 nursing care.
Who they support
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Family reviews
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Where Carlton Home Care stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Bradford, 88% of the 77 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2019) is more recent than 32% of agency ratings in Bradford.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Bradford lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Responsive (12% of home care agencies in Bradford are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Bradford; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Similar home care agencies near Bradford, rated recently
- Home-Care Perfection - Main OfficeSep 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Affinity Trust - Domiciliary Care Agency - Shipley and AiredaleMar 2026 · under 0.5 miles
- Premier Care - Bradford BranchOct 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Questions about Carlton Home Care
- Is Carlton Home Care registered for dementia care?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
- When did CQC last rate Carlton Home Care?
- CQC published the current rating on 10 December 2019, 6 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Where is Carlton Home Care based?
- The agency works from 134 Leeds Road, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 1BX; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Carlton Home Care regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-115043788 and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
- What are Carlton Home Care's fees?
- Carlton Home Care's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How did Carlton Home Care score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What type of care does Carlton Home Care provide?
- Carlton Home Care is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Who is the registered provider for Carlton Home Care?
- Carlton Home Care is run by Carlton Home Care Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
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