Home care agency · Moreton
Cherry Tree House
Illustrative photo, not of Cherry Tree House- Address
- 95-119 Cherry Tree Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9RE
- Run by
- Local Solutions (3 services)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported housing
- Registered with CQC
- July 2016 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- Lena Smith
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1984 (42 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01792921)
- Last CQC check
- 29 Jul 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-2784227253
About this agency
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Cherry Tree House is based in Moreton, run by Local Solutions. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and drug or alcohol problems.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (July 2026). It is one of 41 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Greasby; 28 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe69% score30 of 39 in Wirral
- Effective75% score36 of 39 in Wirral
- Caring75% score36 of 39 in Wirral
- Responsive75% score35 of 39 in Wirral
- Well-led71% score27 of 39 in Wirral
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 29 July 2026. Under each rating: how many agencies in Wirral share it.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
What the ratings tell you
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 26 of the 38 other agencies in Wirral that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 73% overall.
The local picture
There are 21 other agencies within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Apollo Care (West Wirral), under 0.5 miles away.
Its rating is more recent than any of the 19 nearest rated agencies.
It sits in Leasowe and Moreton East 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.
Inspection findings in brief
- Our view of the service About the service Cherry Tree House is an extra care housing service providing support and personal care to people in their own homes.
- Extra care housing is purpose-built or adapted single household accommodation in a shared site or building.
- The accommodation is rented and is the occupant's own home.
- One family member commented, “We feel he is very safe,” while another told us, “He is kept very safe with the care he receives from the staff.” People and their family members told us they valued the support provided by the staff and management team.
Inspected 2 February 2018; report published 5 March 2018; supporting 9 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Cherry Tree House 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.
Wirral Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
How long it has been running
Cherry Tree House has been registered with CQC since July 2016, about 10 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2018–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Percentage scores by area
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Cherry Tree House scores 73%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 71%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 8 June 2026, published 29 July 2026, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Mar 2018
- Jul 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 5 March 2018
Area and map
- Ward
- Leasowe and Moreton East
- Council
- Wirral Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wallasey
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Ownership and company checks
Cherry Tree House is run by Local Solutions (company 01792921), incorporated in 1984, 32 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 10 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
Local Solutions runs 3 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
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Where Cherry Tree House stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Wirral, 90% of the 39 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 97% of agency ratings in Wirral.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 59% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Wirral lists 5.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Wirral, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Also nearby
Guides for families
Greasby: home care agencies inspected recently
- 203 Hoylake RoadOct 2024 · 1.6 miles
- Pendleton Care LimitedApr 2026 · 3.7 miles
- Icare Solutions (Wirral) LtdJan 2025 · 4.3 miles
Cherry Tree House questions answered
- Is Cherry Tree House registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-2784227253 and was rated Good overall in July 2026.
- Where is Cherry Tree House based?
- Its office is at 95-119 Cherry Tree Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9RE. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- When did CQC last rate Cherry Tree House?
- The latest rating is dated 29 July 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can Cherry Tree House care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Which provider runs Cherry Tree House?
- On CQC's register the provider is Local Solutions.
- What kind of care can Cherry Tree House offer?
- Cherry Tree House is registered for homecare agencies, supported housing. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Cherry Tree House rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Cherry Tree House: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does Cherry Tree House charge?
- Cherry Tree House'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.
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