Home care agency · Nantwich
Cheshire Rural Care
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Cheshire Rural Care- Address
- Charles House, Room 105, Princes Court, Beam Heath Way, Nantwich, CW5 6PQ
- Run by
- Mrs Abigail Mary Summerhill
- Type of provider
- Independent (owner-run)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- April 2016 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Last CQC check
- 16 Jun 2018
- 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-2584576779
About Cheshire Rural Care
Cheshire Rural Care in Nantwich is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Mrs Abigail Mary Summerhill. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2018). It is one of 35 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Nantwich; 24 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe55 of 65 in Cheshire East
- Effective57 of 65 in Cheshire East
- Caring55 of 65 in Cheshire East
- Responsive57 of 65 in Cheshire East
- Well-led49 of 65 in Cheshire East
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 June 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Cheshire East share it.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
The registered provider
Cheshire Rural Care is the only service its provider, Mrs Abigail Mary Summerhill, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.
Rating history
- Jun 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 16 June 2018
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Nantwich North and West
- Council
- Cheshire East Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- NHS planning area
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CW5 (10)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
From the latest CQC inspection
- This was because the service provided a domiciliary care service and we needed to be sure that someone would be available to assist with our inspection.
- Cheshire Rural Care provides personal care to adults living in Cheshire.
- This was the first inspection of Cheshire Rural Care.
- There was a registered manager in post at the service who was also the registered provider of the service.
Inspected 22 May 2018; report published 16 June 2018; supporting 13 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Track record
CQC registration dates from April 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
One overall rating to date: Good, published June 2018.
8 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.
Choice nearby
There are 13 other agencies within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is SureCare Central Cheshire, under 0.5 miles away.
15 of the 17 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Nantwich North and West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Reading Cheshire Rural Care's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Cheshire Rural Care: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 48 of the 64 other agencies in Cheshire East that CQC has rated.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Cheshire Rural 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
Cheshire East Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
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Cheshire Rural Care in local context
- Rated Good. Across Cheshire East, 88% of the 65 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2018) is more recent than 8% of agency ratings in Cheshire East.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 67% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Cheshire East lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Cheshire East (Oct 2026).
Nearby options
Guides for families
Nantwich: home care agencies inspected recently
- Betamindes LimitedApr 2026 · 2.4 miles
- AMG Nursing and Care Services - CreweAug 2025 · 5.3 miles
What families ask about Cheshire Rural Care
- Can Cheshire Rural Care care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How recent is Cheshire Rural Care's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 16 June 2018, 8 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Where is Cheshire Rural Care?
- Its office is at Charles House, Room 105, Princes Court, Beam Heath Way, Nantwich, CW5 6PQ. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Is Cheshire Rural Care registered with CQC?
- Cheshire Rural Care is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-2584576779) and was rated Good overall in June 2018.
- How much does Cheshire Rural Care charge?
- Cheshire Rural 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 is Cheshire Rural Care rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What kind of care can Cheshire Rural Care offer?
- Registration for Cheshire Rural Care covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who is the registered provider for Cheshire Rural Care?
- On CQC's register the provider is Mrs Abigail Mary Summerhill.
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