Home care agency · Sheffield
Depax Care
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · Families helped this month: 4
Illustrative photo, not of Depax Care- Address
- Unit B1 Alison Business Centre, 39 Alison Crescent, Sheffield, S2 1AS
- Run by
- Depax Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Efiom Orokita Orok
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09074487)
- Last CQC check
- 20 May 2022
- 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
Registered activities: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-5344363813
Introducing Depax Care
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Depax Care is based in Sheffield, run by Depax Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2022). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 126 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Sheffield; 90 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Registered specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Sheffield, 11 of 105 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (10%).
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Past CQC ratings
- May 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 20 May 2022
Finding it
- Ward
- Manor Castle
- Council
- Sheffield City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sheffield Heeley
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in S2 (25)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Track record
Registered in June 2018, it has 8 years on the CQC register.
CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in May 2022.
The rating is 4 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.
Key points from CQC's visit
- There was a quality monitoring system in place, but this needed further embedding to ensure the provider had clear systems in place to safely manage and monitor the service before it expanded.
- Overall, people felt safe in the company of staff.
- Relatives agreed that their family members were safe.
- People's care plans provided staff with the information they needed to support people and to understand their preferences and choices.
Inspected 5 May 2022; report published 20 May 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The company behind Depax Care
Depax Care is run by Depax Limited (company 09074487), incorporated in 2014, 4 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 social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Juventa 4 Care Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
17 of the 20 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Manor Castle 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 South Yorkshire ICB.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Effective98 of 105 in Sheffield
- Caring97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Responsive97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Well-led11 of 105 in Sheffield
Source: CQC, published 20 May 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Sheffield share it.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Depax 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Sheffield Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Depax Care 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.
Depax Care in local context
- Rated Good. Across Sheffield, 96% of the 103 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2022) is more recent than 30% of agency ratings in Sheffield.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 60% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Sheffield lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (10% of home care agencies in Sheffield are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Sheffield. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
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Questions about Depax Care
- Is Depax Care rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does Depax Care charge?
- Depax Care has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Who runs Depax Care?
- Depax Limited is the registered provider for Depax Care.
- What kind of care can Depax Care offer?
- Depax Care is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How recent is Depax Care's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 20 May 2022, 4 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Depax Care support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- Is Depax Care registered with CQC?
- Yes. Depax Care is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-5344363813) and was rated Good overall in May 2022.
- What is Depax Care's address?
- Unit B1 Alison Business Centre, 39 Alison Crescent, Sheffield, S2 1AS is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
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