Home care agency · Sittingbourne
Ellens Court Care Home
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · 34,334 registered providers compared
Illustrative photo, not of Ellens Court Care Home- Address
- Lady Margaret Manor Road, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0NT
- Run by
- Inspire Care Outreach Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home, Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- November 2015 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- Andrew John Crees
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07511105)
- Last CQC check
- 14 Dec 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-2153663053
Ellens Court Care Home at a glance
Ellens Court Care Home in Sittingbourne is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Inspire Care Outreach Limited. Its registered specialisms include dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
CQC rated it Good overall (December 2019). It is one of 41 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Sittingbourne; 16 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People could also have additional needs including mental health needs or an acquired brain injury.
- It is also registered to provide personal care to people living in their own homes.
- The care service has been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin the Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance.
- These values include choice, promotion of independence and inclusion.
Inspected 21 November 2019; report published 14 December 2019. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe178 of 227 in Kent
- Effective194 of 227 in Kent
- Caring203 of 227 in Kent
- Responsive198 of 226 in Kent
- Well-led160 of 227 in Kent
Source: CQC, published 14 December 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Kent share it.
The ratings in context
Ellens Court Care Home has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 159 of the 226 other agencies in Kent that CQC has rated.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Ellens Court Care Home 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Kent Council for a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
Choice is thinner here: the nearest other agency is Ezer Care Limited, 4.7 miles away.
10 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in East Downs ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
The company behind Ellens Court Care Home
Ellens Court Care Home is run by Inspire Care Outreach Limited (company 07511105), incorporated in 2011, 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 other social work without accommodation.
Inspire Care Outreach Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Kent, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Rating history
- Mar 2017
- Dec 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 14 December 2019
- CQC inspection report 18 March 2017
Location and local area
- Ward
- East Downs
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in ME9 (6)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
How long it has been running
Ellens Court Care Home has been registered with CQC since November 2015, about 10 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 14 December 2019.
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Where Ellens Court Care Home stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Kent, 82% of the 223 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 11 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2019) is more recent than 30% of agency ratings in Kent.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 79% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Kent lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Kent (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Ellens Court Care Home
- Is Ellens Court Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- How recent is Ellens Court Care Home's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 14 December 2019, 6 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Where is Ellens Court Care Home?
- The agency works from Lady Margaret Manor Road, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0NT; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Ellens Court Care Home a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-2153663053 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
- What are Ellens Court Care Home's fees?
- Ellens Court Care Home has not published its fees with 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.
- Is Ellens Court Care Home rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What type of care does Ellens Court Care Home provide?
- Ellens Court Care Home is registered for residential homes, homecare agencies, supported living. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Who runs Ellens Court Care Home?
- The registered provider is Inspire Care Outreach Limited, according to CQC.
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