Home care agency · Peterborough

Enlightenment Care Services Ltd

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 8 March 2024 Rating 2 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Address
Oundle Wharf, Unit 2, Station Road, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4DE
Run by
Enlightenment Care Services Ltd
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Home care agency, Supported living
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
October 2019 (7 years)
Registered manager
Annah Kwambana
Company check
Liquidation, trading since 2014 (11 years), accounts overdue, has insolvency history (Companies House 09359571)
Last CQC check
8 Mar 2024
Typical fees Estimated
£30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate

Registered activities: Personal care

Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-7600863554

About this agency

Enlightenment Care Services Ltd in Peterborough is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and children and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.

CQC rated it Good overall (March 2024). It is one of 16 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Thrapston; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

What it may cost

We estimate visits from Enlightenment Care Services Ltd 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.

North Northamptonshire Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.

Rating history

  1. Mar 2017 Requires improvement
  2. Mar 2018 Good
  3. Aug 2022 Requires improvement
  4. Mar 2023 Requires improvement
  5. Mar 2024 Good
  6. Today Rating 2 years old

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.

Inspection reports to read

Location and local area

Ward
Oundle
Parliamentary constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire
NHS area (integrated care board)
NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
Setting
Larger rural: nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 10% least deprived areas in England

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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.

The local picture

Choice is thinner here: the nearest other agency is J&M Care Ltd, 7.1 miles away.

It sits in Oundle ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.

Key points from CQC's visit

  • Systems were in place to help safeguard people from abuse.
  • Risk assessments were in place which set out the risks people faced and included information about how to mitigate those risks.
  • There were enough staff to meet people's needs and robust staff recruitment procedures were in place.
  • Steps had been taken to help prevent the spread of infections.

Inspected 9 January 2024; report published 8 March 2024. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

The ratings in context

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 55 of the 77 other agencies in North Northamptonshire that CQC has rated.

How long it has been running

Registered in October 2019, it has 7 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2017–2024), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.

CQC lists 3 reports for this location, the latest dated 8 March 2024.

Specialisms

As listed with the regulator.

Ratings for safety, care and leadership

  • SafeGood59 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
  • EffectiveGood66 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
  • CaringGood72 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
  • ResponsiveGood66 of 78 in North Northamptonshire
  • Well-ledGood56 of 78 in North Northamptonshire

CQC key question ratings, published 8 March 2024. Under each rating: how many agencies in North Northamptonshire share it.

The company behind Enlightenment Care Services Ltd

Enlightenment Care Services Ltd is run by Enlightenment Care Services Ltd (company 09359571), incorporated in 2014, 4 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as liquidation, its accounts are overdue, its confirmation statement is overdue, it has 2 active directors and it has an insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other residential care.

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Enlightenment Care Services Ltd in local context

  • Rated Good. Across North Northamptonshire, 84% of the 76 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (March 2024) is more recent than 80% of agency ratings in North Northamptonshire.
  • Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 64% of home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in North Northamptonshire lists 6.

Comparison set: every registered home care agency in North Northamptonshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.

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Enlightenment Care Services Ltd questions answered

Does Enlightenment Care Services Ltd support people with dementia?
Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
Is Enlightenment Care Services Ltd rated well for safety?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
When was Enlightenment Care Services Ltd last inspected?
8 March 2024 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
Is Enlightenment Care Services Ltd registered with CQC?
It is. The CQC register records Enlightenment Care Services Ltd as a home care agency, location ID 1-7600863554 and was rated Good overall in March 2024.
How much does Enlightenment Care Services Ltd charge?
We don't have published prices from Enlightenment Care Services Ltd yet. 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.
What type of care does Enlightenment Care Services Ltd provide?
Enlightenment Care Services Ltd is registered for homecare agencies, supported living. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
Where is Enlightenment Care Services Ltd based?
The agency works from Oundle Wharf, Unit 2, Station Road, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4DE; ask which postcodes its carers cover.

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