Home care agency · Plymouth
Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)- Address
- Brooklands, Building One, Budshead Road, Plymouth, PL6 5XR
- Run by
- We are the Care Company Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2026 (7 months)
- Registered manager
- Sophie Mary Green
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07156549)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Feb 2023
- 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
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-27006576375
About Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)
Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) is a CQC-registered home care agency in Plymouth, run by We are the Care Company Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (February 2023). It is one of 64 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Plymouth; 34 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)'s CQC ratings
Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) 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 21 of the 32 other agencies in Plymouth that CQC has rated.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Prestige Nursing and Care Plymouth, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Budshead ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
Plymouth Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
History with CQC
Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) registered with CQC in March 2026, so it is a new service.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in February 2023.
The rating is 3 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.
Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe28 of 33 in Plymouth
- Effective30 of 33 in Plymouth
- Caring25 of 33 in Plymouth
- Responsive31 of 33 in Plymouth
- Well-led22 of 33 in Plymouth
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 3 February 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Plymouth share it.
The registered provider
Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) is run by We Are The Care Company Limited (company 07156549), incorporated in 2010, 16 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
We are the Care Company Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
Rating history
- Feb 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Budshead
- Council
- Plymouth City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in PL6 (16)
Larger map · Route planner · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
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Where Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Plymouth, 88% of the 32 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2023) is more recent than 66% of agency ratings in Plymouth.
- Registered with CQC in 2026: it has been registered longer than 8% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Plymouth lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Plymouth (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)
- Can Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) 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 Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)'s CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 3 February 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What is Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)'s address?
- Brooklands, Building One, Budshead Road, Plymouth, PL6 5XR. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- Is Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) as a home care agency, location ID 1-27006576375 and was rated Good overall in February 2023.
- What are Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)'s fees?
- Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) hasn't shared a price list with us. 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.
- Is Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Enliva Homecare (Plymouth): Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What kind of care can Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) offer?
- Enliva Homecare (Plymouth) is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Who is the registered provider for Enliva Homecare (Plymouth)?
- CQC lists We are the Care Company Limited as the provider responsible for Enliva Homecare (Plymouth).
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.