Home care agency · Walsall
Essence Health Ltd
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · Families helped this month: 3
Illustrative photo, not of Essence Health Ltd- Address
- Lichfield House 27-31, Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1 1TJ
- Run by
- Essence Health Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- May 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Pesina Mararike
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09238079)
- Last CQC check
- 1 May 2025
- 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
Registered activities: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-5208790400
Essence Health Ltd at a glance
Essence Health Ltd in Walsall 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 lists physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2025). It is one of 153 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Walsall; 69 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The provider delivered safe care to the people they supported.
- Risks to people were identified and planned for including environmental risks.
- There were sufficient suitably skilled staff to support people safely.
- People told us they were happy with the service they received.
Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
What the ratings tell you
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Essence Health Ltd: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 32 of the 47 other agencies in Walsall that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Inmind community Support Services Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 12 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in St Matthew's 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 Black Country ICB.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score41 of 48 in Walsall
- Effective75% score45 of 48 in Walsall
- Caring75% score46 of 48 in Walsall
- Responsive75% score46 of 48 in Walsall
- Well-led75% score33 of 48 in Walsall
From CQC's latest report, published 1 May 2025. Under each rating: how many agencies in Walsall share it.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Essence Health 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
With savings below £23,250, Walsall Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How long it has been running
Essence Health Ltd has been registered with CQC since May 2018, about 8 years.
One overall rating to date: Good, published May 2025.
Percentage scores by area
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Essence Health Ltd scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 20 February 2025, published 1 May 2025, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Where it is
- Ward
- St Matthew's
- Council
- Walsall Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in WS1 (21)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
Ownership and company checks
Essence Health Ltd is run by Essence Health Ltd. (company 09238079), incorporated in 2014, 3 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, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and other social work without accommodation.
Family reviews
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How Essence Health Ltd compares
- Rated Good. Across Walsall, 83% of the 48 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2025) is more recent than 65% of agency ratings in Walsall.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 65% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Walsall lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Walsall (Oct 2026).
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Similar home care agencies near Walsall, rated recently
- SentriCareApr 2026 · under 0.5 miles
- My Pillar LimitedAug 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Dignus SupportOct 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Quick answers about Essence Health Ltd
- Where is Essence Health Ltd?
- The agency's base is Lichfield House 27-31, Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1 1TJ. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- How much does Essence Health Ltd charge?
- We don't have published prices from Essence Health Ltd yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- What kind of care can Essence Health Ltd offer?
- Essence Health Ltd is registered for homecare agencies, supported living. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- How recent is Essence Health Ltd's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 1 May 2025, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Essence Health Ltd registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-5208790400 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in May 2025.
- Does Essence Health Ltd support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- How did Essence Health Ltd score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Essence Health Ltd: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
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