Home care agency · Nuneaton
Essential Futures Limited
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Croft Mead Business Centre, Ansley Village, Nuneaton, CV10 9PX
- Run by
- Essential Futures Limited
- 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
- July 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Loui Tomas Watson Alexander James Jon Blyth
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04541238)
- Last CQC check
- 12 Apr 2019
- 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
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-277778036
Essential Futures Limited at a glance
Essential Futures Limited in Nuneaton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists learning disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (April 2019). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 59 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Nuneaton; 31 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Choice nearby
There are 10 other agencies within 3 miles, 3 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Probitas Healthcare Services, 1.2 miles away.
12 of the 13 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Arley and Whitacre 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 Coventry and Warwickshire ICB.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe77 of 96 in Warwickshire
- Effective85 of 96 in Warwickshire
- Caring86 of 96 in Warwickshire
- Responsive86 of 96 in Warwickshire
- Well-led24 of 96 in Warwickshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 12 April 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Warwickshire share it.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Some people had 24- hour care, and other people received care calls at agreed times when support was required.
- Of these, 29 people were receiving the regulated service of personal care.
- People's experience of using this service: ● People were happy with the care and support they received from the service.
- They, and relatives, felt involved in how their care was planned and delivered, and overall, described positive relationships with staff who undertook their care calls. ● People had care plans which reflected people's needs and preferences.
Inspected 19 March 2019; report published 12 April 2019; supporting 74 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Essential Futures Limited 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.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Warwickshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Track record
Registered in July 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
7 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
Reports on record: 4, with the most recent dated 12 April 2019.
Who the service is registered for
Taken from its CQC registration.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Warwickshire, 24 of 96 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (25%).
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Rating history
- Aug 2016
- Apr 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 12 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 4 August 2016
- Inspection report 12 February 2014
- Inspection report 1 August 2012
Where it is
- Ward
- Arley and Whitacre
- Parliamentary constituency
- Nuneaton
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CV10 (19)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
Ownership and company checks
Essential Futures Limited is run by Essential Futures Limited (company 04541238), incorporated in 2002, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Family reviews
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Warwickshire, 84% of the 93 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2019) is more recent than 8% of agency ratings in Warwickshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 93% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Warwickshire lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (27% of home care agencies in Warwickshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Warwickshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Essential Futures Limited
- When did CQC last rate Essential Futures Limited?
- The rating now shown was published on 12 April 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Essential Futures Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-277778036 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in April 2019.
- Does Essential Futures Limited support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- How did Essential Futures Limited score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- Where is Essential Futures Limited?
- Croft Mead Business Centre, Ansley Village, Nuneaton, CV10 9PX. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- What are Essential Futures Limited's fees?
- Essential Futures Limited has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- What kind of care can Essential Futures Limited offer?
- Essential Futures Limited is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
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