Home care agency · Tipton

Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 7 April 2020 Rating 6 years old

Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate

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Rated 6 years ago. CQC's last published rating for this service is from April 2020. Ask what has changed since, such as the manager or the number of people they support. See nearby services rated recently.
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Address
Castlemill, Burnt Tree, Tipton, DY4 7UF
Run by
Future Home Care Ltd (3 services)
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
August 2016 (10 years)
Registered manager
Adrian Mark Grainger
Company check
Active, trading since 2003 (23 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04829670)
Last CQC check
7 Apr 2020
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

CQC regulated activities: Personal care

CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-2805173042

An overview of Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham

Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham in Tipton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Future Home Care Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists learning disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.

CQC rated it Good overall (April 2020). It is one of 265 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Tipton; 106 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led

  • SafeGood40 of 57 in Sandwell
  • EffectiveGood44 of 57 in Sandwell
  • CaringGood49 of 57 in Sandwell
  • ResponsiveGood45 of 57 in Sandwell
  • Well-ledGood28 of 57 in Sandwell

From CQC's latest report, published 7 April 2020. Under each rating: how many agencies in Sandwell share it.

Key points from CQC's visit

  • Staff had received training in safeguarding and knew how to keep people safe.
  • Staff had been recruited safely and were trained and supported to provide the best possible care for people.
  • Staff supported people following good infection control practices.
  • People were supported by regular staff who had the skills and knowledge to meet people's needs.

Inspected 16 March 2020; report published 7 April 2020; supporting 19 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

The company behind Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham

Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham is run by Future Home Care Ltd. (company 04829670), incorporated in 2003, 13 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care) and other social work without accommodation.

Future Home Care Ltd runs 3 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Lifeways Community Care brand, which covers 86 services run by 19 registered providers.

Likely fees

We estimate visits from Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham 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.

Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Sandwell Council for a free care needs assessment.

Around Tipton

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Home Instead Dudley & Sandwell South, under 0.5 miles away.

8 of the 13 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Tipton Green ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Black Country ICB.

Earlier inspections

  1. Oct 2017 Good
  2. Apr 2020 Good
  3. Today Rating 6 years old

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.

Inspection reports to read

Location and local area

Ward
Tipton Green
Parliamentary constituency
Tipton and Wednesbury
Local NHS (ICB)
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
Type of area
Urban; nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Home care in DY4 (20)

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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.

The ratings in context

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 27 of the 56 other agencies in Sandwell that CQC has rated.

Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham over the years

CQC registration dates from August 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2020), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

6 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.

CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 7 April 2020.

Needs it is registered to meet

As listed with the regulator.

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Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham in local context

  • Rated Good. Across Sandwell, 75% of the 52 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (April 2020) is more recent than 48% of agency ratings in Sandwell.
  • Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 64% of home care agencies in the area.
  • It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Sandwell lists 6.

Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Sandwell. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.

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What families ask about Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham

Which provider runs Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham?
CQC lists Future Home Care Ltd as the provider responsible for Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham.
What kind of care can Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham offer?
Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
How is Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham rated for safety and leadership?
CQC rates five key questions. For Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
How much does Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham charge?
No fee list from Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham has reached 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.
Is Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham a registered provider?
It is. The CQC register records Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham as a home care agency, location ID 1-2805173042 and was rated Good overall in April 2020.
Where is Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham based?
Castlemill, Burnt Tree, Tipton, DY4 7UF. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
When was Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham last inspected?
7 April 2020 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
Can Future Home Care Ltd Birmingham care for someone with dementia?
It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.

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