Home care agency · Colchester
GE-First Healthcare Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of GE-First Healthcare Ltd- Address
- Office 17 The North Colchester Business Centre, 340 The Crescent, Colchester, CO4 9AD
- Run by
- GE-First Healthcare 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
- August 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Evelyn Gwendolyn Agbeko
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14336779)
- Last CQC check
- Not listed
- Typical fees Estimated
- £29–£35.50 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-16516768861
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, GE-First Healthcare Ltd is based in Colchester, run by GE-First Healthcare Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and physical disabilities.
There is no published CQC rating yet; newly registered services are usually rated after their first inspection. It is one of 81 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Colchester; 45 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Reed Care Services Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
It sits in Highwoods ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from GE-First Healthcare Ltd at £29–£35.50 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 £340 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), Essex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Who runs it
GE-First Healthcare Ltd is run by Ge-first Healthcare Limited (company 14336779), incorporated in 2022.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people and other social work without accommodation.
GE-First Healthcare Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas.
Area and map
- Ward
- Highwoods
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Colchester
- Integrated care board
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CO4 (17)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 29% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Essex lists 6.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Essex; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Nearest home care agencies
Guides for families
Colchester: home care agencies inspected recently
- Cloud 9 Care LimitedJul 2026 · 0.8 miles
- Jadee's Nursing AgencyOct 2025 · 0.9 miles
- Prime Care Domiciliary EssexMay 2025 · 1.3 miles
What families ask about GE-First Healthcare Ltd
- Who is the registered provider for GE-First Healthcare Ltd?
- GE-First Healthcare Ltd is run by GE-First Healthcare Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does care from GE-First Healthcare Ltd cost?
- No fee list from GE-First Healthcare Ltd 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 GE-First Healthcare Ltd regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records GE-First Healthcare Ltd as a home care agency, location ID 1-16516768861, and has not yet been given an overall rating.
- Where is GE-First Healthcare Ltd?
- Office 17 The North Colchester Business Centre, 340 The Crescent, Colchester, CO4 9AD. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- What services is GE-First Healthcare Ltd registered for?
- GE-First Healthcare Ltd is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Does GE-First Healthcare Ltd support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
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