Home care agency · Barnsley
Gem Homecare Ltd
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Gem Homecare Ltd- Address
- The Business Village, Innovation Way, Barnsley, S75 1JL
- Run by
- Gem Homecare Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Gemma Claire Weaver
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14331553)
- Last CQC check
- 13 Aug 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-14837932984
An overview of Gem Homecare Ltd
Gem Homecare Ltd in Barnsley is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2025). It is one of 55 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Barnsley; 48 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who the service is registered for
Taken from its CQC registration.
The company behind Gem Homecare Ltd
Gem Homecare Ltd is run by Gem Homecare Ltd (company 14331553), 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 social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Effective75% score47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Caring80% score51 of 51 in Barnsley
- Responsive75% score47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Well-led79% score45 of 51 in Barnsley
As rated by CQC, published 13 August 2025. Under each rating: how many agencies in Barnsley share it.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Gem Homecare 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Barnsley Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Scores behind the rating
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Gem Homecare Ltd scores 77%.
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 80%
- 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 enablement4 · Exceptional
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 79%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders4 · Exceptional
- 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 10 July 2025, published 13 August 2025, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Darton West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barnsley North
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in S75 (14)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 23 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Caremark (Barnsley), under 0.5 miles away.
5 of the 25 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Darton West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Inspection findings in brief
- An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is registered for use by autistic people or people with a learning disability.
- There were systems in place to protect people from harm, including how medicines were managed.
- Staff were trained in how to recognise and respond to abuse and understood their responsibility to report any concerns to the management team.
- One relative said, “The standard of their care is marvellous.
From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 44 of the 50 other agencies in Barnsley that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Safe at 75%, averaging 77% overall.
Track record
Registered in February 2023, it has 3 years on the CQC register.
Its only published overall rating so far is Good, from August 2025.
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Gem Homecare Ltd against its area
- Rated Good. Across Barnsley, 96% of the 51 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2025) is more recent than 75% of agency ratings in Barnsley.
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 23% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Barnsley lists 6.
Based on the CQC register for Barnsley as at Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Other home care agencies near Barnsley with recent ratings
- Crossroads (Barnsley) LimitedMay 2026 · 0.8 miles
- BMBC Reablement ServiceJun 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Honest Home CareJun 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Gem Homecare Ltd questions answered
- What is Gem Homecare Ltd's address?
- The agency works from The Business Village, Innovation Way, Barnsley, S75 1JL; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- What services is Gem Homecare Ltd registered for?
- Gem Homecare Ltd is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How much does Gem Homecare Ltd charge?
- Gem Homecare Ltd's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Gem Homecare Ltd regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-14837932984 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in August 2025.
- When was Gem Homecare Ltd last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 13 August 2025, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Gem Homecare Ltd rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- Is Gem Homecare Ltd registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
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