Home care agency · Cheadle
Golden Care Group
Illustrative photo, not of Golden Care Group- Address
- Suite 12 Pure Offices, Brooks Drive, Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, SK8 3TD
- Run by
- NS Care Group Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2026 (1 month)
- Registered manager
- Nqobani Mkwananzi
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2026, accounts up to date (Companies House 17274127)
- Last CQC check
- 27 Apr 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 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
Registered activities: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-29094451109
An overview of Golden Care Group
Registered with CQC as a home care agency that also provides supported living, Golden Care Group is based in Cheadle, run by NS Care Group Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and drug or alcohol problems.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (April 2022). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 189 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Cheadle Hulme; 103 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe9 of 49 in Stockport
- Effective45 of 49 in Stockport
- Caring46 of 49 in Stockport
- Responsive46 of 49 in Stockport
- Well-led12 of 49 in Stockport
Source: CQC, published 27 April 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Stockport share it.
Rating history
- Apr 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Heald Green
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cheadle
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in SK8 (15)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
The company behind Golden Care Group
Golden Care Group is run by Ns Care Group Ltd (company 17274127), incorporated in 2026.
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 nursing care and care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
History with CQC
Golden Care Group registered with CQC in September 2026, so it is a new service.
One overall rating to date: Requires improvement, published April 2022.
At 4 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
The registered provider has changed since the last rating, so it reflects the old provider; the current one has not been inspected here yet.
The ratings in context
For Golden Care Group, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Stockport, 9 of 49 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (18%), while 12 of 49 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
How it fits locally
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 Deckchair Care, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 14 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Heald Green 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 Greater Manchester ICB.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Golden Care Group 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Stockport Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Golden Care Group on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Stockport, 82% of the 49 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2022) is more recent than 55% of agency ratings in Stockport.
- Registered with CQC in 2026, it is one of the newest home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Stockport lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (20% of home care agencies in Stockport are also rated below Good here); Well-led (27% of home care agencies in Stockport are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Stockport (Oct 2026).
Nearby options
Guides for families
Cheadle Hulme: home care agencies inspected recently
- Right at Home South TraffordApr 2026 · 5.3 miles
- Be Caring ManchesterApr 2025 · 1.8 miles
- Care Needs Limited StockportMar 2025 · 2.6 miles
Questions about Golden Care Group
- Which provider runs Golden Care Group?
- The registered provider is NS Care Group Ltd, according to CQC.
- What kind of care can Golden Care Group offer?
- Registration for Golden Care Group covers: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Golden Care Group rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does care from Golden Care Group cost?
- Golden Care Group has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is Golden Care Group registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-29094451109 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Requires improvement overall in April 2022.
- What is Golden Care Group's address?
- Suite 12 Pure Offices, Brooks Drive, Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, SK8 3TD. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- When did CQC last rate Golden Care Group?
- 27 April 2022 is when the current rating was published, 4 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Golden Care Group registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.