Home care agency · Sidmouth
Harcombe Valley Care Limited
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · Families helped this month: 3
Illustrative photo, not of Harcombe Valley Care Limited- Address
- Trusley, 3 Manstone Close, Sidmouth, EX10 9TZ
- Run by
- Harcombe Valley Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Christine Lake
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2003 (23 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04824234)
- Last CQC check
- 22 Jan 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
More in Ottery St Mary: Home care in Ottery St Mary (11) · Best rated home care agencies in Ottery St Mary · Dementia care at home in Ottery St Mary · Elderly care at home in Ottery St Mary · Physical disability care at home in Ottery St Mary
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-110277638
The service in brief
Harcombe Valley Care Limited is a CQC-registered home care agency in Sidmouth. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (January 2019). It is one of 11 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ottery St Mary; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Harcombe Valley Care Limited: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 92 of the 118 other agencies in Devon that CQC has rated.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Harcombe Valley Care 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Devon Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Inspection findings in brief
- We gave the service 48 hours' notice of the inspection visit because it is a small domiciliary care agency and the registered manager works as part of the care team.
- The outcome of a safeguarding meeting was for the registered manager and the nominated individual to investigate the allegation.
- When we visited there was a registered manager in post.
- A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.
Inspected 19 December 2018; report published 22 January 2019; supporting 33 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe106 of 119 in Devon
- Effective107 of 119 in Devon
- Caring94 of 119 in Devon
- Responsive105 of 119 in Devon
- Well-led93 of 119 in Devon
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 22 January 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Devon share it.
Harcombe Valley Care Limited over the years
Harcombe Valley Care Limited has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
The CQC website holds 4 reports for it, the latest from 22 January 2019.
Ownership and company checks
Harcombe Valley Care Limited is run by Harcombe Valley Care Limited (company 04824234), incorporated in 2003, 7 years before this service registered with CQC.
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 other human health activities.
Past CQC ratings
- Jan 2017
- Jan 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 22 January 2019
- CQC inspection report 11 January 2017
- Inspection report 22 February 2014
- Inspection report 17 September 2012
Where it is
- Ward
- Sidmouth Sidford
- Council
- Devon County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- NHS planning area
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban (further from a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
Larger map · Get directions · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Family reviews
Be the first to review Harcombe Valley Care Limited. Your experience helps other families choose.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
Harcombe Valley Care Limited questions answered
- How much does Harcombe Valley Care Limited charge?
- Harcombe Valley Care Limited hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- What type of care does Harcombe Valley Care Limited provide?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Harcombe Valley Care Limited how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Where is Harcombe Valley Care Limited?
- Its office is at Trusley, 3 Manstone Close, Sidmouth, EX10 9TZ. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Can Harcombe Valley Care Limited care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is Harcombe Valley Care Limited rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- When was Harcombe Valley Care Limited last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 22 January 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Harcombe Valley Care Limited registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Harcombe Valley Care Limited as a home care agency, location ID 1-110277638 and was rated Good overall in January 2019.
Home care in nearby towns
In Devon
Your service? Put this badge on your website
This badge stays current with your CQC rating. Paste the code wherever you want it to show.
Is this your service? Claim it free to reply to reviews and invite families to review you. Members add photos, prices and availability, and can receive enquiries.
Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.