Home care agency · Evesham
Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold
Illustrative photo, not of Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold- Address
- 39 High Street, Evesham, WR11 4DA
- Run by
- Midshires Care Limited (150 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2020 (6 years)
- Part of
- Midshires Care Ltd
- Registered manager
- Hayley Marie Hutton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03959933)
- Last CQC check
- 17 Nov 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £28.50–£35 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,380–£1,680 a week. Estimated from prices published locally (Helping Hands publishes rates a little below the national median, plus a travel charge); not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-8565116813
The service in brief
Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold in Evesham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Midshires Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (November 2021). It is one of 11 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Evesham; 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What inspectors found
- People were kept safe by effective safeguarding procedures and staff who understood how to safeguard people from abuse.
- There were enough staff to meet people's needs and ensure safe care.
- Thorough recruitment procedures helped to ensure the right staff were employed.
- People's care plans and risk assessments were detailed, person centred and kept up to date through regular review.
Inspected 14 October 2021; report published 17 November 2021. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold at £28.50–£35 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region (Helping Hands publishes rates a little below the national median, plus a travel charge). As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £330 a week.
Live-in arrangements here usually cost £1,380–£1,680 weekly.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Worcestershire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
There are 10 other agencies within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Full Care Solutions Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 14 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Evesham North ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB.
How its rating has changed
- Nov 2021
- Today Rating 4 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 17 November 2021
Location and local area
- Ward
- Evesham North
- Parliamentary constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in WR11 (12)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from March 2020, so the service has been operating for around 6 years under its current registration.
Its only published overall rating so far is Good, from November 2021.
No new overall rating has been published for 4 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.
Reading Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 69 of the 89 other agencies in Worcestershire that CQC has rated.
The five key questions
- Safe80 of 90 in Worcestershire
- Effective86 of 90 in Worcestershire
- Caring77 of 90 in Worcestershire
- Responsive81 of 90 in Worcestershire
- Well-led70 of 90 in Worcestershire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 17 November 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in Worcestershire share it.
The registered provider
Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold is run by Midshires Care Limited (company 03959933), incorporated in 2000, 19 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 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).
Midshires Care Limited runs 150 CQC-registered services across 100 council areas; 130 of the 133 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (98%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Worcestershire.
It trades under the Midshires Care Ltd brand, which covers 150 services run by 1 registered provider.
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Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold against its area
- Rated Good. Across Worcestershire, 91% of the 88 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2021) is more recent than 64% of agency ratings in Worcestershire.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 37% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Worcestershire lists 6.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Worcestershire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold
- How much does Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold charge?
- Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold hasn't shared a price list 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.
- How did Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What kind of care can Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold offer?
- Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Who runs Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold?
- Midshires Care Limited is the registered provider for Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold.
- Does Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When did CQC last rate Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 17 November 2021, 4 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Where is Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold?
- The agency's base is 39 High Street, Evesham, WR11 4DA. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold registered with CQC?
- Helping Hands Evesham and Cotswold is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-8565116813) and was rated Good overall in November 2021.
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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.