Home care agency · Dartford
Here2Care (Dartford)
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- Suites 3.1, 3.3 & 4.2, First Floor office Suite, 3-5 Sandpit Road, Dartford, DA1 5BU
- Run by
- Here to 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
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Mark Terence Bradley
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2006 (20 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05787677)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Dec 2020
- 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-120065835
The service in brief
Here2Care (Dartford) is a CQC-registered home care agency in Dartford, run by Here to Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2020). Responsive was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 331 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Dartford; 125 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Here2Care (Dartford) over the years
Here2Care (Dartford) has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2014–2020), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
5 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 16 December 2020.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Responsive is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Kent, 13 of 225 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Responsive (6%).
If you are considering it, read the Responsive section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Here2Care (Dartford) 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Kent Council after a needs and financial assessment.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe177 of 226 in Kent
- Effective194 of 226 in Kent
- Caring203 of 226 in Kent
- Responsive13 of 225 in Kent
- Well-led159 of 226 in Kent
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 December 2020. Under each rating: how many agencies in Kent share it.
What inspectors found
- Concerns were raised when needed with guidance in place to manage this effectively.
- People were supported with their medicines as prescribed and staff competency was checked to ensure they knew how to complete this safely.
- There were adequate numbers of staff to ensure people's needs were met and the provider had safe recruitment procedures in place.
- There was clear oversight of accident and incidents, when these had occurred, action was taken to reduce any risk of reoccurrence.
Inspected 6 November 2020; report published 16 December 2020. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Around Dartford
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Chameleon Care (Dartford), 0.6 miles away.
11 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Burnham ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
The company behind Here2Care (Dartford)
Here2Care (Dartford) is run by Here To Care Limited (company 05787677), incorporated in 2006, 4 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 social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Rating history
- Oct 2014
- Apr 2015
- Jun 2017
- Feb 2020
- Dec 2020
- Today Rating 5 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 16 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 8 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 28 June 2017
- CQC inspection report 27 April 2015
- CQC inspection report 28 October 2014
- Inspection report 7 January 2014
Finding it
- Ward
- Burnham
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dartford
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in DA1 (47)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Here2Care (Dartford) on The Care Panel so far.
We check every review against a working email address and publish positive and negative ones alike; providers can reply but cannot remove them. Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. How reviews work.
Here2Care (Dartford) in local context
- Rated Good. Across Kent, 82% of the 222 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 11 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2020) is more recent than 41% of agency ratings in Kent.
- Registered with CQC in 2011, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Kent lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Responsive (6% of home care agencies in Kent are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Kent (Oct 2026).
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Recently rated home care agencies near Dartford
- Beersheba Social Care Services LimitedMay 2026 · under 0.5 miles
- Austen Allen Homecare - DartfordOct 2026 · under 0.5 miles
- Nomase Supported LimitedDec 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Here2Care (Dartford): common questions
- How recent is Here2Care (Dartford)'s CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 16 December 2020, 5 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Here2Care (Dartford) support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Is Here2Care (Dartford) registered with CQC?
- Yes. Here2Care (Dartford) is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-120065835) and was rated Good overall in December 2020.
- What is Here2Care (Dartford)'s address?
- Suites 3.1, 3.3 & 4.2, First Floor office Suite, 3-5 Sandpit Road, Dartford, DA1 5BU is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- How is Here2Care (Dartford) rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does Here2Care (Dartford) charge?
- Here2Care (Dartford) hasn't shared a price list with us. 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.
- Who runs Here2Care (Dartford)?
- Here2Care (Dartford) is run by Here to Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What kind of care can Here2Care (Dartford) offer?
- CQC lists Here2Care (Dartford) under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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