Home care agency · Barnsley
Honest Home Care
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Honest Home Care- Address
- 18 Churchfield Court, Barnsley, S70 2JT
- Run by
- Honest Home Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- May 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Beverley Jayne Knight
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2020 (6 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12393502)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Jun 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
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-8849689184
About this agency
Honest Home Care is a CQC-registered home care agency in Barnsley, run by Honest Home Care Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (June 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.
How the scores break down
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Honest Home Care scores 74%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 75%
- 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 enablement3 · Good
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 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 9 January 2025, published 2 June 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Earlier inspections
- Oct 2021
- Jun 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 15 October 2021
Map and area details
- Ward
- Central
- 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 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in S70 (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.
Honest Home Care over the years
Registered in May 2020, it has 6 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2021–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
Key points from CQC's visit
- They provide support to people with a range of different needs including older people and those with a physical disability.
- This assessment was prompted in part by receipt of information about the service as well as the length of time since we last inspected.
- Although we found some concerns around staff deployment, action was already being taken, and revised systems were to be implemented to improve rostering of staff.
- One relative told us, “Staff are absolutely excellent.
Inspected 28 September 2021; report published 15 October 2021. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who runs it
Honest Home Care is run by Honest Home Care Ltd (company 12393502), incorporated in 2020.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, its confirmation statement is overdue, 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).
Around Barnsley
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is BMBC Reablement Service, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 24 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Central 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 South Yorkshire ICB.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Honest Home Care 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), Barnsley Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Needs it is registered to meet
Registration details from CQC.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Honest Home Care has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
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 75% and its lowest is Safe at 72%, averaging 74% overall.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe72% score47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Effective75% score47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Caring75% score51 of 51 in Barnsley
- Responsive75% score47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Well-led75% score45 of 51 in Barnsley
Source: CQC, published 2 June 2025. Under each rating: how many agencies in Barnsley share it.
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Honest Home Care in local context
- Rated Good. Across Barnsley, 96% of the 51 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2025) is more recent than 65% of agency ratings in Barnsley.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 55% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Barnsley lists 6.
Based on the CQC register for Barnsley as at Oct 2026.
Nearest home care agencies
Guides for families
Newer ratings near Barnsley
- Crossroads (Barnsley) LimitedMay 2026 · 0.8 miles
- BMBC Reablement ServiceJun 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Sun Health Care Domiciliary Care ServicesMar 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Questions about Honest Home Care
- Who is the registered provider for Honest Home Care?
- CQC lists Honest Home Care Ltd as the provider responsible for Honest Home Care.
- What kind of care can Honest Home Care offer?
- Honest Home Care is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How is Honest Home Care rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What are Honest Home Care's fees?
- Honest Home Care has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Is Honest Home Care a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-8849689184 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in June 2025.
- Where is Honest Home Care?
- The agency works from 18 Churchfield Court, Barnsley, S70 2JT; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How recent is Honest Home Care's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 2 June 2025, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Honest Home Care 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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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.