Home care agency · Lincoln
Honeycomb Care
Illustrative photo, not of Honeycomb Care- Address
- Office 1, Greetwell Place, 2 Lime Kiln Way, Lincoln, LN2 4US
- Run by
- Honeycomb Care
- Type of provider
- Independent
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2019 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Bianca Kathleen Marissa Maifadi
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2018 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11695438)
- Last CQC check
- 17 Jul 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-6920260015
An overview of Honeycomb Care
Honeycomb Care in Lincoln is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2025), with Caring rated Outstanding. It is one of 38 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Lincoln; 24 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How it fits locally
There are 16 other agencies within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Presious Healthcare Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 17 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Abbey ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lincolnshire ICB.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score72 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Effective75% score78 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Caring95% score8 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Responsive75% score76 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Well-led75% score64 of 84 in Lincolnshire
Source: CQC, published 17 July 2025. Under each rating: how many agencies in Lincolnshire share it; for example, 8 of 84 agencies in Lincolnshire rated Outstanding for Caring.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Honeycomb 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
With savings below £23,250, Lincolnshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How the scores break down
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Honeycomb Care scores 79%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- 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 95%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs4 · Exceptional
- 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 17 June 2025, published 17 July 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Past CQC ratings
- Jul 2021
- Jul 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 8 July 2021
Location and local area
- Ward
- Abbey
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lincoln
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in LN2 (8)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Staff managed medicines well and involved people in planning any changes.
- Managers investigated medicine incidents thoroughly and implemented measures to reduce the risk of avoidable harm.
- The provider had a good learning culture and people could raise concerns.
- People said they received high quality care from knowledgeable staff who treated them as individuals.
Inspected 20 May 2021; report published 8 July 2021. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Caring is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Lincolnshire, 8 of 84 rated agencies are Outstanding for Caring (10%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 95% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 79% overall.
The report's Caring section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
History with CQC
Registered in July 2019, it has 7 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2021–2025), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
The company behind Honeycomb Care
Honeycomb Care is run by Honeycomb Care Ltd (company 11695438), incorporated in 2018.
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).
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Honeycomb Care against its area
- Rated Good. Across Lincolnshire, 88% of the 83 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2025) is more recent than 78% of agency ratings in Lincolnshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 53% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Lincolnshire lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Lincolnshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Honeycomb Care
- Can Honeycomb Care care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How is Honeycomb Care rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How recent is Honeycomb Care's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 17 July 2025, 1 year ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Honeycomb Care a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Honeycomb Care as a home care agency, location ID 1-6920260015 and was rated Good overall in July 2025.
- What are Honeycomb Care's fees?
- Honeycomb Care 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 Honeycomb Care provide?
- Honeycomb Care is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Where is Honeycomb Care based?
- The agency's base is Office 1, Greetwell Place, 2 Lime Kiln Way, Lincoln, LN2 4US. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
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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.