Home care agency · Blackburn
I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Unit 5, Business First, Sandpits Lane, Accrington Road, Blackburn, BB1 3NY
- Run by
- I Care (GB) Limited (13 services)
- 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
- Musarat Darve
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1994 (32 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02905218)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Oct 2018
- 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
Registered to provide: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-124944331
About I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn
I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn is a CQC-registered home care agency in Blackburn, run by I Care (GB) Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, sight or hearing loss, drug or alcohol problems and eating disorders.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (October 2018). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 72 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Rishton; 49 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ownership and company checks
I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn is run by I Care (gb) Limited (company 02905218), incorporated in 1994, 16 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
I Care (GB) Limited runs 13 CQC-registered services across 12 council areas; 9 of the 11 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (82%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.
- Like registered providers, they are 'registered persons'.
- Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act and associated regulations about how the service is run.
- This service provides care and support to people living in their own homes.
Inspected 12 September 2018; report published 18 October 2018. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
What the ratings tell you
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Blackburn with Darwen, 4 of 21 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (19%).
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Choice nearby
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 Choice Care, 0.8 miles away.
12 of the 14 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Blackburn South East ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB.
How its rating has changed
- Nov 2015
- Mar 2018
- Oct 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 18 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 21 March 2018
- CQC inspection report 12 November 2015
- Inspection report 7 September 2013
- Inspection report 6 September 2012
Area and map
- Ward
- Blackburn South East
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blackburn
- NHS planning area
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in BB1 (25)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
The five key questions
- Safe19 of 21 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Effective20 of 21 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Caring20 of 21 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Responsive20 of 21 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Well-led4 of 21 in Blackburn with Darwen
CQC key question ratings, published 18 October 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Blackburn with Darwen share it.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Blackburn with Darwen Council for a free care needs assessment.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Track record
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
The rating is 8 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
The CQC website holds 5 reports for it, the latest from 18 October 2018.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn against its area
- Rated Good. Across Blackburn with Darwen, 90% of the 21 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2018) is more recent than 0% of agency ratings in Blackburn with Darwen.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 92% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 9 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Blackburn with Darwen lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (19% of home care agencies in Blackburn with Darwen are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Blackburn with Darwen; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Blackburn: home care agencies inspected recently
- Right At Home (East Lancashire & Ribble Valley)Sep 2026 · 2.8 miles
- Carelytical Homecare LtdMar 2025 · 2.4 miles
- Delta Care Ltd - Blackburn and DarwenOct 2025 · 2.7 miles
Quick answers about I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn
- How much does I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn charge?
- No fee list from I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn has reached 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 I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What type of care does I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn provide?
- Registration for I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who runs I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn?
- The registered provider is I Care (GB) Limited, according to CQC.
- Can I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When did CQC last rate I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn?
- CQC published the current rating on 18 October 2018, 8 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- What is I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn's address?
- Its office is at Unit 5, Business First, Sandpits Lane, Accrington Road, Blackburn, BB1 3NY. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Is I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-124944331 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in October 2018.
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