Home care agency · Bath
Kumari Care
Illustrative photo, not of Kumari Care- Address
- 74 Circus Mews, Bath, BA1 2PW
- Run by
- Kumari 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
- August 2014 (12 years)
- Registered manager
- Santosh Kumari-Chaston
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1997 (29 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03423397)
- Last CQC check
- 29 Mar 2023
- 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 activities: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-1559885726
An overview of Kumari Care
Kumari Care in Bath is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Kumari Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (March 2023). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 28 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Bath; 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Kumari 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.
Live-in arrangements here usually cost £1,450–£1,770 weekly.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Bath and North East Somerset Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
There are 13 other agencies within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is MHA Care at Home - Alexander Branch, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25); mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25).
9 of the 17 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Lansdown 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 Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe14 of 20 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Effective17 of 20 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Caring19 of 20 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Responsive19 of 20 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Well-led7 of 20 in Bath and North East Somerset
As rated by CQC, published 29 March 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Bath and North East Somerset share it.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
How its rating has changed
- Sep 2016
- Jun 2017
- Sep 2017
- Jan 2018
- May 2018
- Oct 2018
- Nov 2019
- Mar 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 29 March 2023
- CQC inspection report 8 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 24 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 22 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 19 January 2018
- CQC inspection report 20 September 2017
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Lansdown
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bath
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in BA1 (9)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Track record
Kumari Care has been registered with CQC since August 2014, about 12 years.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
It has gone 3 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 29 March 2023.
The ratings in context
For Kumari Care, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Bath and North East Somerset, 7 of 20 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (35%).
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- People's experience of using this service and what we found Right Support: People's needs were recorded in their care plans, so staff knew how to support them safely.
- Risks to people's safety were assessed and plans put in place which were regularly reviewed.
- People's medicines were managed safely, staff had guidance on what medicines support to provide and had been trained.
- Right Care: Recruiting staff had been a challenge for the provider.
Inspected 10 March 2023; report published 29 March 2023. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The company behind Kumari Care
Kumari Care is run by Kumari Care Limited (company 03423397), incorporated in 1997, 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.
Its registered business activity is social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
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Kumari Care against its area
- Rated Good. Across Bath and North East Somerset, 70% of the 20 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2023) is more recent than 55% of agency ratings in Bath and North East Somerset.
- Registered with CQC in 2014: it has been registered longer than 90% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Bath and North East Somerset lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (35% of home care agencies in Bath and North East Somerset are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Bath and North East Somerset (Oct 2026).
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Newer ratings near Bath
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- Bluebird Care (Bristol, Bath & N E Somerset)May 2025 · 6.0 miles
Kumari Care: common questions
- Where is Kumari Care based?
- 74 Circus Mews, Bath, BA1 2PW is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- Is Kumari Care a registered provider?
- Yes. Kumari Care is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-1559885726) and was rated Good overall in March 2023.
- Does Kumari Care support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Kumari Care last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 29 March 2023, 3 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What kind of care can Kumari Care offer?
- CQC lists Kumari Care under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Who runs Kumari Care?
- Kumari Care Limited is the registered provider for Kumari Care.
- How much does care from Kumari Care cost?
- We don't have published prices from Kumari Care yet. 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.
- Is Kumari Care rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Kumari Care: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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