Home care agency · Barnsley
Light Health Care Ltd
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Light Health Care Ltd- Address
- The Business Village, Innovation Way, Barnsley, S75 1JL
- Run by
- Light Health Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Yemurai Shallom Karimatsenga
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2020 (6 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12778569)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Jun 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-12413793078
The service in brief
Light Health Care Ltd in Barnsley 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 (June 2023). 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.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from March 2022, so the service has been operating for around 4 years under its current registration.
CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in June 2023.
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.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Effective47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Caring51 of 51 in Barnsley
- Responsive47 of 51 in Barnsley
- Well-led45 of 51 in Barnsley
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 30 June 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Barnsley share it.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 23 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Caremark (Barnsley), under 0.5 miles away.
14 of the 25 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Darton West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Ownership and company checks
Light Health Care Ltd is run by Light Health Care Ltd (company 12778569), incorporated in 2020, 1 year 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) and other social work without accommodation.
Inspection findings in brief
- Right Support: People, and those who knew them well, were included in planning their care to ensure it met their needs and took account of their wishes.
- Overall, people were supported to have choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
- Right Care: People were protected from the risk of abuse.
- Risk assessments had been carried out to identify the risks people faced.
Inspected 13 June 2023; report published 30 June 2023; supporting 15 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Light Health Care Ltd 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, Barnsley Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Rating history
- Jun 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 30 June 2023
Where it is
- Ward
- Darton West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barnsley North
- Integrated care board
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in S75 (14)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
What the ratings tell you
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Light Health Care Ltd: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 44 of the 50 other agencies in Barnsley that CQC has rated.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Light Health Care Ltd 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.
Where Light Health Care Ltd stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Barnsley, 96% of the 51 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2023) is more recent than 49% of agency ratings in Barnsley.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 32% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Barnsley lists 6.
Based on the CQC register for Barnsley as at Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Other home care agencies near Barnsley with recent ratings
- Crossroads (Barnsley) LimitedMay 2026 · 0.8 miles
- BMBC Reablement ServiceJun 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Honest Home CareJun 2025 · under 0.5 miles
Light Health Care Ltd questions answered
- When was Light Health Care Ltd last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 30 June 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Light Health Care Ltd regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-12413793078 and was rated Good overall in June 2023.
- Does Light Health Care Ltd support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- How is Light Health Care Ltd rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What is Light Health Care Ltd's address?
- Its office is at The Business Village, Innovation Way, Barnsley, S75 1JL. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- How much does Light Health Care Ltd charge?
- We don't have published prices from Light Health Care Ltd 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.
- What type of care does Light Health Care Ltd provide?
- Light Health Care Ltd is registered for homecare agencies, supported living. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
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