Home care agency · Colchester
Linmar Care Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of Linmar Care Ltd- Address
- Unit 2, 99 London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0NY
- Run by
- Linmar 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 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Ashlea Isabella Maclaine
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (8 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11089890)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Jun 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-5270616816
Linmar Care Ltd at a glance
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Linmar Care Ltd is based in Colchester. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (June 2019). It is one of 81 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Colchester; 45 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
CQC registration dates from May 2018, so the service has been operating for around 8 years under its current registration.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (June 2019).
At 7 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
Earlier inspections
- Jun 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 19 June 2019
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Stanway
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Witham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CO3 (16)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe271 of 312 in Essex
- Effective290 of 311 in Essex
- Caring291 of 311 in Essex
- Responsive292 of 311 in Essex
- Well-led234 of 312 in Essex
From CQC's latest report, published 19 June 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Essex share it.
Reading Linmar Care Ltd's CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 233 of the 311 other agencies in Essex that CQC has rated.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
Choice nearby
There are 23 other agencies within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Spring Success Home Care Limited, 0.5 miles away.
10 of the 14 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Stanway 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 Essex ICB.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Linmar 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Essex Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The registered provider
Linmar Care Ltd is run by Linmar Care Ltd (company 11089890), incorporated in 2017.
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 other human health activities.
What inspectors found
- It provides personal care to people living in their own homes.
- Some of the people using the service had differing needs and the frequency of visits depended on people's individual requirements.
- Because of this, we have focussed our inspection on the people in receipt of personal care only.
- People's experience of using this service People were very positive about the support provided to them.
Inspected 21 May 2019; report published 19 June 2019. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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How Linmar Care Ltd compares
- Rated Good. Across Essex, 90% of the 310 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2019) is more recent than 17% of agency ratings in Essex.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 67% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Essex lists 6.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Essex, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about Linmar Care Ltd
- How did Linmar Care Ltd score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- Is Linmar Care Ltd registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- Is Linmar Care Ltd registered with CQC?
- Linmar Care Ltd is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-5270616816) and was rated Good overall in June 2019.
- How recent is Linmar Care Ltd's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 19 June 2019, 7 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What kind of care can Linmar Care Ltd offer?
- CQC lists Linmar Care Ltd under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- How much does Linmar Care Ltd charge?
- We don't have published prices from Linmar 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 is Linmar Care Ltd's address?
- Unit 2, 99 London Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0NY. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
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