Home care agency · Merton
Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth
Typical fee here £34–£41.50 an hour Estimate
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- 6-10, St. Georges Road, London, SW19 4DP
- Run by
- Livingways Care Services Ltd (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Clarissa Burton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2020 (6 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12515301)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Jun 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £34–£41.50 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,620–£1,980 a week. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-12525646680
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth is based in Merton, run by Livingways Care Services Ltd. It supports adults of all ages and children, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (June 2026). It is one of 60 CQC-registered home care agencies that are based in the borough of Merton; 46 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth has been registered with CQC since March 2022, about 4 years.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in June 2026.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 43 of the 45 other agencies in Merton that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth at £34–£41.50 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 £390 a week.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,620–£1,980 a week locally.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Merton Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is HFH Healthcare Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (4 of the nearest 25).
3 of the 17 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hillside ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South West London ICB.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score43 of 46 in Merton
- Effective75% score46 of 46 in Merton
- Caring75% score46 of 46 in Merton
- Responsive75% score46 of 46 in Merton
- Well-led75% score44 of 46 in Merton
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 3 June 2026. Under each rating: how many agencies in Merton share it.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth scores 75%.
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 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- 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
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 24 February 2026, published 3 June 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Hillside
- Council
- London Borough of Merton · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wimbledon
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in SW19 (20)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
The inspection, summarised
- London Homework: Wandsworth is a homecare agency mainly supporting older people with physical disabilities with some people living with dementia as well as those with learning disabilities.
- People told us they felt safe using the service, and safeguarding and whistleblowing systems were clearly understood by staff.
- Risks to people’s health, safety and wellbeing were well assessed, with management plans in place to mitigate identified risks, including environmental, infection prevention and medicines-related risks.
- People told us they felt safe and well supported by staff, and that care was delivered in a way that respected their dignity, choices and individual preferences. People said staff were kind, flexible and responsive to their needs.
Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The company behind Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth
Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth is run by Livingways Care Services Ltd (company 12515301), incorporated in 2020, 2 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, residential care for older and disabled people, other residential care and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Livingways Care Services Ltd runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Merton, 100% of the 46 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2026) is more recent than 87% of agency ratings in Merton.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 33% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Merton lists 6.
Based on the CQC register for Merton as at Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth
- When was Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 3 June 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth a registered provider?
- Yes. Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-12525646680) and was rated Good overall in June 2026.
- Where is Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth?
- The agency works from 6-10, St. Georges Road, London, SW19 4DP; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth rated well for safety?
- 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.
- How much does care from Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth cost?
- Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs £30–£40 an hour (typical 2026 prices in London). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Who runs Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth?
- Livingways Care Services Ltd is the registered provider for Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth.
- What services is Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth registered for?
- Livingways Care Services – Wandsworth is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
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