Home care agency · Birmingham
Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- 301 Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7NE
- Run by
- Livingwell 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
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Rebecca Jane Witton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2006 (20 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05872994)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Mar 2019
- 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-123569636
About Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road
Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road in Birmingham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Livingwell Care Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and children and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (March 2019). It is one of 112 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Hollywood; 57 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Birmingham Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
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 IHI Care Services (South Birmingham), under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (3 of the nearest 25).
18 of the 19 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Brandwood & King's Heath 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 Birmingham and Solihull ICB.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
7 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 19 March 2019.
Reading Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road's CQC ratings
Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 108 of the 185 other agencies in Birmingham that CQC has rated.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2016
- Mar 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 19 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 16 April 2016
- Inspection report 11 December 2013
- Inspection report 27 March 2013
- Inspection report 15 March 2012
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Brandwood & King's Heath
- Council
- Birmingham City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in B14 (10)
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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.
Key points from CQC's visit
- It provides personal care to people living in their own houses and flats in the community.
- The service provides care and support varying from short visits to 24 hours a day support.
- People's experience of using this service: People told us they felt safe being supported by Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road.
- People told us they were made safe by the care they received.
Inspected 26 February 2019; report published 19 March 2019. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe133 of 186 in Birmingham
- Effective156 of 186 in Birmingham
- Caring163 of 186 in Birmingham
- Responsive160 of 186 in Birmingham
- Well-led109 of 186 in Birmingham
CQC key question ratings, published 19 March 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Birmingham share it.
The registered provider
Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road is run by Livingwell Care Ltd (company 05872994), incorporated in 2006, 4 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
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Where Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Birmingham, 77% of the 176 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2019) is more recent than 9% of agency ratings in Birmingham.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Birmingham lists 6.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Birmingham. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road
- Is Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road as a home care agency, location ID 1-123569636 and was rated Good overall in March 2019.
- Where is Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road?
- Its office is at 301 Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7NE. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- When did CQC last rate Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road?
- The rating now shown was published on 19 March 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Who is the registered provider for Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road?
- CQC lists Livingwell Care Ltd as the provider responsible for Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road.
- What type of care does Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road provide?
- Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- How is Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does care from Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road cost?
- Livingwell Care - 301 Vicarage Road hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
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