Lyfem Home Care Services UK Ltd

Ownership and company checks

Lyfem Home Care Services UK Ltd is run by Lyfem Home Care Services Uk Ltd (company 10821276), incorporated in 2017, 5 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) and other social work without accommodation.

Budgeting for this agency

We estimate visits from Lyfem Home Care Services UK Ltd 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.

For live-in care, expect around £1,620–£1,980 a week in this region.

With savings below £23,250, Lewisham Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.

What the ratings tell you

For Lyfem Home Care Services UK Ltd, Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.

Across Lewisham, 18 of 47 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (38%), while 7 of 47 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Effective (15%), while 18 of 47 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (38%).

If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

How it fits locally

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Headstart Speech & Behaviour Clinic Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.

7 of the 11 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Blackheath ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South East London ICB.

History with CQC

CQC registration dates from March 2023, so the service has been operating for around 3 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2022), starting at Requires improvement and staying Requires improvement every time.

3 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 carried the rating over from the previous provider; the new one is still awaiting inspection at this address.