Home care agency · Cambridge
Oath Healthcare
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Oath Healthcare- Address
- William James House, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WX
- Run by
- Prominent Ventures UK Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2019 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Mary Jane Henderson
- Company check
- Liquidation, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts overdue, has insolvency history (Companies House 10026164)
- Last CQC check
- 7 Aug 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-6989587787
Introducing Oath Healthcare
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Oath Healthcare is based in Cambridge, run by Prominent Ventures UK Ltd. 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 (August 2021). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 42 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Cambridge; 22 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Key points from CQC's visit
- There was no registered manager in post, but the service was well managed by the current manager.
- People, relatives and staff were asked for their views about the service and they felt listened to.
- There were robust quality monitoring processes to ensure continual improvements were made.
- There was collaborative working with other professionals to ensure people received the right support.
Inspected 20 July 2021; report published 7 August 2021. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Reading Oath Healthcare's CQC ratings
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Cambridgeshire, 16 of 89 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (18%).
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
The local picture
There are 19 other agencies within 3 miles, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Nurse Plus UK - Bury, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in East Chesterton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Oath Healthcare 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), Cambridgeshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Past CQC ratings
- Feb 2021
- Aug 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 7 August 2021
- CQC inspection report 4 February 2021
Finding it
- Ward
- East Chesterton
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cambridge
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CB4 (6)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
How long it has been running
Oath Healthcare has been registered with CQC since June 2019, about 7 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2021), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Good.
It has gone 5 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.
The CQC website holds 2 reports for it, the latest from 7 August 2021.
The registered provider
Oath Healthcare is run by Prominent Ventures Uk Ltd (company 10026164), incorporated in 2016, 3 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as liquidation, its accounts are overdue, its confirmation statement is overdue, it has 1 active director and it has an insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe78 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Effective85 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Caring84 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Responsive82 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Well-led16 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
As rated by CQC, published 7 August 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in Cambridgeshire share it.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Cambridgeshire, 90% of the 89 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2021) is more recent than 54% of agency ratings in Cambridgeshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 58% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Cambridgeshire lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (18% of home care agencies in Cambridgeshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Cambridgeshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Questions about Oath Healthcare
- When did CQC last rate Oath Healthcare?
- The latest rating is dated 7 August 2021, 5 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Oath Healthcare support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- Is Oath Healthcare registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-6989587787 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in August 2021.
- Where is Oath Healthcare?
- The agency works from William James House, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WX; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Oath Healthcare rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does care from Oath Healthcare cost?
- Oath Healthcare has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Which provider runs Oath Healthcare?
- Prominent Ventures UK Ltd is the registered provider for Oath Healthcare.
- What kind of care can Oath Healthcare offer?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Oath Healthcare how it would adapt if needs increase.
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