Home care agency · Andover
Opportunities for Adults and Children
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Opportunities for Adults and Children- Address
- The Wellington Centre, Winchester Road, Andover, SP10 2EG
- Run by
- Purple Oak Support
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1040832)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2011 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- Jade Victoria Hudgell
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1994 (32 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02962601)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Mar 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 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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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-344851799
An overview of Opportunities for Adults and Children
Opportunities for Adults and Children in Andover is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Purple Oak Support. 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 2026). It is one of 21 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Andover; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Key points from CQC's visit
- This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating.
- At the time of this assessment 17 people were receiving support with personal care.
- The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, staffing and good governance.
- Relatives were positive about the quality of the care and treatment people received, and said people felt safe and were happy with the care they received.
Inspected 13 March 2023; report published 14 April 2023. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Opportunities for Adults and Children over the years
Registered in December 2011, it has 14 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 14 April 2023.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Opportunities for Adults and Children 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Hampshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Opportunities for Adults and Children 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 174 of the 226 other agencies in Hampshire 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.
Around Andover
There are 19 other agencies within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Bluebird Care Andover & Stockbridge, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (3 of the nearest 20).
2 of the 14 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Andover Winton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Scores behind the rating
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Opportunities for Adults and Children 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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 25 November 2025, published 2 March 2026, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
How its rating has changed
- Mar 2017
- Nov 2019
- Apr 2023
- Mar 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 14 April 2023
- CQC inspection report 2 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 9 March 2017
- Inspection report 1 August 2014
- Inspection report 11 September 2013
- Inspection report 15 May 2013
Map and area details
- Ward
- Andover Winton
- Council
- Hampshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in SP10 (17)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score201 of 227 in Hampshire
- Effective75% score213 of 227 in Hampshire
- Caring75% score200 of 227 in Hampshire
- Responsive75% score203 of 227 in Hampshire
- Well-led75% score175 of 227 in Hampshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 2 March 2026. Under each rating: how many agencies in Hampshire share it.
Who runs it
Opportunities for Adults and Children is run by Purple Oak Support (company 02962601), incorporated in 1994, 17 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 8 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other social work without accommodation.
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Where Opportunities for Adults and Children stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Hampshire, 91% of the 225 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 17 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2026) is more recent than 89% of agency ratings in Hampshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 93% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 8 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Hampshire lists 5.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Hampshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Andover: home care agencies inspected recently
- Nurseplus UK - AndoverJul 2026 · 0.6 miles
- Infinity Care LimitedApr 2026 · 1.2 miles
Questions about Opportunities for Adults and Children
- Where is Opportunities for Adults and Children based?
- The agency's base is The Wellington Centre, Winchester Road, Andover, SP10 2EG. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is Opportunities for Adults and Children registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Opportunities for Adults and Children as a home care agency, location ID 1-344851799 and was rated Good overall in March 2026.
- Does Opportunities for Adults and Children support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When did CQC last rate Opportunities for Adults and Children?
- The latest rating is dated 2 March 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What services is Opportunities for Adults and Children registered for?
- Opportunities for Adults and Children is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Which provider runs Opportunities for Adults and Children?
- CQC lists Purple Oak Support as the provider responsible for Opportunities for Adults and Children.
- What are Opportunities for Adults and Children's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Opportunities for Adults and Children 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.
- How did Opportunities for Adults and Children 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.
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