Home care agency · Sheffield
Principle Support
Illustrative photo, not of Principle Support- Address
- First floor, 2 Arena Square, Attercliffe Common, Sheffield, S9 2LF
- Run by
- Principle Support Ltd (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- August 2021 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- Willard Kashangura
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07327086)
- Last CQC check
- 27 Apr 2023
- 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
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-11345627725
The service in brief
Principle Support in Sheffield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Principle Support Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and children and lists learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (April 2023). It is one of 132 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Waverley; 91 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Effective98 of 105 in Sheffield
- Caring97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Responsive97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Well-led88 of 105 in Sheffield
Source: CQC, published 27 April 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Sheffield share it.
The registered provider
Principle Support is run by Principle Support Ltd (company 07327086), incorporated in 2010, 11 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).
Principle Support Ltd runs 5 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Sheffield.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Right Support Staff provided support to identify people's aspirations and goals and assist people to plan how these would be met.
- There was an ethos of supporting people to develop new skills and achieve independence where possible.
- Staff demonstrated pride in understanding people's strengths and promoted what they could do.
- Staff enabled people to access specialist health and social care support in the community.
Inspected 29 March 2023; report published 27 April 2023. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from August 2021, so the service has been operating for around 5 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
At 3 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Principle Support 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
With savings below £23,250, Sheffield Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
Reading Principle Support's CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 87 of the 104 other agencies in Sheffield that CQC has rated.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Cera Sheffield, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: children (7 of the nearest 25).
16 of the 20 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Darnall 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 South Yorkshire ICB.
Rating history
- Feb 2016
- Jan 2018
- Apr 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 27 April 2023
Finding it
- Ward
- Darnall
- Council
- Sheffield City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sheffield South East
- NHS planning area
- NHS South Yorkshire 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 S9 (19)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
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How Principle Support compares
- Rated Good. Across Sheffield, 96% of the 103 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2023) is more recent than 49% of agency ratings in Sheffield.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 43% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Sheffield lists 6.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Sheffield. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Also nearby
Guides for families
Similar home care agencies near Sheffield, rated recently
- Seven Steps Support LimitedOct 2026 · 2.6 miles
- Rotherham Regional OfficeJul 2025 · 3.2 miles
- Kinetic Nursing ServicesMar 2026 · 3.7 miles
Principle Support questions answered
- Is Principle Support regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Principle Support is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-11345627725) and was rated Good overall in April 2023.
- Where is Principle Support based?
- The agency works from First floor, 2 Arena Square, Attercliffe Common, Sheffield, S9 2LF; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- When was Principle Support last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 27 April 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Principle Support registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- Who is the registered provider for Principle Support?
- Principle Support Ltd is the registered provider for Principle Support.
- What services is Principle Support registered for?
- Principle Support is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How did Principle Support score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are Principle Support's fees?
- No fee list from Principle Support has reached 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.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.