Home care agency · Cirencester
Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Unit 9, Cirencester Office Park, Tetbury Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JJ
- Run by
- Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- June 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Mutsa Chikwana
- Company check
- Voluntary arrangement, trading since 2017 (8 years), accounts up to date, has insolvency history (Companies House 11090821)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Nov 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
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-5384149213
Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited at a glance
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited is based in Cirencester. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2019). It is one of 9 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Cirencester; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 82 of the 128 other agencies in Gloucestershire that CQC has rated.
Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited over the years
Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited has been registered with CQC since June 2018, about 8 years.
One overall rating to date: Good, published November 2019.
No new overall rating has been published for 6 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People and their relatives spoke positively about the quality of care and support they received from Principles Recruitment Care Agency.
- They told us staff were kind and caring and they felt safe when staff provided support to them.
- Staff understood their responsibility to protect people from abuse and harm.
- They told us they were confident any concerns they raised would be taken seriously by the registered manager.
Inspected 5 November 2019; report published 30 November 2019; supporting 10 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who runs it
Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited is run by Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited (company 11090821), incorporated in 2017.
At Companies House, the company is listed as voluntary arrangement, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and it has an insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
Around Cirencester
There are 8 other agencies within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Pearl's ProCare Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
It sits in Four Acres ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe106 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Effective116 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Caring113 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Responsive115 of 129 in Gloucestershire
- Well-led83 of 129 in Gloucestershire
Source: CQC, published 30 November 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Gloucestershire share it.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Gloucestershire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Ratings over time
- Nov 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 30 November 2019
Where it is
- Ward
- Four Acres
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Cotswolds
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in GL7 (11)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
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Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited in local context
- Rated Good. Across Gloucestershire, 88% of the 125 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 28% of agency ratings in Gloucestershire.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 64% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Gloucestershire lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Gloucestershire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Questions about Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited
- Is Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited a registered provider?
- Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-5384149213) and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
- When was Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited last inspected?
- 30 November 2019 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- Does Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Where is Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited?
- Its office is at Unit 9, Cirencester Office Park, Tetbury Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JJ. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- What services is Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited registered for?
- Registration for Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- How much does care from Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited cost?
- No fee list from Principles Recruitment Care Agency Limited has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.