Home care agency · Southampton
Ravenscroft House
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- 158 Portsmouth Road, Lowford, Southampton, SO31 8ER
- Run by
- Achieve Together Limited (159 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Achieve Together
- Registered manager
- Una Burton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1996 (30 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03153442)
- Last CQC check
- 6 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-136882631
About Ravenscroft House
Ravenscroft House is a CQC-registered home care agency that also provides supported living in Southampton, run by Achieve Together Limited. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2019), with Caring rated Outstanding. It is one of 165 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Hamble-le-Rice; 74 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The five key questions
- Safe201 of 227 in Hampshire
- Effective213 of 227 in Hampshire
- Caring22 of 227 in Hampshire
- Responsive203 of 227 in Hampshire
- Well-led175 of 227 in Hampshire
Source: CQC, published 6 November 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Hampshire share it; for example, 22 of 227 agencies in Hampshire rated Outstanding for Caring.
Inspection findings in brief
- People and relatives told us they were very happy with the care and support they received.
- The staff were exceptionally kind, caring and thoughtful and truly respected people's privacy, dignity and confidentiality.
- People were genuinely at the heart of their care and support and they took the lead on decisions about their care, including having a say in which staff were recruited to support them.
- People were encouraged to be as independent as possible and to develop and retain their independent living skills.
Inspected 12 September 2019; report published 6 November 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Area by area, Caring is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Hampshire, 22 of 227 rated agencies are Outstanding for Caring (10%).
Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Caring section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.
Around Southampton
There are 20 other agencies within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is We Care Together Southampton, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 16 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Bursledon & Hound North 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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.
Past CQC ratings
- Jan 2017
- 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 6 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 17 January 2017
- Inspection report 29 November 2013
- Inspection report 19 March 2013
- Inspection report 5 January 2012
Where it is
- Ward
- Bursledon & Hound North
- Council
- Hampshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hamble Valley
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in SO31 (6)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Ravenscroft House 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 arrangements here usually cost £1,450–£1,770 weekly.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Hampshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
Who runs it
Ravenscroft House is run by Achieve Together Limited (company 03153442), incorporated in 1996, 14 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Achieve Together Limited runs 159 CQC-registered services across 51 council areas; 127 of the 153 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (83%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
12 of its services are in Hampshire.
It trades under the Achieve Together brand, which covers 173 services run by 3 registered providers.
Ravenscroft House over the years
Registered in December 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The rating is 6 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 6 November 2019.
Needs it is registered to meet
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
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Ravenscroft House against its area
- Rated Good. Across Hampshire, 91% of the 225 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 17 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 32% of agency ratings in Hampshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Hampshire lists 5.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Hampshire (Oct 2026).
Also nearby
Guides for families
Newer ratings near Southampton
- Snowflake Healthcare LtdApr 2025 · 2.4 miles
- Highlands Care SolutionsJun 2025 · 2.7 miles
- Nobilis Care SouthamptonJun 2026 · 2.8 miles
What families ask about Ravenscroft House
- What is Ravenscroft House's address?
- Its office is at 158 Portsmouth Road, Lowford, Southampton, SO31 8ER. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Is Ravenscroft House registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-136882631 and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
- Is Ravenscroft House registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- How recent is Ravenscroft House's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 6 November 2019, 6 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What services is Ravenscroft House registered for?
- CQC lists Ravenscroft House under: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Which provider runs Ravenscroft House?
- Achieve Together Limited is the registered provider for Ravenscroft House.
- What are Ravenscroft House's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Ravenscroft House 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 is Ravenscroft House rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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