Home care agency · Dalton-in-furness
Reliacare
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Reliacare- Address
- 100-104 Market Street, Dalton-in-furness, LA15 8RE
- Run by
- Reliacare Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- October 2016 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- Victoria Louise Gribbin
- Company check
- Liquidation, trading since 2009 (17 years), accounts up to date, has insolvency history (Companies House 06930186)
- Last CQC check
- 23 Jun 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-2905481355
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Reliacare is based in Dalton-in-furness, run by Reliacare Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and drug or alcohol problems.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (June 2023). It is one of 21 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Askam in Furness; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Earlier inspections
- Dec 2017
- Jun 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 23 June 2023
- CQC inspection report 20 December 2017
Finding it
- Ward
- Dalton South
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- NHS planning area
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Larger rural; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Reliacare 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), Westmorland and Furness Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
There are 2 other agencies within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Corporate Care Furness Limited, 2.6 miles away.
2 of the 9 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Dalton South ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (further from a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People were protected from abuse and avoidable harm.
- Staff were trained in how to identify and report abuse and how to provide people's care safely.
- The registered manager had identified and managed potential risks to people's safety.
- Staff supported people, as they needed, to take their medicines.
Inspected 1 June 2023; report published 23 June 2023. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
History with CQC
Registered in October 2016, it has 10 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2023), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
It has gone 3 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.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 23 June 2023.
The ratings in context
Reliacare 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 25 of the 28 other agencies in Westmorland and Furness that CQC has rated.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe26 of 29 in Westmorland and Furness
- Effective27 of 29 in Westmorland and Furness
- Caring27 of 29 in Westmorland and Furness
- Responsive26 of 29 in Westmorland and Furness
- Well-led26 of 29 in Westmorland and Furness
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 23 June 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Westmorland and Furness share it.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The company behind Reliacare
Reliacare is run by Reliacare Limited (company 06930186), incorporated in 2009, 7 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as liquidation, its accounts are filed on time, its confirmation statement is overdue, it has 2 active directors and it has an insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Reliacare on The Care Panel so far.
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Reliacare against its area
- Rated Good. Across Westmorland and Furness, 93% of the 29 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2023) is more recent than 69% of agency ratings in Westmorland and Furness.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 65% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Westmorland and Furness lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Westmorland and Furness (Oct 2026).
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Reliacare questions answered
- What services is Reliacare registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Reliacare how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Who is the registered provider for Reliacare?
- Reliacare Limited is the registered provider for Reliacare.
- How much does Reliacare charge?
- We don't have published prices from Reliacare yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Reliacare 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.
- Where is Reliacare?
- The agency's base is 100-104 Market Street, Dalton-in-furness, LA15 8RE. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is Reliacare registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Reliacare as a home care agency, location ID 1-2905481355 and was rated Good overall in June 2023.
- Can Reliacare care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How recent is Reliacare's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 23 June 2023, 3 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.