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Sahara Community Care Services - Luton
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- Suite 12, AW House, 6-8 Stuart Street, Luton, LU1 2SJ
- Run by
- Sahara Community Care Services Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2016 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- Nusrat Choudhary Benjamin James Richard Albone-Ashton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2005 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05383979)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Sep 2017
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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The service in brief
Sahara Community Care Services - Luton in Luton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by Sahara Community Care Services Limited. 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 (September 2017). It is one of 102 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Luton; 37 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Past CQC ratings
- Sep 2017
- Today Rating 9 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 8 September 2017
Area and map
- Ward
- Central
- Council
- Luton Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in LU1 (33)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Sahara Community Care Services provides personal care and support services to adults living in their own homes.
- A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.
- Like registered providers, they are 'registered persons'.
- Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.
Inspected 4 August 2017; report published 8 September 2017. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe22 of 39 in Luton
- Effective31 of 39 in Luton
- Caring36 of 39 in Luton
- Responsive35 of 39 in Luton
- Well-led17 of 39 in Luton
As rated by CQC, published 8 September 2017. Under each rating: how many agencies in Luton share it.
Ownership and company checks
Sahara Community Care Services - Luton is run by Sahara Community Care Services Limited (company 05383979), incorporated in 2005, 10 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other social work without accommodation.
Sahara Community Care Services Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Sahara Community Care Services - Luton 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
With savings below £23,250, Luton Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Care with Pride, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
Every one of the 14 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Central ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from February 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in September 2017.
The rating is 9 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.
What the ratings tell you
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 16 of the 38 other agencies in Luton that CQC has rated.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Sahara Community Care Services - Luton on The Care Panel so far.
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How Sahara Community Care Services - Luton compares
- Rated Good. Across Luton, 58% of the 38 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2017) is more recent than 0% of agency ratings in Luton.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 81% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 9 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Luton lists 5.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Luton (Oct 2026).
Also nearby
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What families ask about Sahara Community Care Services - Luton
- Where is Sahara Community Care Services - Luton based?
- Suite 12, AW House, 6-8 Stuart Street, Luton, LU1 2SJ. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- Is Sahara Community Care Services - Luton registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-2464753876 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in September 2017.
- Can Sahara Community Care Services - Luton care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- How recent is Sahara Community Care Services - Luton's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 8 September 2017, 9 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What type of care does Sahara Community Care Services - Luton provide?
- Sahara Community Care Services - Luton is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Who runs Sahara Community Care Services - Luton?
- Sahara Community Care Services Limited is the registered provider for Sahara Community Care Services - Luton.
- What are Sahara Community Care Services - Luton's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Sahara Community Care Services - Luton yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is Sahara Community Care Services - Luton rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
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