Home care agency · Sheffield
Samfos Health
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- Unit 1.14, S O A R Works, Knutton Road, Sheffield, S5 9NU
- Run by
- Samfos Health & Trading Company Ltd (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2013 (13 years)
- Registered manager
- Samuel Fosu
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07650016)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Jul 2018
- 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
Registered to provide: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-842258379
About Samfos Health
Samfos Health is a CQC-registered home care agency in Sheffield, run by Samfos Health & Trading Company Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (July 2018). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 126 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ecclesfield; 90 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Sheffield, 11 of 105 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (10%).
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Rating history
- Sep 2016
- Dec 2017
- Jul 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 10 July 2018
- CQC inspection report 19 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 10 September 2016
- Inspection report 13 May 2014
Area and map
- Ward
- Southey
- Council
- Sheffield City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Integrated care board
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in S5 (9)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
From the latest CQC inspection
- This was because the location provides a small domiciliary care service and we needed to be sure that someone would be available to meet with us.
- The overall rating for the service was 'Inadequate' and the service was placed in Special Measures.
- Services that are in Special Measures are kept under review and inspected again within six months.
- We expect services to make significant improvements within this timeframe.
Inspected 22 June 2018; report published 10 July 2018. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Track record
CQC registration dates from July 2013, so the service has been operating for around 13 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2018), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
8 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 10 July 2018.
Who runs it
Samfos Health is run by Samfos Health & Trading Company Ltd (company 07650016), incorporated in 2011, 2 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Samfos Health & Trading Company Ltd 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.
Specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Effective98 of 105 in Sheffield
- Caring97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Responsive97 of 105 in Sheffield
- Well-led11 of 105 in Sheffield
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 10 July 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Sheffield share it.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Paramount24 Healthcare Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
17 of the 19 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Southey ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Samfos Health 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.
With savings below £23,250, Sheffield Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Samfos Health on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Sheffield, 96% of the 103 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2018) is more recent than 2% of agency ratings in Sheffield.
- Registered with CQC in 2013: it has been registered longer than 88% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Sheffield lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (10% of home care agencies in Sheffield are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Based on the CQC register for Sheffield as at Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
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Samfos Health questions answered
- Where is Samfos Health?
- The agency works from Unit 1.14, S O A R Works, Knutton Road, Sheffield, S5 9NU; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Samfos Health registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Samfos Health as a home care agency, location ID 1-842258379 and was rated Good overall in July 2018.
- Can Samfos Health care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- When was Samfos Health last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 10 July 2018, 8 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- What type of care does Samfos Health provide?
- Samfos Health is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Who runs Samfos Health?
- Samfos Health & Trading Company Ltd is the registered provider for Samfos Health.
- How much does Samfos Health charge?
- No fee list from Samfos Health 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.
- Is Samfos Health rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
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