Home care agency · Honiton
SeeAbility - Devon Support Service
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- Windmill Court, 6 Kings Road, Honiton, EX14 1HL
- Run by
- The Royal School for the Blind (20 services)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- SeeAbility
- Registered manager
- Helen Mary Amor
- Last CQC check
- 25 May 2018
- 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
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-139666019
Introducing SeeAbility - Devon Support Service
Registered with CQC as a home care agency that also provides supported living, SeeAbility - Devon Support Service is based in Honiton, run by The Royal School for the Blind. It supports adults under 65, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2018). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 6 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Honiton; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
The registered provider
The Royal School for the Blind runs 20 CQC-registered services across 9 council areas; 15 of the 16 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (94%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the SeeAbility brand, which covers 20 services run by 1 registered provider.
Around Honiton
There are 4 other agencies within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Head Office, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 7 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Honiton St Paul's ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
The inspection, summarised
- This comprehensive inspection took place on 4 and 5 April 2018 and was announced.
- We gave the service 48 hours' notice of the inspection visit.
- This was so we could arrange to visit some people in their own homes to hear about their experiences of the service.
- Also, to ensure the registered manager was available when we visited.
Inspected 5 April 2018; report published 25 May 2018. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from SeeAbility - Devon Support Service 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Devon Council for a free care needs assessment.
SeeAbility - Devon Support Service over the years
Registered in December 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
It has gone 8 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.
There are 4 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 25 May 2018.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe9 of 120 in Devon
- Effective108 of 120 in Devon
- Caring94 of 120 in Devon
- Responsive106 of 120 in Devon
- Well-led94 of 120 in Devon
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 25 May 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Devon share it.
How its rating has changed
- Dec 2015
- May 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 25 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 31 December 2015
- Inspection report 15 January 2014
- Inspection report 19 March 2013
Location and local area
- Ward
- Honiton St Paul's
- Council
- Devon County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in EX14 (7)
See the wider area · Get directions · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Reading SeeAbility - Devon Support Service's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Devon, 9 of 120 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (8%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Devon, 92% of the 120 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 14 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2018) is more recent than 2% of agency ratings in Devon.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 92% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Devon lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (8% of home care agencies in Devon are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Devon (Oct 2026).
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Honiton: home care agencies inspected recently
- Beehive Care & Training Group LtdJun 2026 · 5.0 miles
SeeAbility - Devon Support Service: common questions
- Is SeeAbility - Devon Support Service rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does SeeAbility - Devon Support Service charge?
- SeeAbility - Devon Support Service has not published its fees with us. 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.
- Who is the registered provider for SeeAbility - Devon Support Service?
- The registered provider is The Royal School for the Blind, according to CQC.
- What type of care does SeeAbility - Devon Support Service provide?
- SeeAbility - Devon Support Service is registered for homecare agencies, supported living. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- When was SeeAbility - Devon Support Service last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 25 May 2018, 8 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Can SeeAbility - Devon Support Service care for someone with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- Is SeeAbility - Devon Support Service a registered provider?
- SeeAbility - Devon Support Service is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-139666019) and was rated Good overall in May 2018.
- Where is SeeAbility - Devon Support Service?
- Its office is at Windmill Court, 6 Kings Road, Honiton, EX14 1HL. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
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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.