Home care agency · Garstang
Shared Approach Limited
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Unit 2, Creamery Estate, Kenlis Road, Barnacre, Garstang, PR3 1GD
- Run by
- Shared Approach Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Natalie Dearden
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1993 (33 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02860430)
- Last CQC check
- 30 May 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
Registered activities: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-120290663
Introducing Shared Approach Limited
Shared Approach Limited is a CQC-registered home care agency in Garstang. Its registered specialisms include dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (May 2019), with Responsive rated Outstanding. It is one of 15 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Catterall; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe194 of 212 in Lancashire
- Effective204 of 212 in Lancashire
- Caring199 of 212 in Lancashire
- Responsive11 of 212 in Lancashire
- Well-led191 of 212 in Lancashire
CQC key question ratings, published 30 May 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Lancashire share it; for example, 11 of 212 agencies in Lancashire rated Outstanding for Responsive.
Inspection findings in brief
- About the service: Shared Approach Limited provides a supported living service to people with learning difficulties within their own homes so they can live as independently as possible.
- The care service has been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin the Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance.
- These values include choice, promotion of independence and inclusion.
- People with learning disabilities and autism using the service can live as ordinary a life as any citizen.
Inspected 2 May 2019; report published 30 May 2019; supporting 29 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Responsive is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Lancashire, 11 of 212 rated agencies are Outstanding for Responsive (5%).
The report's Responsive section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
Shared Approach Limited over the years
Shared Approach Limited has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
There are 5 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 30 May 2019.
Earlier inspections
- Dec 2016
- May 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 30 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 7 December 2016
- Inspection report 18 February 2014
- Inspection report 6 March 2013
- Inspection report 12 March 2012
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Calder
- Council
- Lancashire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Integrated care board
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in PR3 (7)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Shared Approach Limited 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.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Lancashire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The company behind Shared Approach Limited
Shared Approach Limited is run by Shared Approach Limited (company 02860430), incorporated in 1993, 17 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Around Garstang
There are 4 other agencies within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Bowgreave Rise Home for Older People, 0.9 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (2 of the nearest 6).
4 of the 5 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Calder ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Shared Approach Limited on The Care Panel so far.
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How Shared Approach Limited compares
- Rated Good. Across Lancashire, 97% of the 211 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 10 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 27% of agency ratings in Lancashire.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 92% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Lancashire lists 5.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Lancashire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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What families ask about Shared Approach Limited
- Is Shared Approach Limited a registered provider?
- Yes. Shared Approach Limited is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-120290663) and was rated Good overall in May 2019.
- When was Shared Approach Limited last inspected?
- 30 May 2019 is when the current rating was published, 7 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Shared Approach Limited rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Shared Approach Limited: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- Does Shared Approach Limited support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- What is Shared Approach Limited's address?
- The agency works from Unit 2, Creamery Estate, Kenlis Road, Barnacre, Garstang, PR3 1GD; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- What kind of care can Shared Approach Limited offer?
- CQC lists Shared Approach Limited under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- What are Shared Approach Limited's fees?
- Shared Approach Limited's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
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