Home care agency · Heanor
Shirecare
Illustrative photo, not of Shirecare- Address
- Bradgate House, Derby Road, Heanor, DE75 7QL
- Run by
- Shirecare 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 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Daniel Butler
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10421497)
- Last CQC check
- 21 Dec 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-17713452805
Introducing Shirecare
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Shirecare is based in Heanor, run by Shirecare Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (December 2019). Responsive was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 76 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Heanor; 37 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
Registered in October 2023, it has 3 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2018–2019), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
It has gone 6 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 carried the rating over from the previous provider; the new one is still awaiting inspection at this address.
The local picture
There are 11 other agencies within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Derbyshire Community Care Limited, 0.8 miles away.
10 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Heanor West & Loscoe ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
The company behind Shirecare
Shirecare is run by Shirecare Limited (company 10421497), incorporated in 2016, 6 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 other residential care.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Shirecare 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, Derbyshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Who it can help
As listed with the regulator.
Earlier inspections
- Oct 2018
- Dec 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Heanor West & Loscoe
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Amber Valley
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Responsive is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Derbyshire, 4 of 108 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Responsive (4%).
The Responsive findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe101 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Effective101 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Caring97 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Responsive4 of 108 in Derbyshire
- Well-led89 of 108 in Derbyshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 21 December 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Derbyshire share it.
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How Shirecare compares
- Rated Good. Across Derbyshire, 96% of the 106 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 6 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2019) is more recent than 21% of agency ratings in Derbyshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 17% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Derbyshire lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Responsive (4% of home care agencies in Derbyshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Derbyshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Shirecare: common questions
- Does Shirecare support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- When was Shirecare last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 21 December 2019, 6 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Where is Shirecare?
- The agency's base is Bradgate House, Derby Road, Heanor, DE75 7QL. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is Shirecare registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Shirecare as a home care agency, location ID 1-17713452805 and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
- How much does care from Shirecare cost?
- Shirecare 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.
- Is Shirecare rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What services is Shirecare registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Shirecare how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Who runs Shirecare?
- The registered provider is Shirecare Limited, according to CQC.
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