Home care agency · Oakham
SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Ryhall Suite, The King Centre, Main Road, Barleythorpe, Oakham, LE15 7WD
- Run by
- Snowdrop Homecare Rutland LTD
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Sally-Ann Lacey
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11909453)
- Last CQC check
- 27 Aug 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-23380899118
Introducing SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD is based in Oakham, run by Snowdrop Homecare Rutland LTD. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2021). It is one of 13 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Oakham; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD
SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD is run by Snowdrop Homecare Rutland Ltd (company 11909453), incorporated in 2019, 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 human health activities.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
History with CQC
Registered in June 2025, it has 1 year on the CQC register.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (August 2021).
No new overall rating has been published for 5 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.
This rating belongs to the former operator. The current provider has not had its own inspection here yet.
How it fits locally
There are 9 other agencies within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Rutland House Community Trust Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 13 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Barleythorpe ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB.
Rating history
- Aug 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Barleythorpe
- Council
- Rutland County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rutland and Stamford
- Integrated care board
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban: further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in LE15 (13)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). A home care agency's office address; carers travel to people's homes nearby.
The five key questions
- Safe10 of 12 in Rutland
- Effective10 of 12 in Rutland
- Caring9 of 12 in Rutland
- Responsive8 of 12 in Rutland
- Well-led9 of 12 in Rutland
From CQC's latest report, published 27 August 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in Rutland share it.
The ratings in context
SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 8 of the 11 other agencies in Rutland that CQC has rated.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD 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), Rutland Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
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Where SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Rutland, 83% of the 12 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2021) is more recent than 25% of agency ratings in Rutland.
- Registered with CQC in 2025: it has been registered longer than 7% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Rutland lists 5.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Rutland, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD
- Which provider runs SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD?
- The registered provider is Snowdrop Homecare Rutland LTD, according to CQC.
- What kind of care can SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD offer?
- SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does care from SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD cost?
- SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD has not published its fees with 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 SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-23380899118) and was rated Good overall in August 2021.
- Where is SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD based?
- The agency works from Ryhall Suite, The King Centre, Main Road, Barleythorpe, Oakham, LE15 7WD; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- When was SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 27 August 2021, 5 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can SNOWDROP HOME CARE RUTLAND LTD care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
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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.