Home care agency · Manchester
Spectrum Care Services
Illustrative photo, not of Spectrum Care Services- Address
- Suite 1, Parkway Five, Parkway Business Centre, Princess Road, Manchester, M14 7HR
- Run by
- Standwalk Ltd (6 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- May 2012 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- Nicola Albiston
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1997 (29 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03349796)
- Last CQC check
- 25 Jun 2019
- 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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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-413417310
An overview of Spectrum Care Services
Spectrum Care Services in Manchester is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Standwalk Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2019). It is one of 364 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Manchester; 181 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Spectrum Care Services 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Manchester Council for a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
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 Holistic Social Care, under 0.5 miles away.
16 of the 20 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Whalley Range ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Greater Manchester ICB.
Reading Spectrum Care Services's CQC ratings
Spectrum Care Services 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 44 of the 53 other agencies in Manchester that CQC has rated.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
How long it has been running
Spectrum Care Services has been registered with CQC since May 2012, about 14 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
At 7 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 25 June 2019.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe47 of 54 in Manchester
- Effective53 of 54 in Manchester
- Caring51 of 54 in Manchester
- Responsive49 of 54 in Manchester
- Well-led45 of 54 in Manchester
CQC key question ratings, published 25 June 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Manchester share it.
What inspectors found
- About the service: Spectrum Care Services provides care and support to people living in a number of 'supported living' settings, so that they can live as independently as possible.
- The care service had been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin 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 life as any citizen.
Inspected 8 May 2019; report published 25 June 2019. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ratings over time
- Nov 2016
- Jun 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 25 June 2019
- CQC inspection report 2 November 2016
- Inspection report 20 July 2013
Finding it
- Ward
- Whalley Range
- Council
- Manchester City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- NHS planning area
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in M14 (7)
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Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
The registered provider
Spectrum Care Services is run by Standwalk Ltd (company 03349796), incorporated in 1997, 15 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, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and residential care for older and disabled people.
Standwalk Ltd runs 6 CQC-registered services; 6 of the 6 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
All 6 are in Manchester, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
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Spectrum Care Services in local context
- Rated Good. Across Manchester, 89% of the 53 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2019) is more recent than 9% of agency ratings in Manchester.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 94% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Manchester lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Manchester (Oct 2026).
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Guides for families
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Spectrum Care Services: common questions
- How is Spectrum Care Services rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; 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 Spectrum Care Services charge?
- Spectrum Care Services has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs Spectrum Care Services?
- Spectrum Care Services is run by Standwalk Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What type of care does Spectrum Care Services provide?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask Spectrum Care Services how it would adapt if needs increase.
- When was Spectrum Care Services last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 25 June 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can Spectrum Care Services care for someone with dementia?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- Is Spectrum Care Services a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-413417310 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in June 2019.
- Where is Spectrum Care Services based?
- Suite 1, Parkway Five, Parkway Business Centre, Princess Road, Manchester, M14 7HR is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
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