Home care agency · Witham
St Georges Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of St Georges Ltd- Address
- 5 Newland Street, Witham, CM8 2AF
- Run by
- St Georges Limited
- Service
- Home care agency
- Registered with CQC
- June 2014 (12 years)
- Registered manager
- Joanne Windibank
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1999 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03877485)
- Last CQC check
- 7 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-1421819185
The service in brief
St Georges Ltd is a CQC-registered home care agency in Witham, run by St Georges Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2026). It is one of 18 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Witham; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Registered specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score271 of 312 in Essex
- Effective75% score290 of 311 in Essex
- Caring75% score291 of 311 in Essex
- Responsive75% score292 of 311 in Essex
- Well-led71% score234 of 312 in Essex
From CQC's latest report, published 7 August 2026. Under each rating: how many agencies in Essex share it.
Who runs it
St Georges Ltd is run by St Georges Limited (company 03877485), incorporated in 1999, 14 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
St Georges Ltd over the years
CQC registration dates from June 2014, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
CQC lists 3 reports for this location, the latest dated 23 March 2019.
How the scores break down
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, St Georges Ltd scores 74%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 71%
- Shared direction and culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 16 June 2026, published 7 August 2026, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Past CQC ratings
- Feb 2017
- Mar 2018
- Mar 2019
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 23 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 4 March 2018
- CQC inspection report 1 February 2017
Map and area details
- Ward
- Witham Central
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Witham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CM8 (10)
Larger map · Directions · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
From the latest CQC inspection
- St Georges LTD provides support to younger adults, older adults, people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities, people with physical disabilities and people living with sensory impairments.
- Instead, our findings focus on any areas where the service needs to improve or where we found exceptional practice.
- The provider had safeguarding systems in place to safeguard people from the risk of abuse.
- One relative told us, “[Relative’s] situation is getting much worse, but the care that’s provided, it’s absolutely amazing.
Inspected 15 February 2019; report published 23 March 2019. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Around Witham
There are 6 other agencies within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Royal Mencap Society - Essex Domiciliary Care, under 0.5 miles away.
Its rating is more recent than any of the 19 nearest rated agencies.
It sits in Witham Central ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from St Georges 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
With savings below £23,250, Essex Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for St Georges Ltd: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 233 of the 311 other agencies in Essex that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 71%, averaging 74% overall.
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St Georges Ltd in local context
- Rated Good. Across Essex, 90% of the 310 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 97% of agency ratings in Essex.
- Registered with CQC in 2014: it has been registered longer than 85% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Essex lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Essex (Oct 2026).
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Newer ratings near Witham
- JJR Care LtdFeb 2026 · 3.0 miles
- E2K CareSep 2025 · 4.4 miles
- Elsie's Help at Home LimitedDec 2024 · 5.8 miles
What families ask about St Georges Ltd
- Where is St Georges Ltd?
- The agency's base is 5 Newland Street, Witham, CM8 2AF. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- Is St Georges Ltd regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. St Georges Ltd is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-1421819185) and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- Can St Georges 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?
- When did CQC last rate St Georges Ltd?
- CQC published the current rating on 7 August 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- What services is St Georges Ltd registered for?
- CQC lists St Georges Ltd under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Who runs St Georges Ltd?
- St Georges Limited is the registered provider for St Georges Ltd.
- What are St Georges Ltd's fees?
- St Georges Ltd hasn't shared a price list 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.
- How is St Georges Ltd rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
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