Home care agency · Stockport
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Illustrative photo, not of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council- Address
- 4th Floor Stopford House, Piccadilly, Stockport, SK1 3XE
- Run by
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Opportunities Together (3 services)
- Type of provider
- Council-run
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Hayley Pendleton
- Last CQC check
- 13 Aug 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
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-131782638
Introducing Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in Stockport is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Opportunities Together. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2019). It is one of 248 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Stockport; 119 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Opportunities Together runs 3 CQC-registered services; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 3 are in Stockport, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Who they support
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Track record
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The rating is 7 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
Reports on record: 5, with the most recent dated 13 August 2019.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 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 care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Stockport Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe39 of 49 in Stockport
- Effective45 of 49 in Stockport
- Caring46 of 49 in Stockport
- Responsive46 of 49 in Stockport
- Well-led36 of 49 in Stockport
As rated by CQC, published 13 August 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Stockport share it.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Reddish Home Care Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
9 of the 16 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Brinnington & Stockport Central ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Greater Manchester ICB.
How its rating has changed
- Jan 2017
- Aug 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 13 August 2019
- CQC inspection report 31 January 2017
- Inspection report 22 August 2014
- Inspection report 1 February 2013
- Inspection report 31 March 2011
Map and area details
- Ward
- Brinnington & Stockport Central
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockport
- NHS planning area
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in SK1 (13)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People were kept safe by having appropriate numbers of staff who knew them well.
- People were encouraged to speak up if they weren't happy and staff were confident in raising any concerns they had.
- Homes were kept very clean, minimising the risk of infection.
- Staff demonstrated they had the skills and training needed to support people safely.
Inspected 12 July 2019; report published 13 August 2019; supporting 58 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 35 of the 48 other agencies in Stockport that CQC has rated.
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in local context
- Rated Good. Across Stockport, 82% of the 49 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2019) is more recent than 33% of agency ratings in Stockport.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 91% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Stockport lists 6.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Stockport; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council questions answered
- How much does Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council charge?
- We don't have published prices from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council yet. 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 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What type of care does Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council provide?
- Registration for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council covers: homecare agencies. Check which of these it offers today.
- Who is the registered provider for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council?
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - Opportunities Together is the registered provider for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
- Can Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council care for someone with dementia?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
- When was Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 13 August 2019, 7 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What is Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council's address?
- 4th Floor Stopford House, Piccadilly, Stockport, SK1 3XE is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- Is Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council a registered provider?
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-131782638) and was rated Good overall in August 2019.
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