Home care agency · Cambridge
TCS Homecare, Histon
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- F14A Stirling House, Cambridge Innovation Park, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PB
- Run by
- The Care Staff Consulting Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2019 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Nikola Prouzova
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09081982)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Sep 2021
- 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
Registered to provide: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-7985721202
TCS Homecare, Histon at a glance
TCS Homecare, Histon is a CQC-registered home care agency in Cambridge, run by The Care Staff Consulting 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 (September 2021). It is one of 37 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Waterbeach; 19 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from TCS Homecare, Histon 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), Cambridgeshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
There are 12 other agencies within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Eaton Home Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Milton & Waterbeach ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for TCS Homecare, Histon: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 70 of the 88 other agencies in Cambridgeshire that CQC has rated.
How its rating has changed
- Sep 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 1 September 2021
Map and area details
- Ward
- Milton & Waterbeach
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- NHS planning area
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CB25 (12)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
History with CQC
TCS Homecare, Histon has been registered with CQC since December 2019, about 6 years.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (September 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.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe78 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Effective85 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Caring84 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Responsive82 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
- Well-led71 of 89 in Cambridgeshire
From CQC's latest report, published 1 September 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in Cambridgeshire share it.
The inspection, summarised
- People and their relatives told us that they felt safe when staff were providing care.
- Risk assessments had been completed to ensure that action was taken to keep people safe.
- Staff were only employed after satisfactory checks about their suitability had been completed.
- There were systems in place to record, monitor and learn from accidents and incidents.
Inspected 2 August 2021; report published 1 September 2021; supporting 54 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who runs it
TCS Homecare, Histon is run by The Care Staff Consulting Limited (company 09081982), incorporated in 2014, 5 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities, residential care for older and disabled people and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
The Care Staff Consulting Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services.
All 2 are in Cambridgeshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Cambridgeshire, 90% of the 89 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2021) is more recent than 55% of agency ratings in Cambridgeshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 54% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Cambridgeshire lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Cambridgeshire (Oct 2026).
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
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Quick answers about TCS Homecare, Histon
- How is TCS Homecare, Histon rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For TCS Homecare, Histon: 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 TCS Homecare, Histon charge?
- We don't have published prices from TCS Homecare, Histon 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.
- Which provider runs TCS Homecare, Histon?
- The Care Staff Consulting Limited is the registered provider for TCS Homecare, Histon.
- What services is TCS Homecare, Histon registered for?
- CQC lists TCS Homecare, Histon under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- When was TCS Homecare, Histon last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 1 September 2021, 5 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is TCS Homecare, Histon registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- Is TCS Homecare, Histon registered with CQC?
- Yes. TCS Homecare, Histon is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-7985721202) and was rated Good overall in September 2021.
- What is TCS Homecare, Histon's address?
- The agency's base is F14A Stirling House, Cambridge Innovation Park, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PB. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
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