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The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5AE
- Run by
- The Kent Autistic Trust (6 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 801965)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Linda Sonkyi Addo, Vanessa Evans, Emma Jayne Laker
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1989 (37 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02404983)
- Last CQC check
- 28 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
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-120785307
About The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street
The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street is a CQC-registered home care agency in Gillingham, run by The Kent Autistic Trust. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (June 2019), with Responsive rated Outstanding. It is one of 145 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Rochester; 47 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street 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.
With savings below £23,250, Medway Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Reading The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Responsive is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Medway, 2 of 49 rated agencies are Outstanding for Responsive (4%).
The report's Responsive section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Azure Care, under 0.5 miles away.
10 of the 13 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Chatham Central & Brompton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
How long it has been running
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
It has gone 7 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
CQC lists 4 reports for this location, the latest dated 28 June 2019.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- It provides personal care to people living in their own flats and supported environments.
- The Kent Autistic Trust – 14 High Street provides care and support to people living in five 'supported living' settings, so that they can live as independently as possible.
- People's care and housing are provided under separate contractual agreements.
- The service had two supported living properties in Strood, one in Chatham and one in Brompton, all of which are in Medway, Kent.
Inspected 11 March 2019; report published 28 June 2019; supporting 11 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The registered provider
The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street is run by The Kent Autistic Trust (company 02404983), incorporated in 1989, 21 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 8 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
The Kent Autistic Trust runs 6 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 6 of the 6 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Medway.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2016
- Jun 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 28 June 2019
- CQC inspection report 19 August 2016
- Inspection report 8 March 2014
- Inspection report 22 December 2012
Location and local area
- Ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton
- Council
- Medway Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- NHS planning area
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in ME7 (19)
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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.
Who the service is registered for
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe31 of 49 in Medway
- Effective36 of 49 in Medway
- Caring44 of 49 in Medway
- Responsive2 of 49 in Medway
- Well-led31 of 49 in Medway
Source: CQC, published 28 June 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Medway share it; for example, 2 of 49 agencies in Medway rated Outstanding for Responsive.
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The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street in local context
- Rated Good. Across Medway, 65% of the 48 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2019) is more recent than 15% of agency ratings in Medway.
- Registered with CQC in 2011, it is one of the longest-registered home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Medway lists 5.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Medway; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street
- Does The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- When was The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 28 June 2019, 7 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What is The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street's address?
- Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5AE is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- Is The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street a registered provider?
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-120785307) and was rated Good overall in June 2019.
- What are The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street's fees?
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street has not published its fees with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How did The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What services is The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers homecare agencies. Ask The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Which provider runs The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street?
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street is run by The Kent Autistic Trust, the registered provider on the CQC register.
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