Home care agency · Gillingham
The Shrubbery
Illustrative photo, not of The Shrubbery- Address
- 43-45, Park Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 4AQ
- Run by
- Langley Trust (8 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1146304)
- Service
- Residential care home, Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Qudus Tunde Abdulazeez
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (14 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07888191)
- Last CQC check
- Not listed
- Typical fees Estimated
- £29–£35.50 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 to provide: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-17517236485
The Shrubbery at a glance
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, The Shrubbery is based in Gillingham, run by Langley Trust. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
CQC has not published a rating for this service yet, which is common for newly registered services. It is one of 143 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Gillingham; 44 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The registered provider
The Shrubbery is run by Langley Trust (company 07888191), incorporated in 2011, 11 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.
Its registered business activity is other residential care and other social work without accommodation.
Langley Trust runs 12 CQC-registered services across 6 council areas; 9 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Medway.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Finding it
- Ward
- Watling
- Council
- Medway Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in ME7 (19)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 7 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Mulberry House, under 0.5 miles away.
It sits in Watling ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from The Shrubbery at £29–£35.50 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 £340 a week.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Medway Council for a free care needs assessment.
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The Shrubbery in local context
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 36% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Medway lists 5.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Medway, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Gillingham: home care agencies inspected recently
- Azure CareDec 2025 · 2.6 miles
- Platinum living careNov 2024 · 0.8 miles
- Galilee CareMar 2026 · 1.4 miles
The Shrubbery questions answered
- What kind of care can The Shrubbery offer?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes, homecare agencies. Ask The Shrubbery how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is The Shrubbery registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is The Shrubbery regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records The Shrubbery as a home care agency, location ID 1-17517236485, and has not yet been given an overall rating.
- Where is The Shrubbery?
- 43-45, Park Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 4AQ is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- What are The Shrubbery's fees?
- No fee list from The Shrubbery has reached 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.
- Which provider runs The Shrubbery?
- CQC lists Langley Trust as the provider responsible for The Shrubbery.
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