Home care agency · Gainsborough
Trent Nursing
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Mercury House, Foxby Lane Business Park, Willoughton Drive, Gainsborough, DN21 1DY
- Run by
- Trent Nursing Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Community services - Learning disabilities
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- February 2019 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Margaret Storer
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2015 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09471802)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Sep 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
More in Gainsborough: Home care in Gainsborough (9) · Physical disability care at home in Gainsborough · Mental health care at home in Gainsborough
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-6406071969
An overview of Trent Nursing
Registered with CQC as a home care agency, Trent Nursing is based in Gainsborough, run by Trent Nursing Limited. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (September 2022). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 9 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Gainsborough; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
History with CQC
Registered in February 2019, it has 7 years on the CQC register.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (September 2022).
It has gone 4 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.
Who runs it
Trent Nursing is run by Trent Nursing Ltd (company 09471802), incorporated in 2015, 3 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.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe72 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Effective78 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Caring71 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Responsive76 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Well-led14 of 84 in Lincolnshire
Source: CQC, published 3 September 2022. Under each rating: how many agencies in Lincolnshire share it.
Rating history
- Sep 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 3 September 2022
Area and map
- Ward
- Gainsborough East
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gainsborough
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in DN21 (8)
Larger map · Directions · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence. This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
How it fits locally
There are 5 other agencies within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Sterling Care Services, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (2 of the nearest 7).
It sits in Gainsborough East 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 Lincolnshire ICB.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Trent Nursing 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.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Lincolnshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The provider did not always have full oversight of the care being provided for people.
- Where people's support was provided in partnership with third parties, formal arrangements had not been made for the provider to have up to date information on the support their staff were providing.
- People were supported to receive medicines safely but some more specific information was needed about medicines administration.
- The registered manager took action to ensure this was in place during the inspection.
Inspected 21 July 2022; report published 3 September 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
For Trent Nursing, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Lincolnshire, 14 of 84 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (17%).
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Lincolnshire, 88% of the 83 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2022) is more recent than 58% of agency ratings in Lincolnshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 55% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Lincolnshire lists 5.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (17% of home care agencies in Lincolnshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other home care agencies in Lincolnshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Recently rated home care agencies near Gainsborough
- Pinnacle Care Professionals LtdJun 2026 · 5.7 miles
- Sterling Care ServicesMay 2026 · 1.2 miles
- Grosvenor House Care HomeFeb 2026 · 3.3 miles
Trent Nursing: common questions
- How recent is Trent Nursing's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 3 September 2022, 4 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can Trent Nursing 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.
- Is Trent Nursing registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-6406071969 and was rated Good overall in September 2022.
- What is Trent Nursing's address?
- Mercury House, Foxby Lane Business Park, Willoughton Drive, Gainsborough, DN21 1DY. That is the office; visits happen in your own home, so confirm your area is covered.
- How did Trent Nursing score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does care from Trent Nursing cost?
- We don't have published prices from Trent Nursing yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Who is the registered provider for Trent Nursing?
- The registered provider is Trent Nursing Limited, according to CQC.
- What type of care does Trent Nursing provide?
- Trent Nursing is registered for homecare agencies, community services - learning disabilities. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
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