Home care agency · Plymouth
Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park
Typical fee here £29–£35.50 an hour Estimate
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- Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park, 1 Davy Road, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 8BX
- Run by
- Starlight Support Services Ltd (3 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2025 (10 months)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10548224)
- 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 activities: Personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-26112246807
Introducing Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park
Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park is a CQC-registered home care agency that also provides supported living in Plymouth, run by Starlight Support Services Ltd. 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.
CQC has not published a rating for this service yet, which is common for newly registered services. It is one of 64 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Plymouth; 34 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Needs it is registered to meet
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Ownership and company checks
Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park is run by Starlight Support Services Ltd (company 10548224), incorporated in 2017, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, other residential care and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Starlight Support Services Ltd runs 3 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
Where it is
- Ward
- Moor View
- Council
- Plymouth City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in PL6 (16)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
Costs to expect
We estimate visits from Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
With savings below £23,250, Plymouth Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Choice nearby
There are 21 other agencies within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Contour Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
It sits in Moor View 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 Devon ICB.
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Where Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park stands locally
- Registered with CQC in 2025: it has been registered longer than 13% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Plymouth lists 6.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Plymouth. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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What families ask about Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park
- Who runs Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park?
- Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park is run by Starlight Support Services Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does care from Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park cost?
- Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park as a home care agency, location ID 1-26112246807, and has not yet been given an overall rating.
- Where is Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park?
- The agency works from Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park, 1 Davy Road, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 8BX; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- What type of care does Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park provide?
- Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park is registered with CQC for: homecare agencies, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Does Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park support people with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.