Home care agency · Worthing
VHM Care Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of VHM Care Ltd- Address
- 323 Goring Road, Goring-by-sea, Worthing, BN12 4NX
- Run by
- VHM Care Limited
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Registered with CQC
- July 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Margaret Muhwati
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10635906)
- Last CQC check
- 15 Aug 2019
- 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
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-5468774756
About VHM Care Ltd
VHM Care Ltd in Worthing is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency that also provides supported living, run by VHM Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2019). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 47 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Worthing; 34 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading VHM Care Ltd's CQC ratings
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across West Sussex, 21 of 148 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (14%).
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 15 August 2019
Finding it
- Ward
- Goring
- Parliamentary constituency
- Worthing West
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex 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 BN12 (6)
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
How long it has been running
Registered in July 2018, it has 8 years on the CQC register.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in August 2019.
7 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
The five key questions
- Safe135 of 148 in West Sussex
- Effective137 of 148 in West Sussex
- Caring139 of 148 in West Sussex
- Responsive134 of 148 in West Sussex
- Well-led21 of 148 in West Sussex
Source: CQC, published 15 August 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in West Sussex share it.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from VHM Care Ltd 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), West Sussex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
From the latest CQC inspection
- About the service: VHM Care Limited provides personal care to people living in their own homes in the community.
- It provides support to older people and younger adults with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, sensory impairments, mental health and people living with dementia.
- The service did not start supporting people with personal care in their own home until mid-December 2018.
- People were often referred from hospital for a six-week period to support people with rehabilitation.
Inspected 12 July 2019; report published 15 August 2019. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ashbourne Healthcare Services (Sussex), under 0.5 miles away.
11 of the 17 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Goring 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 Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The registered provider
VHM Care Ltd is run by Vhm Care Ltd (company 10635906), incorporated in 2017, 1 year 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, residential care for older and disabled people and other residential care.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed VHM Care Ltd on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 94% of the 147 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2019) is more recent than 18% of agency ratings in West Sussex.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 64% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in West Sussex lists 6.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (14% of home care agencies in West Sussex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in West Sussex. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
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- AcreCare LimitedOct 2025 · 2.5 miles
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- Steps 2 LimitedSep 2026 · 3.3 miles
What families ask about VHM Care Ltd
- What type of care does VHM Care Ltd provide?
- Registration for VHM Care Ltd covers: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it offers today.
- Which provider runs VHM Care Ltd?
- CQC lists VHM Care Limited as the provider responsible for VHM Care Ltd.
- How much does care from VHM Care Ltd cost?
- We don't have published prices from VHM Care Ltd yet. Visiting care typically costs £28–£38 an hour (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is VHM Care Ltd rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For VHM Care Ltd: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What is VHM Care Ltd's address?
- The agency works from 323 Goring Road, Goring-by-sea, Worthing, BN12 4NX; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is VHM Care Ltd registered with CQC?
- VHM Care Ltd is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-5468774756) and was rated Good overall in August 2019.
- Is VHM Care Ltd registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How recent is VHM Care Ltd's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 15 August 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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