Home care agency · Sidlesham
Vitale Care Chichester
Illustrative photo, not of Vitale Care Chichester- Address
- Keynor Barns, Keynor Lane, Sidlesham, PO20 7NG
- Run by
- Vitale Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2022 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Nicola Munday
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14274387)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Mar 2026
- 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
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-14501106972
The service in brief
Vitale Care Chichester is a CQC-registered home care agency in Sidlesham, run by Vitale Care Limited.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (March 2026). It is one of 34 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Selsey; 23 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What inspectors found
- There was a registered manager in post at the time of inspection.
- This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating.
- Where they do, we also consider any wider social care provided.
- Overall, people told us they received a caring, reliable and person‑centred service.
Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The registered provider
Vitale Care Chichester is run by Vitale Care Limited (company 14274387), incorporated in 2022.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
How the scores break down
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Vitale Care Chichester scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 25 January 2026, published 3 March 2026, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Sidlesham with Selsey North
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chichester
- Integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in PO20 (14)
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). This is the agency's office; care is delivered in people's own homes around it.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score135 of 148 in West Sussex
- Effective75% score137 of 148 in West Sussex
- Caring75% score139 of 148 in West Sussex
- Responsive75% score134 of 148 in West Sussex
- Well-led75% score120 of 148 in West Sussex
CQC key question ratings, published 3 March 2026. Under each rating: how many agencies in West Sussex share it.
Who it can help
As listed with the regulator.
How long it has been running
Registered in December 2022, it has 3 years on the CQC register.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in March 2026.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from Vitale Care Chichester 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.
A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.
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.
Reading Vitale Care Chichester's CQC ratings
Vitale Care Chichester has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 119 of the 147 other agencies in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
The local picture
There are 7 other agencies within 3 miles, 7 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Choice Care 4 U Services Ltd, 1.7 miles away.
3 of the 19 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Sidlesham with Selsey North ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (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.
Family reviews
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Vitale Care Chichester against its area
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 94% of the 146 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2026) is more recent than 86% of agency ratings in West Sussex.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 36% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in West Sussex lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in West Sussex (Oct 2026).
Nearest home care agencies
Guides for families
Other home care agencies near Selsey with recent ratings
- Choice Care 4 U Services LtdApr 2025 · 1.0 miles
- Angelica Care LtdSep 2026 · 3.3 miles
- L'Arche Bognor RegisDec 2025 · 5.7 miles
Vitale Care Chichester: common questions
- How recent is Vitale Care Chichester's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 3 March 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Does Vitale Care Chichester support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- Is Vitale Care Chichester a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-14501106972 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in March 2026.
- What is Vitale Care Chichester's address?
- Its office is at Keynor Barns, Keynor Lane, Sidlesham, PO20 7NG. Carers travel to people's homes, so check it covers your street.
- Is Vitale Care Chichester rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does Vitale Care Chichester charge?
- We don't have published prices from Vitale Care Chichester yet. Visiting care typically costs £28–£38 an hour (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Who is the registered provider for Vitale Care Chichester?
- Vitale Care Chichester is run by Vitale Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What services is Vitale Care Chichester registered for?
- CQC lists Vitale Care Chichester under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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