Home care agency · Boston
Walnut Care at Home
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- Walnut Cottage, Copping Syke, Langrick, Boston, PE22 7AP
- Run by
- Walnut Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- May 2012 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- David Weatherley
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date, has insolvency history (Companies House 04300065)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Apr 2021
- 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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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-414082459
The service in brief
Walnut Care at Home in Boston is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Walnut Care Limited. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (April 2021). It is one of 10 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Boston; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Walnut Care at Home's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Walnut Care at Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 63 of the 83 other agencies in Lincolnshire that CQC has rated.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The five key questions
- Safe72 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Effective78 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Caring71 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Responsive76 of 84 in Lincolnshire
- Well-led64 of 84 in Lincolnshire
As rated by CQC, published 8 April 2021. Under each rating: how many agencies in Lincolnshire share it.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Walnut Care at Home 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.
Live-in arrangements here usually cost £1,450–£1,770 weekly.
With savings below £23,250, Lincolnshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2015
- Aug 2017
- Apr 2020
- Apr 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 8 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 22 April 2020
- CQC inspection report 1 August 2017
- CQC inspection report 11 June 2015
- Inspection report 20 June 2013
- Inspection report 25 September 2012
Location and local area
- Ward
- Coningsby & Mareham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Louth and Horncastle
- Integrated care board
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
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How it fits locally
Choice is thinner here: the nearest other agency is Royal Mencap Society - Lincolnshire Domiciliary Care Agency, 5.1 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (2 of the nearest 8).
3 of the 6 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Coningsby & Mareham ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (further from a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lincolnshire ICB.
The registered provider
Walnut Care at Home is run by Walnut Care Limited (company 04300065), incorporated in 2001, 10 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and it has an insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
What inspectors found
- Staff were provided with information about how to reduce risks associated with people's care.
- The providers own risk assessments were often generic and could have included more person-centred information.
- We discussed this with the provider who was aware of this and had plans to develop this in the future.
- Staff were aware of the risks associated with people's care.
Inspected 17 February 2021; report published 8 April 2021. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
History with CQC
Walnut Care at Home has been registered with CQC since May 2012, about 14 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
5 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 CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 8 April 2021.
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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 (April 2021) is more recent than 35% of agency ratings in Lincolnshire.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 90% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Lincolnshire lists 5.
Compared with every CQC-registered home care agency in Lincolnshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Other home care agencies near Boston with recent ratings
- Healthy Homecare Services LtdMay 2026 · under 0.5 miles
Frequently asked about Walnut Care at Home
- When was Walnut Care at Home last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 8 April 2021, 5 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Can Walnut Care at Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Is Walnut Care at Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-414082459 and was rated Good overall in April 2021.
- Where is Walnut Care at Home?
- The agency works from Walnut Cottage, Copping Syke, Langrick, Boston, PE22 7AP; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How did Walnut Care at Home score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are Walnut Care at Home's fees?
- Walnut Care at Home's prices aren't on our site yet. 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.
- Who is the registered provider for Walnut Care at Home?
- Walnut Care at Home is run by Walnut Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What kind of care can Walnut Care at Home offer?
- Walnut Care at Home is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.