Home care agency · Manningtree
We Simply Care Ltd
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of We Simply Care Ltd- Address
- Unit 15, Court Farm, Stutton Road, Brantham, Manningtree, CO11 1PW
- Run by
- We Simply Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Lisa Jayne Benjamin
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2018 (8 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11181500)
- Last CQC check
- 24 Dec 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
CQC regulated activities: Personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-5780424534
We Simply Care Ltd at a glance
We Simply Care Ltd is a CQC-registered home care agency in Manningtree. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2019). It is one of 56 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Lawford; 33 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from September 2018, so the service has been operating for around 8 years under its current registration.
CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in December 2019.
It has gone 6 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.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Ownership and company checks
We Simply Care Ltd is run by We Simply Care Limited (company 11181500), incorporated in 2018.
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 social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
The local picture
There are 2 other agencies within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Housing 21 - Oak House, 1.5 miles away.
11 of the 17 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Brantham ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB.
Rating history
- Dec 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 24 December 2019
Map and area details
- Ward
- Brantham
- Council
- Suffolk County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Suffolk
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
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Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
What it may cost
We estimate visits from We Simply 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.
Live-in care in this region typically runs £1,450–£1,770 a week.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Suffolk Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe127 of 145 in Suffolk
- Effective131 of 144 in Suffolk
- Caring125 of 144 in Suffolk
- Responsive124 of 144 in Suffolk
- Well-led104 of 145 in Suffolk
From CQC's latest report, published 24 December 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Suffolk share it.
What the ratings tell you
We Simply Care Ltd 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 103 of the 144 other agencies in Suffolk that CQC has rated.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Risks to people were assessed and mitigated, which reduced the risks of avoidable harm.
- Care specialists received training in safeguarding and there were systems in place designed to reduce the risks of abuse happening.
- Where people required support with their medicines, this was done safely.
- Infection control processes protected people from the risks of cross infection.
Inspected 10 December 2019; report published 24 December 2019. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Compared with other agencies locally
- Rated Good. Across Suffolk, 89% of the 145 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 19 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2019) is more recent than 39% of agency ratings in Suffolk.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 55% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Suffolk lists 5.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Suffolk, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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We Simply Care Ltd questions answered
- When did CQC last rate We Simply Care Ltd?
- The latest rating is dated 24 December 2019, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is We Simply Care Ltd a registered provider?
- Yes. We Simply Care Ltd is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency (location ID 1-5780424534) and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
- Is We Simply Care Ltd registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- How is We Simply Care Ltd rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- Where is We Simply Care Ltd based?
- The agency works from Unit 15, Court Farm, Stutton Road, Brantham, Manningtree, CO11 1PW; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How much does care from We Simply Care Ltd cost?
- We Simply Care Ltd'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.
- What services is We Simply Care Ltd registered for?
- CQC lists We Simply Care Ltd under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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