Home care agency · Market Harborough
Welland Place
Illustrative photo, not of Welland Place- Address
- St Mary's Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7GF
- Run by
- Methodist Homes (92 services)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Registered with CQC
- August 2013 (13 years)
- Part of
- Methodist Homes
- Registered manager
- Samantha Louise Linscott
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04043124)
- Last CQC check
- 6 Feb 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-835517042
The service in brief
Welland Place in Market Harborough is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a home care agency, run by Methodist Homes. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (February 2019). It is one of 18 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Market Harborough; 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Welland Place over the years
Welland Place has been registered with CQC since August 2013, about 13 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
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.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 6 February 2019.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Welland Place: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 78 of the 118 other agencies in Leicestershire that CQC has rated.
From the latest CQC inspection
- : ● People continued to receive safe, compassionate and good quality care. ● Staff understood their roles and responsibilities to safeguard people from the risk of harm. ● People had developed positive relationships with staff.
- There were systems in place to manage medicines in a safe way. ● Staff demonstrated their understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, 2005 (MCA).
- There was a complaints system in place and people were confident that any complaints would be responded to appropriately. ● There was a positive culture within the service where staff communicated well and people's needs were met.
- Rating at last inspection: Good (3 June 2016) About the service: This domiciliary care agency provides personal care to older people living at the Methodist home, Welland Place.
Inspected 15 January 2019; report published 6 February 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Around Market Harborough
There are 12 other agencies within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Care Sante Northamptonshire, under 0.5 miles away.
12 of the 14 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Welland Place 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.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
Leicestershire Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe87 of 119 in Leicestershire
- Effective96 of 118 in Leicestershire
- Caring100 of 118 in Leicestershire
- Responsive97 of 118 in Leicestershire
- Well-led79 of 119 in Leicestershire
Source: CQC, published 6 February 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Leicestershire share it.
The company behind Welland Place
Welland Place is run by Methodist Homes (company 04043124), incorporated in 2000, 13 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 12 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Methodist Homes runs 92 CQC-registered services across 60 council areas; 82 of the 92 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (89%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Leicestershire.
It trades under the Methodist Homes brand, which covers 92 services run by 1 registered provider.
Earlier inspections
- Jun 2016
- Feb 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 6 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 3 June 2016
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in LE16 (15)
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Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence. Care happens at home, not here: this is where the agency is run from.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
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How Welland Place compares
- Rated Good. Across Leicestershire, 84% of the 112 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 8 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2019) is more recent than 4% of agency ratings in Leicestershire.
- Registered with CQC in 2013: it has been registered longer than 86% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Leicestershire lists 6.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Leicestershire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Welland Place questions answered
- Where is Welland Place based?
- The agency works from St Mary's Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7GF; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Welland Place a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a home care agency under location ID 1-835517042 and was rated Good overall in February 2019.
- Does Welland Place support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- When was Welland Place last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 6 February 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- What type of care does Welland Place provide?
- Welland Place is registered for homecare agencies. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Who runs Welland Place?
- Welland Place is run by Methodist Homes, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does Welland Place charge?
- Welland Place hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Welland Place rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Welland Place: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
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