Home care agency · Ashford
Woodchurch House
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
Free · 2 minutes · No obligation · Families helped this month: 3
Illustrative photo, not of Woodchurch House- Address
- Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SN
- Run by
- Woodchurch House Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home, Home care agency, Supported housing, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- May 2012 (14 years)
- Part of
- Deer Capital
- Registered manager
- Jino Joseph
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07516020)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Jun 2023
- 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
Registered to provide: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-419484985
The service in brief
Woodchurch House is a CQC-registered home care agency that also provides supported living in Ashford, run by Woodchurch House Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, sight or hearing loss and drug or alcohol problems.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (June 2023). It is one of 7 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Tenterden; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Woodchurch House 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.
Kent Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe178 of 226 in Kent
- Effective194 of 226 in Kent
- Caring203 of 226 in Kent
- Responsive198 of 225 in Kent
- Well-led160 of 226 in Kent
Source: CQC, published 30 June 2023. Under each rating: how many agencies in Kent share it.
How its rating has changed
- Dec 2016
- Aug 2017
- Dec 2017
- Mar 2019
- Mar 2020
- Jan 2021
- Sep 2021
- Jun 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 30 June 2023
- CQC inspection report 16 September 2021
- CQC inspection report 15 January 2021
- CQC inspection report 28 March 2020
- CQC inspection report 26 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 12 December 2017
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Weald South
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Weald of Kent
- NHS planning area
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
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Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence). Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
How it fits locally
There is 1 other agency within 3 miles, 0 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Community Support Services, 0.9 miles away.
3 of the 15 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Weald South 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 Kent and Medway ICB.
Reading Woodchurch House's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Woodchurch House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 159 of the 225 other agencies in Kent that CQC has rated.
History with CQC
Registered in May 2012, it has 14 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Inadequate and improving to Good.
3 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.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 30 June 2023.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- People and their relatives told us they felt safe and were happy living in Woodchurch House.
- One person said, "Yes, I'm safe, I'm well looked after, and my room is lovely and clean." A relative told us, "It is safe, because it is well run, with plenty of staff and it is clean." People's risks had been assessed and documented and staff knew people well.
- Staff knew about the individual risks and what to do to keep people safe.
- The service was clean and infection control was managed well.
Inspected 7 June 2023; report published 30 June 2023; supporting 60 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
The registered provider
Woodchurch House is run by Woodchurch House Limited (company 07516020), incorporated in 2011, 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 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Woodchurch House Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Kent, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
It trades under the Deer Capital brand, which covers 55 services run by 49 registered providers.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Woodchurch House on The Care Panel so far.
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Woodchurch House: common questions
- Who is the registered provider for Woodchurch House?
- The registered provider is Woodchurch House Limited, according to CQC.
- What type of care does Woodchurch House provide?
- Woodchurch House is registered with CQC for: nursing homes, homecare agencies, supported housing, supported living. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How is Woodchurch House rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does Woodchurch House charge?
- Woodchurch House's prices aren't on our site yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Woodchurch House a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-419484985 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in June 2023.
- Where is Woodchurch House?
- The agency's base is Brook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3SN. Confirm that its carers travel to your area.
- When did CQC last rate Woodchurch House?
- The rating now shown was published on 30 June 2023, 3 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does Woodchurch House support people with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
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