Home care · Essex
Home care in Ingatestone
There are 116 home care agencies on the CQC register covering Ingatestone, run by 109 different providers. The largest is De Vere Care Partnership Ltd, with 3. 96% of the 70 rated by CQC are Good or Outstanding, next to 90% across Essex and 88% across England; 3 are Outstanding. Expect to pay here about £33.50 an hour for visiting care and £1,610 a week for live-in careestimated. 35 home care agencies have a rating more than four years old and 29 registered with CQC within the past two years. On 20 October 2026, A1 Home Care was rated Good, the newest rating here.
Source: CQC register · Updated 26 October 2026 · Open Government Licence
Quick summary
- 93 list dementia as a specialism.
- A care needs assessment from Essex council is free, and your savings do not affect it.
- Among the 70 rated agencies, 67 hold a Good or Outstanding rating; 3 are Requires improvement or Inadequate, with 46 not yet rated.
- New and changed CQC ratings across Essex, updated every day.
Cite this: The Care Panel, "Home care in Ingatestone", analysis of the CQC register, Oct 2026.
- 116CQC-registered agencies
- 96%of rated services are Good or Outstanding
- 93list dementia as a specialism
- 15inspected or rated in the last 2 years
| Care | Ingatestone | East of England | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting care, an hour | £33.50 | £33.50 | £33.50 |
| Live-in care, a week | £1,610 | £1,610 | £1,610 |
Every agency that covers Ingatestone
Sorted on CQC rating and its date, with distance used last. How we rank
- All 116
- Care for adults under 65 · 111
- Elderly care · 107
- Physical disability care · 98
- Dementia care · 93
- Sensory impairment care · 73
- Mental health care · 65
- Learning disability care · 56
- Children's care · 24
- Substance misuse support · 14
- Eating disorder support · 13
My Homecare Chelmsford
What inspectors found: Families reported no missed visits, valued having a regular team of carers, and said staff stayed the full time without rushing.
Est. £32–£39/hr
Home Instead Brentwood, Billericay & Upminster
What inspectors found: Not everyone who used the service received the regulated activity of personal care.
Est. £34–£42/hr
Crystal Social Care
What inspectors found: They supported older people and were also registered to support children and young people in the community.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Santhem Care
What inspectors found: Personal care includes support with tasks such as personal hygiene and eating.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bloomsbury Home Care – Essex Mid
What inspectors found: This assessment took place between 5 March and 20 March 2025.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Helping Hands Brentwood
What inspectors found: This is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating.
Est. £29–£35/hr
Magic Helping Hands
What inspectors found: This was a risk-based assessment due to the concerns received in relation to poor care and governance.
Est. £29–£35/hr
Manifolds care
What inspectors found: The provider was supporting 2 people with a diagnosed learning disability.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Tring Care Limited
What inspectors found: We found people received care in accordance with this guidance and care workers and staff had received appropriate training relating to people with a…
Est. £30–£37/hr
Ablecross Limited
What inspectors found: This assessment took place between 18 August and 16 September 2025.
Est. £30–£37/hr
You Before Me Care
What inspectors found: Personal care is help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Independent People Homecare
What inspectors found: The service provides a live-in care service to people in the community.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Amazingly Care Ltd
What inspectors found: Staff reported receiving a good induction that supported them to meet peoples identified needs.
Est. £30–£37/hr
A1 Home Care
What inspectors found: A1 Home Care provides support to younger adults, older adults, people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities, people with physical disabilities and people…
Est. £30–£37/hr
De Vere Care Partnership -Chelmsford
What inspectors found: Not everyone using the service received personal care.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bluebird Care (Essex West)
What inspectors found: Where they do, we also consider any wider social care provided.
Est. £32–£39/hr
Kemfa Services Limited
What inspectors found: They are also registered to provide services for children of all ages.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Alina Homecare - Brentwood
What inspectors found: Prior to our inspection, the service had undertaken a complete change in staff and management.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Beaumont Home Care
What inspectors found: One person said, ''The registered manager is very kind, considerate and passionate about the service and the staff always go above and beyond for…
Est. £30–£37/hr
IXCEED HEALTH UK LTD
What inspectors found: The registered manager was still developing systems to support their oversight of the service and to improve the detail in care plans.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Premald Care
What inspectors found: One person said, ''They provide a really good service.
Est. £30–£37/hr
Suzanne Farris Ltd Main Office
What inspectors found: Right Support: People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible…
Est. £30–£37/hr
Infinite Healthcare Services Head Office
What inspectors found: People's support was planned and delivered in a way that ensured their safety and welfare.
Est. £30–£37/hr
You & I Care Ltd
What inspectors found: Right Support: Staff were robustly recruited, had received training and applied their skills and understanding to provide safe care.
Est. £30–£37/hr
All About U Care Services Ltd
What inspectors found: The service had been supporting the same person for many years.
Est. £30–£37/hr
ECL Mid Essex
Est. £30–£37/hr
Faith Home Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Brisca Healthcare Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Servoca Complex Care - Chelmsford
Est. £30–£37/hr
MNS Consul Home Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
You & I Care - Essex
Est. £30–£37/hr
Anaisa Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
InfiniteLife Essex
Est. £30–£37/hr
Family Homecare Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Eden Brook Home Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Anglian Care - Chelmsford
Est. £30–£37/hr
Cera - Essex and Havering
Est. £30–£37/hr
Amazing Grace Personnel
Est. £30–£37/hr
Caronne Care Essex Branch
Est. £30–£37/hr
Home Instead
Est. £33–£40/hr
Shaftesbury East Anglia
Est. £30–£37/hr
AQS Homecare Essex
Est. £30–£37/hr
Wilson's Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
Safehands Live In Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Thera East
Est. £30–£37/hr
PALS Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
First Stop Recruitment Services Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Helping Hands Chelmsford
Est. £29–£35/hr
Ebony Healthcare Services Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
De Vere Care Partnership – South West Essex
Est. £30–£37/hr
Beehive Lane
Est. £30–£37/hr
ECL Havering
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bluebird Care Mid Essex
Est. £33–£41/hr
Damorcare
Est. £30–£37/hr
Passion Tree Care Services Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Hightower Care Services
Est. £30–£37/hr
Wellspring Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
Class (UK) Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Willow Tree Lodge
Est. £30–£37/hr
Home Instead Senior Care
Est. £33–£40/hr
Agencies come to you. The distance shown runs from Ingatestone centre to their office, so check your street is in their area.
56 more, listed A to Z (the top 60 of 116 are above):
- 247 Live-in Companions LTD not yet rated
- 4th Floor Victoria House not yet rated
- Access for Care not yet rated
- Amor Social Care Ltd not yet rated
- Astra House not yet rated
- Benji Lifecare Ltd not yet rated
- Blue Bay Care Services Ltd not yet rated
- Bluebird Care (Southend & Rochford) Good
- Care Quality Services Maldon Good
- Care Quality Services South Essex not yet rated
- Carelink Services Ltd not yet rated
- Caremark Brentwood and Basildon North not yet rated
- Caremax Homecare Services Limited Requires improvement
- Carerose Cares Ltd not yet rated
- Cedar Green Healthcare Services Ltd not yet rated
- Chelmsford not yet rated
- Chelmsford Office not yet rated
- Connect Care - Essex not yet rated
- Cornwallis Business Centre Ltd not yet rated
- De Vere Care Partnership - Reablement not yet rated
- DJ Kares Ltd not yet rated
- Domici Ltd not yet rated
- Excellent Care Services Ltd not yet rated
- Firstpoint Homecare – Chelmsford not yet rated
- Forever Unique Care Limited not yet rated
- Fresh Tree Care Services – Basildon Branch Requires improvement
- Greenfields Care Services Limited not yet rated
- Haytan Health Care Services Ltd not yet rated
- HD Supported Living Ltd not yet rated
- Hilltop Care Ltd not yet rated
- Influential Care Ltd not yet rated
- Joyful Care For You Ltd not yet rated
- Kingswood Care Services Ltd - Head Office Good
- Liv Healthy Care Limited not yet rated
- Montbazon Court not yet rated
- Nurturewell Care Ltd Trading As Sylvanian Care Chelmsford not yet rated
- Onamds Care Limited not yet rated
- Papa Home Care Ltd not yet rated
- Pinnacle Care and Support Services Requires improvement
- Prompt Healthcare Staffing Limited Good
- Proud To Serve HealthCare Ltd not yet rated
- QV Care Services Ltd - Main Office not yet rated
- Radis Community Care (Freeman Court) not yet rated
- Rally Care Limited not yet rated
- Safeside Supported Living Services Ltd not yet rated
- Seccare+ Good
- Sunbear Care Brentwood not yet rated
- Supreme Care Services - Essex not yet rated
- Sylyve Home Care Basildon not yet rated
- Symbolic Care Group Limited not yet rated
- TCOU At Home Essex not yet rated
- Thurrock, Basildon, Billericay and surrounding areas not yet rated
- Together Care Good
- Unique Resourcing Ltd not yet rated
- Weighbridge Court Good
- Well-Led Care not yet rated
Dementia care at home in Ingatestone
93 of the 116 agencies covering Ingatestone are registered with CQC to support people living with dementia, and 57 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. Compare the 93 registered for dementia.
24-hour, overnight and live-in care in Ingatestone
Round-the-clock care at home is arranged in one of two ways: live-in care, where one carer lives in and has a daily break and a proper night's sleep, or daytime visits plus waking nights, where a second carer stays awake all night. Typical prices: Live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. CQC does not record which agencies provide it, so ask each one.
Typical home care rates in Ingatestone
| Visiting care | around £32–£34 an hour |
|---|---|
| Live-in care | around £1,540–£1,610 a week |
What the council pays (Essex County Council): £28.04 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £849.45 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,102.68 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source). Where a provider charges more, the extra is usually met by a top-up.
Hourly rates vary between agencies more than between regions; ask each agency for its full price list, including weekend and bank holiday rates. According to the Homecare Association, councils across England should pay no less than £34.42 an hour for home care in 2026/27 if it is to be sustainable. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Next: work out a weekly cost, then get prices from local providers.
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A closer look at the data for Ingatestone
Dementia appears on 93 of 116 registrations here (80%), compared with 80% in Essex as a whole. Ebony Healthcare Services Limited has the oldest rating still in force, from November 2017. Thera East is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in August 2026. On their CQC registrations, 98 of 116 list physical disabilities, 56 of 116 list learning disabilities and 65 of 116 list mental health conditions. At 96% Good or Outstanding, Ingatestone sits above the Essex figure of 90% (from 1,316 agencies). Ratings are about as recent as the council average here: 13% of agencies have one less than two years old, compared with 12% across Essex. 3 Outstanding agencies are covering Ingatestone, against 12 across Essex. Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Ingatestone comes 4th of 7 (58%), with Chelmsford top at 64%.
Care groups with agencies covering Ingatestone
- Home Instead 3 locally
- De Vere Care Partnership Ltd 3 locally
- Bluebird Care 3 locally
- Cera Care 3 locally
- Midshires Care Limited 2 locally
- You & I Care Ltd 2 locally
- Hallmark Care Homes 1 locally
- Bloomsbury Home Care Limited 1 locally
- Ablecross Limited 1 locally
- Amazingly Care Ltd 1 locally
- KEMFA SERVICES LIMITED 1 locally
- Alina Homecare 1 locally
- Premald Care Ltd 1 locally
- Essex Cares Limited 1 locally
- Faith Home Care Ltd 1 locally
- Brisca Healthcare Ltd 1 locally
- MNS Consul Home Care Limited 1 locally
- Infinitelife Care Ltd 1 locally
Latest CQC ratings
Ratings CQC published most recently, for agencies covering Ingatestone.
How Ingatestone compares with towns nearby
| Nearby town | Distance | Total | Good or Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingatestone | – | 116 | 67 |
| Billericay | 3.4 mi | 119 | 66 |
| Brentwood | 4.4 mi | 147 | 80 |
| Chelmsford | 6.5 mi | 69 | 44 |
| Basildon | 7.5 mi | 120 | 66 |
| Wickford | 7.6 mi | 115 | 68 |
Counts include any agency whose office lies within 7 miles of a town, and many cover several.
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Free care cost report for Ingatestone
- Typical local prices for home care, overnight and live-in care
- What the council and the NHS may pay, with the 2026/27 savings limits
- The best-rated services near you, from the CQC register
Home care in Ingatestone: your questions answered
Home care in Ingatestone: how many agencies are there?
As of Oct 2026, the CQC register lists 116 home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ingatestone. Highly rated options include My Homecare Chelmsford, Home Instead Brentwood, Billericay & Upminster and Crystal Social Care.
How are home care agencies in Ingatestone rated by CQC?
CQC has rated 70. Of those, 67 (96%) are Good or Outstanding, with 3 Outstanding; 3 are Requires improvement or Inadequate. Newly registered services often have no rating yet; 46 here are still unrated.
How much should I expect to pay for home care in Ingatestone?
Typical 2026 prices across England: visiting care around £32–£34 an hour; live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Hourly rates vary between agencies more than between regions; ask each agency for its full price list, including weekend and bank holiday rates. According to the Homecare Association, councils across England should pay no less than £34.42 an hour for home care in 2026/27 if it is to be sustainable. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Read the full cost guide.
Can Essex council help pay for home care?
It can. Step one is the needs assessment: Essex council cannot charge for it and must offer it to every person who seems to need support (Care Act 2014). If your savings and investments come to under £23,250, it may then contribute following a financial assessment, depending on income, and for care in your own home the property is left out. Separately, Attendance Allowance has no means test. Getting in touch with Essex council.
How can I pick between agencies in Ingatestone?
Check how recent each CQC report is first: 15 of the 116 on this page were inspected or rated in the past two years. Older reports: 55. Next ask three things: will staff be consistent, what happens about missed visits, and what is the full price? A checklist to help.
What about home care agencies in towns near Ingatestone?
Ingatestone has 116, with 67 rated Good or Outstanding. Nearby: Billericay (3.4 miles): 119, 66 rated Good or Outstanding; Brentwood (4.4 miles): 147, 80 rated Good or Outstanding; Chelmsford (6.5 miles): 69, 44 rated Good or Outstanding.
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Nearby: home care around Ingatestone
- Home care in Billericay 3.4 mi
- Home care in Brentwood 4.4 mi
- Home care in Chelmsford 6.5 mi
- Home care in Basildon 7.5 mi
- Home care in Wickford 7.6 mi
- Home care in Danbury 9.4 mi
- Home care in Havering 10.1 mi
- Home care in South Woodham Ferrers 10.1 mi
More for Ingatestone, plus guides
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- Overnight care in Ingatestone
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- Respite care in Ingatestone
- How to pay for care in Essex
- Best rated home care agencies in Essex
- Home care prices across England, 2026: regional and council averages
- Every Outstanding service in Essex: 2026 list
- Preparing for a care needs assessment
- Understanding CQC ratings
- Funding home care: who pays
- Choosing a home care agency
Postcode districts
- CM4 5
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Data: CQC register, Oct 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We are an independent directory and do not provide care.