Home care in Halton
Halton: 116 registered home care agencies in 2 towns. Each town page sets out CQC ratings, inspection dates and specialisms side by side.
Find available careWe list 116 home care agencies registered with CQC in Halton, spread over 2 towns; Widnes and Runcorn have the most. 86% of the 78 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding (in line with 88% for England). Outstanding: 2.
Dementia is a listed specialism for 94 agencies. The same agency can be listed under several towns: most visit clients within several miles of their office.
Halton Council arranges council-funded care here. If someone seems to need care and support, it has to assess their needs, free of charge.
Council help with care: Halton.
Home care agencies in Halton at a glance
94 of the 116 agencies (81%) list dementia among their specialisms, compared with 79% of home care agencies across England.
Counting home care agencies town by town, the biggest totals in Halton are Widnes (31) and Runcorn (17). Share rated Good or better: highest in Widnes at 55% (31 listed), lowest in Runcorn at 53%.
Specialisms named by home care agencies in Halton, with the number naming each: caring for adults over 65 years (109), caring for adults under 65 years (101), physical disabilities (99) and dementia (94).
Some providers run more than one agency in Halton: The Human Support Group Limited (4), Alternative Futures Group Limited (2) and Brew 13 Services Limited (2).
The longest-registered of them is Caring Companions, on the CQC register since 2010. 4 registered in the last 12 months and 3 of those have no rating yet.
Typical 2026 prices across England: visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week.
Halton: ratings compared with England
In the last two years CQC has published ratings for 17 of them, 22% of the rated total (England: 24%). For 49, the latest rating is over four years old: 63% here, 54% in England.
Rating changes over 12 months in Halton: 0 up, 0 down and 2 first-time ratings, out of 3 new ratings published. The latest was Bridgewater Home Care in Runcorn, rated Good on 8 October 2026. Every new rating in Halton.
Across the 78 rated home care agencies, CQC gives 2 Outstanding, 65 Good, 11 Requires improvement and 0 Inadequate. That makes 3% Outstanding, against 5% in England, and 14% below Good, against 12%.
Home care agencies by town in Halton
| Town | Home care agencies | Good / Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Widnes | 31 | 17 |
| Runcorn | 17 | 9 |
Home care agencies by postcode district in Halton
Data: CQC register, Oct 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We are an independent directory and do not provide care.