Home care in Reading
There are 132 home care agencies on the CQC register in Reading, covering 2 towns. Open a town for ratings, specialisms and when each was inspected.
Find available careReading has 132 CQC-registered home care agencies across 2 towns on this site, with the most in Caversham and Reading. Among 80 rated so far, the Good or Outstanding share is 85%, which is below the 88% seen across England, with 3 rated Outstanding.
102 agencies list dementia as a specialism. Because most agencies work across several miles around their base, you may see the same one listed in more than one town.
Council-funded care here is arranged by Reading Council, which must offer a free care needs assessment to anyone who appears to need support.
Council help with care: Reading.
Who provides care in Reading
Budget guide for Reading (typical 2026 prices across England): visiting care around £32–£34 an hour and live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week.
Creative Support - Berkshire & Oxfordshire Services has been registered with CQC the longest, since 2010. Over the past year 3 new home care agencies joined the register here; 2 are still waiting for a first rating.
Biggest providers here, counted by services: Aim24 Care Limited (2), Reading Borough Council (2) and Voyage 1 Limited (2).
Most common specialisms among the 132 home care agencies: caring for adults under 65 years (122), caring for adults over 65 years (121), physical disabilities (113) and dementia (102).
Most listings sit in a few places: Caversham (92) and Reading (90). Those are the towns in Reading with the most home care agencies. Reading trails at 42% Good or Outstanding, while Caversham leads with 45% of its 92.
Dementia support is listed by 77% of agencies in Reading (102 of 132); the England share is 79%.
Quality of home care agencies in Reading
4% of rated home care agencies in Reading hold an Outstanding rating (3 of 80), where the England share is 5%. 65 more are Good. At the other end, 12 (15%) sit at Requires improvement (12) or Inadequate (0), compared with 12% nationally.
Older ratings are worth asking about: 52 home care agencies in Reading (65%) were last rated over four years ago, against 54% nationally. 10 (13%) have a rating from within two years, against 24%.
Since October 2025, CQC has issued 2 ratings for home care agencies here. Of those, improvements numbered 1, downgrades 1 and first ratings 0. Most recent: Pembroke Care (Reading) Domiciliary Services (Reading), Requires improvement to Good, published 11 August 2026. The Reading CQC ratings log.
Towns in Reading
| Town | Home care agencies | With a top-two rating |
|---|---|---|
| Caversham | 92 | 41 |
| Reading | 90 | 38 |
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