Home Care in Batley
Batley has 12 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, 3 Requires improvement, and 4 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 12 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Batley at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Batley, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 40,800. Rising to 46,800 by 2035, up 15%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 5,300. Rising to 6,500 by 2035, up 23%
- People aged 85 and over: 10,300. Rising to 15,200 by 2035, up 47%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 66%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 4 opened, 4 closed. 74 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 185 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Kirklees: Fewer agencies. Kirklees has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
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What care at home in Batley involves and what to look for
Support at home is delivered in visits, and the shape of those visits is what you are really choosing between. A package might be a single morning call to help someone wash and dress, three or four calls across the day covering meals and medication, or a live in arrangement where a carer stays in the house. Working out how many visits are needed, and at which hours, is the first practical step, since it sets the cost and narrows the field to agencies that can reliably cover the round.
Continuity and timekeeping
Lateness and a constant change of faces are the two complaints heard most often about care at home. Ask how many different carers someone is likely to see across a fortnight, how the rota is built and what happens when a regular carer is unwell or on leave. Ask whether anyone telephones if a visit is running late, and who you contact at the weekend. A slightly higher hourly rate often buys a steadier rota, and that stability matters more to most people than any additional service.
Reading the inspection record
Four agencies here hold a Good rating, namely Horizonz Care Ltd, Care Angels Batley Limited, Vista Home Care Services Ltd and For You Social Care Ltd, and those reports describe how medication, training, timekeeping and complaints are handled. Three agencies require improvement, and there the report sets out what inspectors found and what the provider was asked to put right. Five agencies have no published rating yet, so ask more questions directly and take up references where you can.
Getting an assessment and arranging funding
Care at home can be paid for privately or funded after an assessment, and knowing which applies early makes the rest of the search considerably simpler.
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, and there is no charge whatever someone owns or earns. It considers washing, dressing, mobility, medication, nutrition and how safely someone manages alone, and ends in a written record of the support required. Kirklees Metropolitan Council carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that decides who pays. Where you provide care yourself, ask for a carer's assessment at the same time, because your own needs are weighed independently.
What home care costs
Agencies charge an hourly rate as a rule, with higher rates at weekends, on bank holidays and where two carers are needed for a safe transfer. Live in care is priced by the week instead. Where funded support applies, the council may meet part or all of the cost, often as a direct payment so that you can choose the agency yourself. Ask for the rate card in writing, ask about minimum visit lengths, and ask whether travel time between calls is charged, since brief visits can prove costly once those extras are counted. Ask too what notice is required to change or cancel a call, and whether the rate alters if the number of visits rises later.
12 home care in Batley
- Alma Care Services · Jo Cox House, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 5DS
Home care · Run by Alma Care Services Ltd
We are Alma Care, a home care provider based in Batley and supporting people in their own homes across Kirklees. We work with a wide range of people: older residents, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability or who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care Angels · Barfield Arms, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 8PJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Angels (Batley) Ltd
Care Angels supports people in their own homes in Batley and the surrounding parts of Kirklees. Home care is the whole of what we do, and doing one thing rather than many means we know it properly. Most people contact us because daily life... - Argent Care · GF13, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 7AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Argent Care Limited
Argent Care provides support at home to adults in Batley and across Kirklees. We support older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, and younger adults who need support to live independently. The aim in both cases is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - SureCare & Wakefield · Admiral House, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 8PD
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Yorkshire Care Services Ltd
Here at SureCare Batley & Wakefield, we provide home care to people across Batley and the wider Kirklees area, supporting individuals to live as independently as possible in the comfort of their own homes. We work with older adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Little Angels Home Care Services · Park House 920 Bradford Road, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 9PH
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Little Angels Home Care Services LTD
We are a home care agency in Batley, in Kirklees, supporting people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding area. We will be straightforward about our rating, because you will find it anyway. The Care Quality Commission last...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Vista Home Care Services · Unit 26, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 6ER
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Vista Home Care Services Limited
Vista Home Care supports people in their own homes in Batley and across Kirklees. We believe the best care is the kind that lets somebody stay where they are settled, keep their own routine and remain part of their own neighbourhood. Much...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Diamond Social Care · 87 Soothill Lane, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 6NE
Home care · Run by Diamond Social Care Ltd
Diamond Social Care is a home care agency in Batley, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Kirklees. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Home Instead, Rothwell and South Leeds · 20 Commercial Street, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 5HH
Home care · Run by Solace Homecare Ltd
At Home Instead Batley, Rothwell and South Leeds, we provide professional home care that allows people to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. We cover Batley and the surrounding areas of Kirklees, supporting...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Horizonz Care · Office FF18, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 7AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Horizonz Care Ltd
We are Horizonz Care, and we support adults in their own homes in Batley and across Kirklees. We work with people of all ages and build each package around the individual rather than offering something off the shelf. Our support covers...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - For You Social Care · Unit 3f, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 9JX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by For You Social Care Ltd
We are For You Social Care, based in Batley and supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Kirklees. We support older people and people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Together In Care · Unit 8, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 9JX
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Together In Care Forensic Ltd
At Together In Care, we provide home care support to people living in Batley and the surrounding areas of Kirklees. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, individuals with learning disabilities or autism,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Helping Hands · Office 69, Batley, Kirklees, WF17 6ER
Home care · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Batley supports people across Batley and the surrounding area in their own homes. We plan support around the way somebody already lives rather than around a standard package, and we keep the same carers visiting the same...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few Kirklees agencies publish a rate. | £24.99 to £36.00 an hour |
| What Kirklees pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £26.19 an hour |
| Homecare Association minimum price 2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum. | £34.42 an hour |
| Live in care, England Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455. | £1,250 to £1,668 a week |
Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.
Inspected most recently
- Argent Care Limited, 20 July 2026, Good
- For You Social Care Ltd, 23 March 2026, Good
- Vista Home Care Services Ltd, 14 May 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Care Angels (Batley) Limited, 7 January 2020, Good
- Together In Care, 30 December 2021, Requires improvement
- SureCare Batley & Wakefield, 2 February 2023, Requires improvement
Frequently asked questions about home care in Batley
How many home care agencies are there in Batley?
Batley has 12 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 4 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Batley?
Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few Kirklees agencies publish a rate. Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.
Which home care agencies in Batley were inspected most recently?
Argent Care Limited (20 July 2026), For You Social Care Ltd (23 March 2026) and Vista Home Care Services Ltd (14 May 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.