Home Care in Bootle
Bootle has 9 CQC registered home care agencies. 3 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 5 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 9 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Bootle at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Bootle, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 34,900. Rising to 40,300 by 2035, up 15%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 4,700. Rising to 5,600 by 2035, up 19%
- People aged 85 and over: 10,000. Rising to 12,900 by 2035, up 30%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 69%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 48 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 159 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Sefton: Fewer agencies. Sefton has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.
What Home Care in Bootle Involves and What to Look For
Support at home is usually bought gradually, beginning with a single morning call and growing as needs do. Because it builds that way, families often find themselves comparing agencies only once several hours a week are already in place. Nine agencies match this search in Bootle, and what separates them has less to do with the wording of a brochure than with whether the same carer arrives at the time they said they would.
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
Outreach Services holds the Outstanding rating, a judgement the Care Quality Commission does not award lightly. Expect Limited is among those rated Good, awarded on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Five agencies, including Middleton Care Services Ltd, Choices Homecare in Central Sefton, Seguro Care Services and Mountbatton Care Ltd, have not yet been rated. Where there is no published verdict to lean on, judge an agency on how precisely it answers questions about staffing, training and supervision, because vagueness on those points is usually telling.
Questions That Separate Good Agencies From Poor Ones
Ask how many different carers would come over a typical fortnight, because continuity is what people notice most and what agencies find hardest to promise. Ask what happens when a carer is ill, how late a visit can run before you are told, and whether times are fixed or given as a window. Ask who supervises the carers, how often a manager visits the house, and how a complaint is handled once it has been made. Ask too how visits are recorded and whether the family can see those records, since that is often the only reliable window into what happens between calls. Ask finally how long the manager has been in post, because a settled office usually means settled rotas.
Getting an Assessment and Funding Care in Bootle
The Care Needs Assessment
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is the authority responsible for carrying out a care needs assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. The assessment is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of savings or income. An assessor looks at washing, dressing, medicines, meals, mobility and risk, then sets out how much support would meet those needs and how often it should come. Where a relative is already providing care, they can ask for an assessment of their own needs alongside it.
What Home Care Costs and Who Pays
Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, and rates rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. A financial assessment decides whether the council contributes, taking savings and income into account, and care delivered at home is treated differently from residential care in that the value of the person's own house is disregarded. Some families take a direct payment and arrange the care themselves, which brings flexibility along with the work of managing it. Whichever route you take, ask for the rate in writing, check the minimum visit length, and ask what notice either side must give.
9 home care in Bootle
- Expect · 151 Stanley Road, Bootle, Sefton, L20 3DL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Expect Ltd
Expect supports people in their own homes across Bootle and the wider Sefton area. Those we work with include older people, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and people living with mental ill health. The principle we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health - ICare (GB) · Suite A, Bootle, Sefton, L30 4XR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by I Care (GB) Limited
We at ICare (GB) Sefton are proud to be a trusted home care agency supporting people across Bootle and the wider Sefton community, delivering personalised care in the one place that means the most: your own home. Based in Bootle, our team...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Seguro Care Services · 202 Stanley Road, Bootle, Sefton, L20 3EN
Home care · Run by Seguro Care Services Ltd
Seguro Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Bootle and the surrounding area. We support older people and younger adults who need some help to carry on living where they are. The work is practical and we try to do...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Choices Homecare (Central) · Suite B2, Bootle, Sefton, L30 7PT
Home care · Run by Choices Homecare (Merseyside) Limited
Choices Homecare supports people in their own homes in Bootle and across Sefton. We visit older adults and younger adults, including people living with a physical disability and people with sight or hearing loss. Home care ought to fit...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Outreach Services · Sefton House, Bootle, Sefton, L30 4XR
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Autism Initiatives (UK)
We are an outreach and support provider based in Bootle, working across Sefton and the surrounding area, and we support people in their own homes and out in their communities. The people we work with include adults with learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - AFG Community Liverpool City North · 4th Floor, Bootle, Sefton, L20 3EF
Home care · Run by Alternative Futures Group Limited
We are a community support team based in Bootle, working with people in their own homes across the north of Liverpool and the Sefton area. We support older people, people living with dementia, autistic adults and adults with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Mountbatton Care · 62-68 Strand Road, Bootle, Sefton, L20 4BG
Home care · Run by Mountbatton Care Ltd
At Mountbatton Care, we provide home care support to people living in Bootle and the wider Sefton area. We work with individuals who have a range of needs, including learning disabilities, autism, mental health conditions, physical...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - New Directions - Reablement Service · Office B 10 Magdalen Square, Bootle, Sefton, L30 5QH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sefton New Directions Limited
Sefton New Directions provides care and support to people in their own homes in Bootle and across Sefton. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Middleton Care Services · Crosby House, Bootle, Sefton, L20 1AF
Home care · Run by Middleton Care Services Ltd
Middleton Care is a home care agency in Bootle, supporting adults in their own homes across the area. We work with older people and with younger adults. What happens on a visit depends entirely on the person. For some it is help to wash,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Sefton agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £28.90 an hour |
| What Sefton pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.13 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
- Outreach Services, 13 April 2026, Outstanding
- Mountbatton Care Ltd, 17 December 2025, Not yet rated
- Sefton New Directions Limited - Reablement Service, 21 December 2019, Good
Longest since a report
- Expect Limited, 6 June 2019, Good
- ICare (GB) Limited - Sefton, 10 December 2019, Good
- Sefton New Directions Limited - Reablement Service, 21 December 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Bootle
How many home care agencies are there in Bootle?
Bootle has 9 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 3 Good, 5 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 Bootle?
Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Sefton 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 Bootle were inspected most recently?
Outreach Services (13 April 2026), Mountbatton Care Ltd (17 December 2025) and Sefton New Directions Limited - Reablement Service (21 December 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.