Home Care in Cheltenham
Cheltenham has 31 CQC registered home care agencies. 19 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 3 Requires improvement, and 7 have not yet been rated. 15 of the 31 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Cheltenham at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Cheltenham, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 13,400. Rising to 15,900 by 2035, up 19%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,800. Rising to 2,300 by 2035, up 27%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,000. Rising to 6,000 by 2035, up 47%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 76%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Gloucestershire as a whole is 66%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 24 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 117 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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What home care in Cheltenham involves and what to look for
Home care means carers coming to a person's own home for agreed periods rather than the person moving anywhere. A package might be one visit a day to help with washing and medication, or four calls spread from breakfast to bedtime, and it can sit alongside help from family rather than replacing it. What it does not include is someone on site overnight unless a live in or waking night arrangement is specifically agreed, and that distinction is worth settling before comparing the thirty agencies listed here.
What the inspection ratings show
Every agency on this page is registered with the Care Quality Commission. Two currently hold an Outstanding rating: AH Care Ltd and Saracen Care Services Ltd. Eighteen are rated Good, among them SW Domiciliary Care, Adelfi Care Services, Cotswold Carers Ltd, Windrush Care, Helping Hands Cheltenham, Bramble Home Care Limited and Merit Care Ltd. Four are rated Requires Improvement, including Benhall Care, Brighter Home Care and Farecare Gloucestershire Limited. Six have not yet been rated, which in domiciliary care usually reflects a recent registration. Each rating rests on five separate judgements about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership, and the report tells you which one carried the verdict, whether that was late calls, medication records or staff supervision.
The questions that actually separate agencies
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight and whether you are told in advance who is coming, since continuity is what families come to value most. Ask what happens when a carer is off sick and how fast cover is found. Ask how late a call can run before someone rings you, how medication is recorded and how a complaint is handled. Where an agency has no rating yet, ask how it recruits, trains and supervises staff and what quality checks it runs on itself.
Getting an assessment and funding care at home in Cheltenham
Two assessments decide what a care package contains and who pays for it, and neither is quick. Opening both early keeps the choice of agency open rather than forcing whoever has capacity at short notice.
Asking for a care needs assessment
A care needs assessment is free and available to anyone who appears to need care and support, with no savings test attached. Gloucestershire County Council is the authority responsible for carrying it out for people living in Cheltenham and for deciding which needs are eligible for funded support. The assessor considers washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility and safety at home, and asks what the person wants their day to look like, before recording the eligible needs in writing. Keep that record, because the hours and tasks in a package come directly from it, and an unpaid carer can ask for a separate carer's assessment of their own.
What home care costs
A financial assessment then takes account of income, savings and property to work out the person's contribution. Where the council funds a package it pays up to the rate it has set for the assessed level of need, and anyone arranging care privately contracts with the agency directly. Agencies in Cheltenham normally charge an hourly rate, often higher at evenings, weekends and bank holidays, with shorter calls sometimes subject to a minimum charge. Ask for rates in writing, along with whether travel time is charged, what happens when a visit overruns and how much notice is needed to change or cancel a call.
31 home care in Cheltenham
- Hope Care Service Agency · 5 Court Mews, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 6JQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hope Care Service Agency Ltd
Hope Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Cheltenham and the surrounding part of Gloucestershire. We work with older people, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - SureCare & The Cotswolds · 1 Leyson Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6RU
Home care · Run by Wellness Sphere Ltd
SureCare Cheltenham and The Cotswolds is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Cheltenham and the surrounding part of Gloucestershire. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - YourLife (Stow on the Wold) · Hawkesbury Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 1FF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
YourLife in Stow on the Wold provides care and support to people in their own homes in the town and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. We are here so that people can stay in the place they know, with their own things around them,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Expeditions Living · 22 Maxet House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 8PL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Expeditions Living Ltd
We are Expeditions Living, and we provide support to adults in their own homes in Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire. We work with adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health and people with...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Bramble Home Care · Unit E, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6SX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bramble Homecare Limited
Bramble Home Care is a home care agency in Cheltenham, supporting adults in their own homes across the town and the surrounding area. The people we work with are a broad mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Hartley Care Compass · 1 Prunus Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0GS
Home care · Run by Hartley Care Compass Ltd
We are Hartley Care Compass, and we provide care and support to adults in their own homes in Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire. Our visits range from a single short call each day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Raynsford Domiciliary Care · Head Office, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2EA
Home care · Run by Raynsford Care Limited
We provide care at home in Cheltenham and the surrounding area. Those we support include people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, younger adults and...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Merit Care · 1st Floor, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 8HF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Merit Care Limited
Merit Care provides care and support in people's own homes across Cheltenham and the surrounding part of Gloucestershire. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, and people with learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Accolade Support and Care · Sunningend Business Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 8PL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Accolade Support and Care Ltd
Accolade Support and Care provides support in people's own homes in Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire. Our work is to give people enough help to carry on living in their own houses, delivered by carers they know and at the times they...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Safehands Recruitment · Manor Park Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 9TU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Safehands Recruitment Ltd
We provide care at home in Cheltenham and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. Those we support include older adults, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Cott's Care Solutions · 3 Royal Crescent, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3DA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Cott's Care Limited
We at Cott's Care Solutions are a dedicated home care agency supporting people across Cheltenham and the surrounding Gloucestershire community, bringing compassionate, personalised care directly into the place people love most: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Care at Home · Room 41, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Holmleigh Care Homes Limited
We at Care at Home are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cheltenham and the surrounding Gloucestershire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Richmond Village DCA · Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Richmond Villages Operations Limited
We are Richmond Village Cheltenham, providing care and support to people in their own homes in and around the village and the wider Cheltenham area. We support older people and people living with dementia, and we also support younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Cotswold Carers · Office 6 Pine House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 1AF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cotswold Carers Ltd
Cotswold Carers provides support at home to adults in Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people living with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Farecare · 47 Rodney Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1HX
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Farecare Gloucestershire Limited
Farecare Gloucestershire provides support at home to adults in Cheltenham and across the county. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia and younger adults who need support to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - My-Care Healthcare · 28 Washpool Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 8EU
Home care · Run by My-Care Healthcare Ltd
My Care Healthcare provides care and support in people's own homes across Cheltenham and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, and people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Adelfi Care Services · The Stable Offices, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4SL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Adelfi Care Services Limited
We provide care at home in Cheltenham and the surrounding area, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight or hearing. Most people who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Saracen Care Services · 53-57 Rodney Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1HX
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Saracen Care Services Limited
We at Saracen Care Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cheltenham and the wider Gloucestershire area, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they love most: their own home. Based in the GL...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Aim Up · Well Close House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2LH
Home care · Run by Aim Up
Aim Up provides care to people in their own homes across Cheltenham and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. Home care is a simple idea that is difficult to do well. Somebody needs to arrive when they said they would, know what they... - Your Life · Jenner Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3ER
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Your Life in Cheltenham provides care and support to people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Brighter Home Care · Unit 1, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 5JS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Brighter Home Care Ltd
At Brighter Home Care, we support people across Cheltenham and the wider Gloucestershire area to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We work with older people, younger adults, and individuals with learning disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - AH Care · Penhill Offices, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NS
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by AH Care Ltd
We are AH Care, a home care team working across Cheltenham and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. Everything we do happens in the place people already know best, which is their own home, surrounded by their own furniture, their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Helping Hands · Festival House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3SH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Cheltenham provides care and support in people's own homes across Cheltenham and the surrounding area. We visit older people, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Windrush Care · Office P10G, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Windrush Care Ltd
Windrush Care provides home care in Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire. We support older people, people living with dementia and younger adults in their own homes, for as long as home is where somebody wants to be. Good home care is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - ZINNIA Care Services · 236 Prestbury Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 3EY
Home care · Run by ZINNIA Care Services Limited
We provide care at home in Cheltenham and the surrounding area, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. Most people who approach us are trying to avoid a move...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Person Centred Care · Larchwood House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 9TX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Person Centred Care Consultancy Limited
Person Centred Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Cheltenham and across Gloucestershire. The name describes the intention, and what it means in practice is that we fit around the life somebody already has rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Alpha Care Services · 5 Tarlings Yard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 8RN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ms Amanda Gaunt
We provide care at home in Cheltenham and the surrounding area, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with mental health conditions. Our part is practical. We arrange visits at the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Retain Healthcare · 8 Ormond Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1HR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Retain Healthcare Ltd
We at Retain Healthcare Cheltenham are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cheltenham and the surrounding Gloucestershire area, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - SW Domiciliary Care · Harley House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1JN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sw Domiciliary Care Ltd
We at SW Domiciliary Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cheltenham and the wider Gloucestershire area, supporting older people, younger adults, and those living with dementia or physical disabilities to remain safe...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - DIVERSE PRIME HOLDINGS · 2 Bouncers Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 5JF
Home care · Run by Diverse Prime Holdings Limited
Here at Diverse Prime Holdings, we are a home care agency based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and we exist to make a genuine difference to the lives of the people we support in their own homes. We work with a wide range of individuals,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Benhall Care · 1st Floor Animation Block, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Benhall Care Limited
We at Benhall Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cheltenham and the surrounding Gloucestershire communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South West Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Gloucestershire agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Gloucestershire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.64 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
- Your Life (Cheltenham), 1 September 2026, Good
- Windrush Care, 5 August 2026, Good
- Brighter Home Care, 9 July 2026, Good
Longest since a report
- Alpha Care Services, 8 March 2019, Good
- Cotswold Carers Ltd, 30 March 2019, Good
- AH Care Ltd, 28 June 2019, Outstanding
Frequently asked questions about home care in Cheltenham
How many home care agencies are there in Cheltenham?
Cheltenham has 31 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 19 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 7 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 Cheltenham?
Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Gloucestershire 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 Cheltenham were inspected most recently?
Your Life (Cheltenham) (1 September 2026), Windrush Care (5 August 2026) and Brighter Home Care (9 July 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.