Home Care in Chessington
Chessington has 11 CQC registered home care agencies. 6 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 4 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 11 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Chessington at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Chessington, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 13,300. Rising to 15,600 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,800. Rising to 2,200 by 2035, up 25%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,700. Rising to 5,400 by 2035, up 47%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 66%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 45 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 761 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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What Care at Home in Chessington Involves and What to Look For
Help delivered at home is built around planned visits rather than a move, and that shapes how it is chosen and paid for. A package might be a single morning call, or several visits a day covering meals, medication and settling at night. Getting the shape of it right matters more than the name above the door.
What a registered agency provides
All eleven providers here are registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home: help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work requiring a qualified nurse, such as complex wound care, falls outside that registration and is arranged separately through health services. Raise needs of that kind at the first conversation rather than once a package has started.
Questions that separate one agency from another
Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, because continuity is what families notice most. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone out of hours. Check the minimum visit length, how medication support is recorded, and how the care plan is reviewed as needs change. Agencies such as Comfort Care At Home, Foxbridge Healthcare Solutions and Visiting Angels North Surrey appear here, and their answers will tell you more than any listing.
Making use of the inspection record
Where a report has been published, open it rather than stopping at the summary word. Each inspection answers five questions about whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, so an agency rated Good overall can still carry a weaker judgement in one of them. An Outstanding judgement is worth reading too, to see which of the five drove it. For an agency with no rating, ask when it registered and whether an inspection has been arranged.
Getting an Assessment and Funding Care in Chessington
Charges follow the hours booked rather than a single weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the running total harder to predict. Settling which funding route applies early makes everything that follows simpler.
Asking for a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can request a care needs assessment, and a relative providing care can ask for a separate carer's assessment of their own. Both are arranged through Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where someone qualifies. The assessment produces a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of any particular agency.
Who pays, and what to check on charges
Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the care is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the person pays an assessed share. Some households take a direct payment and arrange support themselves. Ask each agency for its charges in writing and check how travel time, mileage, visits needing two carers and short notice cancellations are treated, since evening, weekend and bank holiday rates usually differ.
11 home care in Chessington
- SereneCare Group · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · Run by Serene Homecare Group Ltd
We provide care at home for people in Chessington and across Kingston upon Thames. Our carers come to you, and what happens during a visit is agreed with you rather than decided for you. It might be help getting washed and dressed,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Vigilant Health Care · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Vigilant Health Care Ltd
Vigilant Health Care provides support in people's own homes in Chessington and across Kingston upon Thames. 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, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Master One Care · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mi Life Care Services Limited
Master One Care provides support at home to adults in Chessington and the surrounding part of south west London. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Visiting Angels North Surrey · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by James Family Care Ltd
At Visiting Angels North Surrey, we provide home care for people across Chessington and the wider Kingston upon Thames area, supporting individuals to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. We work with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Helping Hands Esher · Trident Court Offices 64 & 65, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We are Helping Hands covering Esher and the surrounding area, working out of Chessington and supporting people in their own homes across this part of Surrey and south west London. We work with older people and younger adults, people living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Foxbridge Healthcare Solutions · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Foxbridge Healthcare Solutions Limited
Foxbridge Healthcare Solutions provides care to people in their own homes in Chessington and across Kingston upon Thames. We support older people, people living with dementia, autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Moor Lane Centre · Achieving for Children The Moor Lane Centre, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2AA
Home care · Run by Achieving for Children Community Interest Company
We at Moor Lane Centre are proud to offer dedicated home care across Chessington and the wider Kingston upon Thames area, bringing compassionate, personalised support directly into the homes of the people who need it most. As a home care...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Surrey · 34 Angus Close, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2BP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Team Carita DCS Limited
Here at Surrey, we are a home care agency based in Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, and we provide care and support to people in their own homes so they can continue living life on their own terms. We work with a wide range of people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Excellence Healthcare Services · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · Run by Excellence Healthcare Services Ltd
At Excellence Healthcare, we provide home care support to people living in Chessington and the wider Kingston upon Thames area. Our aim is straightforward: to help people live well in the place they know best, their own home. We support a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Comfort Care At Home · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Comfort Care at Home Limited
We at Comfort Care At Home are proud to deliver compassionate home care across Chessington and the wider Kingston upon Thames area, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love best: their own home. Based in the KT...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - SDL Kingston · Trident Court, Chessington, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1BD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Support Direct Limited
SDL Kingston supports people in their own homes in Chessington and across the borough of Kingston upon Thames. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, London Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Kingston upon Thames agencies publish a rate. | £22.88 to £30.05 an hour |
| What Kingston upon Thames pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £20.42 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
- Vigilant Health Care Ltd, 17 October 2025, Good
- SDL Kingston, 28 July 2025, Good
- Excellence Healthcare Services Ltd, 11 June 2025, Not yet rated
Longest since a report
- Visiting Angels North Surrey, 12 October 2021, Good
- Foxbridge Healthcare Solutions, 21 October 2021, Good
- Surrey, 17 March 2022, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Chessington
How many home care agencies are there in Chessington?
Chessington has 11 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 6 Good, 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 Chessington?
Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Kingston upon Thames 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 Chessington were inspected most recently?
Vigilant Health Care Ltd (17 October 2025), SDL Kingston (28 July 2025) and Excellence Healthcare Services Ltd (11 June 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.