Home Care in Dewsbury
Dewsbury has 9 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 3 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.
Dewsbury at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Dewsbury, 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.
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 Dewsbury 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 Dewsbury, 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
Five of the nine hold a Good rating, among them Elite Privilege Care Limited, Abhi Rose Homecare, Privilege Home Care and Your Care Team Ltd, awarded on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Northern Community Careline Services currently carries a Requires Improvement rating, so ask directly what inspectors found, what has changed since, and who is managing the agency now. Three agencies have not yet been rated, including Angels Healthcare Solutions Ltd and MGM Healthcare Group Ltd, which means judging them on how precisely they answer questions about staffing, training and supervision.
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 frequently the only reliable window into what happens between calls.
Getting an Assessment and Funding Care in Dewsbury
The Care Needs Assessment
Kirklees Metropolitan 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 Dewsbury
- Esteemed Life Care Wakefield · Hamina Centre Unit 3, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF12 9QT
Home care · Run by Esteemed Life Ltd
We at Esteemed Life Care Wakefield are a dedicated home care agency supporting individuals across Dewsbury and the wider Kirklees area with compassionate, person centred home care delivered in the comfort and familiarity of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Elite Privilege Care · Room T6, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF12 9DB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Elite Privilege Care Limited
Elite Privilege Care is a home care agency in Dewsbury, supporting people across Kirklees in the comfort of their own homes. Home is where routines make sense, where the kettle is in the right place and the neighbours know your name, and...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Angels Healthcare Solutions · 35-37 Dewsbury Gate Road, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF13 4AX
Home care · Run by Angels Healthcare Solutions LTD
Angels Healthcare Solutions is a home care agency in Dewsbury, supporting people across Kirklees in their own homes. We work with older people, with younger adults, and with people living with dementia. Our starting point is that most...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Northern Community Careline Services · Community Care Line Services, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF13 4LN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Northern Community Care Line Limited
At Northern Community Careline, we provide home care support to people living in Dewsbury and across the Kirklees area. We work with a wide range of individuals, including older people, those living with dementia, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Privilege Home Care · Community Centre, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF12 9LT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Faisal Ismail
Privilege Home Care supports people in their own homes in Dewsbury and across Kirklees. We are a home care agency, so our care workers come to you, and the arrangement is built around keeping people where they want to be. We support older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Abhi Rose Homecare · 478 Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF13 3EP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Abhi Rose Ltd
Abhi Rose Homecare supports adults in their own homes in Dewsbury and the surrounding part of Kirklees. 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, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - MGM Healthcare Group · Office 4, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF12 9LQ
Home care · Run by MGM Healthcare Group Ltd
We are MGM Healthcare Group, based in Dewsbury and supporting people in their own homes across Kirklees. We work with older people and people living with dementia, adults managing a mental health condition, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Your Care Team · 23 Northstead, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF13 3DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Your Care Team Ltd
We are Your Care Team, a home care agency in Dewsbury, in the borough of Kirklees. We support people in their own homes, working with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - St Anne's Supported Living · St Matthews Centre, Dewsbury, Kirklees, WF13 2SE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by St Anne's Community Services
We are St Anne's Dewsbury Supported Living, providing support to people in their own homes across Dewsbury and the surrounding part of Kirklees. We work with older people and with younger adults, including adults who have a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, 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
- Elite Privilege Care Limited, 6 May 2026, Good
- Abhi Rose Homecare, 21 August 2025, Good
- Privilege Home Care, 11 June 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- St Anne's Dewsbury Supported Living, 16 April 2019, Good
- Your Care Team Ltd, 13 November 2019, Good
- Northern Community Careline Services, 9 January 2020, Requires improvement
Frequently asked questions about home care in Dewsbury
How many home care agencies are there in Dewsbury?
Dewsbury has 9 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 3 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 Dewsbury?
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 Dewsbury were inspected most recently?
Elite Privilege Care Limited (6 May 2026), Abhi Rose Homecare (21 August 2025) and Privilege Home Care (11 June 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.