Home Care in Farnham
Farnham has 12 CQC registered home care agencies. 7 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 4 have not yet been rated. 5 of the 12 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Farnham at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Farnham, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 17,100. Rising to 20,000 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,300. Rising to 2,900 by 2035, up 27%
- People aged 85 and over: 5,200. Rising to 7,900 by 2035, up 51%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 65%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Surrey as a whole is 68%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 29 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 91 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.7 miles).
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What home care in Farnham involves and what to look for
Buying somebody's reliable presence
What a family is really purchasing with home care is somebody's dependable presence at an agreed hour. A package might be half an hour each morning to help someone get up safely, or four calls a day covering meals, medication and settling at night. Framed that way, the questions that matter become obvious, and almost none of them are answered by a brochure.
Continuity is the real test
Ask each of the twelve providers here how many different care workers a person is likely to see over a fortnight. Familiarity counts for a great deal once someone is frail or easily confused, and agencies vary widely on this. Ask how visits are scheduled, what happens when a regular worker is unwell, and how much notice families receive when the rota changes. Ask how each call is recorded and whether relatives can see those records without making a special request.
Reading a partial record
One provider here holds an Outstanding rating, five are rated Good, one is rated Requires Improvement and five have yet to be rated. An unrated agency is usually a newer registration rather than a poor one, but it leaves nothing published to read, so ask for references and how long current clients have been with it. Where reports exist, as with Right at Home GF, Guardian Angel Carers or Blue Angel Care Limited, read them rather than stopping at the rating, since inspectors tend to record the practical detail families most want.
Getting an assessment and sorting out funding
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support has a right to an assessment, whatever their savings. It is carried out by Surrey County Council, which considers what the person can manage safely alone and what support would close the gap. Ask for it in writing where you can and keep a record of who you spoke to and when. A relative providing regular unpaid support can request a separate carer's assessment in their own right, which is frequently overdue by the time anyone thinks to ask for it.
Paying for the visits
A financial assessment follows and determines what, if anything, the local authority contributes. Savings and most income are taken into account, and the rules applied to support at home differ from those used for a permanent move into residential care. Hourly rates vary between providers and commonly rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Ask for the rate in writing together with the minimum visit length and what happens if a call is missed or cut short, since those details decide what the arrangement is genuinely worth.
Direct payments and getting started
Where the local authority contributes, some families take a direct payment and arrange the support themselves, which allows a free choice of provider. Whichever route applies, begin before the position becomes urgent, because assessments take weeks rather than days and good agencies do not always have immediate capacity.
12 home care in Farnham
- Right at Home GF · White Barn, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 1PL
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Alde Care Ltd
We at Right at Home GF are proud to provide compassionate home care across Farnham and the surrounding Surrey communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the GU postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Guardian Angel Carers Fleet Farnborough · Studio 6, Farnham, Hampshire, GU10 5QQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by 365 Homecare Ltd
We at Guardian Angel Carers Farnham Fleet Farnborough are proud to provide compassionate home care across Farnham and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Alina Homecare - & Alton · Suite 7, Farnham, Hampshire, GU10 5HY
Home care · Run by Alina Homecare Services Limited
We at Alina Homecare Farnham and Alton are proud to support families across Farnham and the surrounding Hampshire communities with compassionate home care delivered where it matters most: in the comfort and familiarity of your own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Bells Piece Supported Living Service · Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9RL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Leonard Cheshire Disability
Bells Piece provides supported living for people in their own homes in Farnham and across this part of Surrey. We work with adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, older people and younger adults. In supported living the aim is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society Home Care · First Floor Suite B, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8QT
Home care · Run by Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society Limited
At Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society Home Care, we provide care and support to people in their own homes across Farnham and the surrounding areas of Surrey. We believe that where you live matters, and for many people, staying in a familiar...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Blue Angel Care · Unit A1 Endeavour Place, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 5EH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blue Angel Care Limited
We at Blue Angel Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Farnham and the surrounding Surrey communities, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the GU...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - ABClivein Care · Unit 1, Farnham, Hampshire, GU10 5BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ABClivein Care Limited
We at ABClivein Care Hampshire are a home care agency proudly supporting families across Farnham and the surrounding Hampshire communities, delivering compassionate live in and visiting care that allows people to remain safely and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Sylvian Care · Suite 2, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 1PH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Proseniors Care Ltd
Sylvian Care Farnham provides care at home in Farnham and the surrounding parts of Surrey. We support older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with mental health conditions, and people with a physical disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Head Office · Ewshot Holt, Farnham, Hampshire, GU10 5AJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ranger Home Care Ltd
We are a home care agency based in Farnham, supporting older people and younger adults in their own homes across the surrounding area. Nearly everyone who contacts us wants the same thing, which is to carry on living where they are. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - GO2 HC · Ground Floor Office 1, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7UG
Home care · Run by GO2 HC Ltd
GO2 HC provides care and support to people in their own homes in Farnham and the surrounding part of Surrey. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bennett Care Hampshire · 18 Westbury Gardens, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9RN
Home care · Run by Bennett Care Hampshire Ltd
Bennett Care provides care and support at home for people in Farnham and the surrounding area. We are a home care agency, so our care workers come to you, at times you have agreed with us. We support older people, including many living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Third Hand Care · Unit 5, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8HT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Third Hand Healthcare Ltd
We provide care at home in Farnham and the villages across this part of Surrey. Some of the people we see need a single short call each day. Others need support morning, midday and evening, and a few need somebody with them for much longer...
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, Surrey Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00. | £28.00 to £36.40 an hour |
| What Surrey pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.87 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
- Head Office, 3 July 2026, Good
- Sylvian Care Farnham, 10 June 2026, Good
- Third Hand Care, 9 December 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Bells Piece Supported Living Service, 31 August 2019, Good
- ABClivein Care Hampshire, 3 January 2020, Good
- Right at Home GF, 23 May 2020, Outstanding
Frequently asked questions about home care in Farnham
How many home care agencies are there in Farnham?
Farnham has 12 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 7 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 Farnham?
Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00. 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 Farnham were inspected most recently?
Head Office (3 July 2026), Sylvian Care Farnham (10 June 2026) and Third Hand Care (9 December 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.
Local care news in Surrey
- New 30 bed care home registered with CQC in Waverley: Bridge House Care Home (5 November 2026)
- CQC register adds a new care home in Waverley: Cedar Court Care Home (5 November 2026)
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