Home Care in Godalming
Godalming has 8 CQC registered home care agencies. 6 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 1 has not yet been rated. 4 of the 8 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Godalming at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Godalming, 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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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Godalming
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 work out the funding rules only once several hours a week are already in place. A care needs assessment brings some order to that, and it is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of what anyone can afford.
Getting a Care Needs Assessment
Surrey County Council is the authority responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. 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, which is worth doing before things reach breaking point. The written outcome makes every later conversation with an agency far more precise.
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 support 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.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Godalming and What to Look For
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
Wildflower Home Care Ltd, Carers at Home Limited, Home Instead Senior Care Godalming, Helping Hands Godalming and Tender Hands Ltd are among those rated Good, awarded on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Two agencies, including Guardian Angel Carers serving Godalming and Guildford, have not yet been rated. An absent rating is not a warning, but it does mean there is no published verdict to lean on, so judge those agencies 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 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 and fewer unfamiliar faces.
8 home care in Godalming
- Tender Hands · 41/41b Church Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5JB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Tender Hands Ltd
Tender Hands supports people in their own homes in Godalming and the surrounding parts of Surrey. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have learning disabilities and autism, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - CHD Care at Home South West · Capital House, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 3HY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Longdene Homecare Limited
CHD Care at Home South West Surrey supports people in their own homes in Godalming and across the surrounding area. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Radfield Home Care Guildford & Woking · 105 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1AQ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Bailey Investing Limited
Radfield Home Care Guildford and Woking supports people in their own homes across Godalming, Guildford, Woking and the surrounding parts of Surrey. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Home Instead Senior Care · Ash House, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6LB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fine Homecare Ltd
Home Instead Senior Care Godalming provides care at home to adults in Godalming and the surrounding part of Surrey. The people we work with include older people who need help to stay in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Helping Hands · 6B Queen Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1BD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Godalming provides care and support in people's own homes across Godalming and the surrounding parts of Surrey. Most people would rather stay in their own home, and our job is to make that a safe and realistic choice. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Carers at Home · 37-38 Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Carers at Home Limited
We at Carers at Home are proud to provide compassionate home care across Godalming and the surrounding Surrey communities, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know and love best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Wildflower Home Care · Wildflower Home Care Ltd, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1BH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Wildflower Home Care Ltd
Wildflower Home Care supports people in their own homes across Godalming and the surrounding parts of Surrey. Home is where most people want to be, and our work is to keep that possible for as long as it makes sense. We visit older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Guardian Angel Carers and Guildford · Suite G5, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1EW
Home care · Run by 365 Homecare Ltd
We provide care at home around Godalming and Guildford, 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 approach...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, 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
- Radfield Home Care Guildford & Woking, 11 September 2026, Outstanding
- Home Instead Senior Care Godalming, 21 July 2026, Good
- Wildflower Home Care Ltd, 23 April 2026, Good
Longest since a report
- Helping Hands Godalming, 12 July 2018, Good
- Tender Hands Ltd, 21 March 2019, Good
- Carers at Home Limited, 24 September 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Godalming
How many home care agencies are there in Godalming?
Godalming has 8 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 6 Good, 1 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 Godalming?
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 Godalming were inspected most recently?
Radfield Home Care Guildford & Woking (11 September 2026), Home Instead Senior Care Godalming (21 July 2026) and Wildflower Home Care Ltd (23 April 2026) 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)
More local care news for Surrey