Visiting Angels
Visiting Angels is a home care agency in Grantham, Lincolnshire (NG31 6BH).
Newly registered with the CQC, October 2026. No inspection rating has been published yet.
About Visiting Angels
Visiting Angels Lincolnshire is a home care agency based in Grantham, supporting people in their own homes across Lincolnshire. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people who have a physical disability. Lincolnshire is large and rural, and that shapes how we work. Our clients often live in villages where the bus is infrequent and family may be an hour's drive away, and a carer's visit can be the only knock on the door in a day. We plan rounds around the travelling time the roads genuinely need, because a timetable that looks efficient on a spreadsheet and fails on a wet evening in February is no use to anybody. The support itself is practical. Help to get up, washed and dressed with dignity intact. Medication managed and recorded properly. Meals cooked. Help to move about safely indoors. Shopping and laundry. And time to sit down, which out here is often the most valuable part of the hour, because isolation does as much damage as anything medical. We send the same carers to the same households as far as we can. For somebody living with dementia that familiarity keeps a visit calm, and for everybody it is how a carer notices a change early. The Care Quality Commission has not yet given us an overall rating. Ring us and ask whatever you need to know.
Care provided at Visiting Angels
- Older person care
- Dementia care
- Physical disability support
- Younger adults care
- Covers approximately 10 miles
Read the full inspection report on the CQC website.
How Visiting Angels Lincolnshire compares in South Kesteven
Measured against the 32 home care agencies registered in South Kesteven.
- CQC rating
- Not yet rated. 19 of the 32 agencies (59%) are rated Good or Outstanding.
- Registered
- October 2026. One of the newer agencies in the area. Only 0 of the 32 have registered more recently.
- Provider
- One service. Grantham Home Care Limited runs this agency only.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Data: CQC register and Food Standards Agency ratings. Counts cover registered home care agencies in South Kesteven.
The local picture: South Kesteven
What the numbers say about home care in South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire.
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East Midlands | £30.58 to £32.23 an hour (Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Lincolnshire agencies publish a rate.) |
| What Lincolnshire pays | £24.30 an hour (Average hourly rate, October 2026.) |
| Homecare Association minimum price | £34.42 an hour (2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.) |
| Live in care, England | £1,250 to £1,668 a week (Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.) |
Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.
- People aged 75 and over: 19,000. Rising to 22,600 by 2035, up 19%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,800. Rising to 7,700 by 2035, up 61%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,400. Rising to 3,100 by 2035, up 30%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 66%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Lincolnshire as a whole is 70%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 28 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 19 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
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Good to know about Visiting Angels Lincolnshire
Facts from public registers, and what the agency has told us.
- Registered with CQC
- 19 October 2026, less than a year ago.
- Run by
- Grantham Home Care Limited, which runs this service only.
- Service type
- Personal care in people's own homes (domiciliary care).
- Where it covers
- Not yet confirmed by the agency. Check that your postcode is covered before you rely on it.
- Live in, overnight and 24 hour care
- Not yet confirmed. The agency can add these when it claims its profile.
Sources: CQC register and the agency's own entries. Anything marked not yet confirmed is shown as unknown rather than guessed.
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Common questions about Visiting Angels
Where is Visiting Angels located?
Visiting Angels is a home care agency based in Grantham, Lincolnshire (NG31 6BH), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.
What type of care does Visiting Angels provide?
Visiting Angels is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Older person care, Dementia care, Physical disability support, Younger adults care. The full list of services is shown on this page.
Does Visiting Angels provide dementia care?
Yes. Visiting Angels supports people living with dementia. We recommend contacting the agency directly to discuss your individual situation.
Questions families ask about Visiting Angels
Can they support someone living with dementia at home?
Yes. Yes. Visiting Angels Lincolnshire is registered for dementia care in people's own homes.
Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?
Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.
Do they cover our area?
Yes. Visiting Angels Lincolnshire covers roughly 10 miles from Grantham.
Will the council help pay?
Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.
Typical home care fees in the East Midlands
Visiting Angels Lincolnshire has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the East Midlands, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.
- Home care (per hour): £26 to £31 per hour, typical range
Indicative figures for the East Midlands, not a quote from Visiting Angels Lincolnshire. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.
More about the care at Visiting Angels
Dementia Care at Visiting Angels
Villages where the bus is infrequent and family may be an hour's drive away are where many of this agency's clients live, which raises the stakes for dementia support. Familiarity is the mechanism: the same carer, at roughly the same hour, who does not need to be told again where anything is kept. Good support also means an unhurried pace, no pointless correcting, and the patience to come back rather than force a wash. Ask what dementia training the carers have completed. Ask how a refused visit is handled, and how the plan changes as the condition advances.
Home Care at Visiting Angels
A timetable that looks efficient on a spreadsheet and fails on a wet evening in February is no use to anybody, this agency says, and it plans rounds around the travelling time the roads actually need. That is a more useful statement than any promise about compassion. Home care means visits at agreed times in a person's own home, costing between £26 and £31 an hour across the East Midlands. Lincolnshire will assess and may fund a package, though many people arrange their own. Ask which villages are covered at which hours, and what happens when a carer is delayed or off sick.
Older Person Care at Visiting Angels
Isolation does as much damage as anything medical, this agency says, which is why it counts time to sit down as part of the work rather than a luxury. The practical half is help to get up, washed and dressed with dignity intact, medication managed and recorded, meals cooked, shopping and laundry, and a steadying hand indoors. Across rural Lincolnshire a carer's visit can be the only knock on the door in a day, which changes what reliability means. Visiting Angels Lincolnshire says it sends the same carers to the same households as far as it can. Ask how many different carers would come in a fortnight. Ask what it can genuinely cover in the evening, since nights are a separate arrangement.
Younger Adults at Visiting Angels
Grantham Home Care took on this registration on 19 October 2026, so there is no inspection report for anyone to read. For an adult under sixty five in rural Lincolnshire the practical questions are about timing and travel as much as care. Ask whether call times can move around work or study, and whether the agency can reach your village reliably at the hours you need.
Physical Disability at Visiting Angels
East Midlands rates of £26 to £31 an hour are what a family in Grantham should budget from, with the weekly total set by how many calls are needed. The work is transfers, personal care and help to move safely about a house that may not suit its occupant any more. Ask whether carers are trained on the equipment already in place, and who arranges a review when mobility changes.
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