How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Plymouth?

Contact the adult social care team at Plymouth City Council and explain the difficulties the person is having day to day. The assessment is free and open to anyone who appears to need care and support, regardless of income or savings. A social care practitioner will talk through washing, dressing, medication, meals, mobility and safety, and will record what help is needed and how often. You can ask for a copy of the resulting assessment and use it when you speak to agencies on this list.

Will Plymouth City Council pay towards home care?

It may, and a financial assessment is how that is decided. Plymouth City Council looks at income and capital alongside the care needs assessment and works out what contribution, if any, it will make towards the cost. Some households receive a full contribution, some a partial one, and some fund the whole amount themselves. Where the council does contribute you can usually ask for a direct payment instead, which lets you choose and pay an agency yourself.

Which home care agencies in Plymouth are covered on this page?

Fifty agencies registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver personal care in Plymouth appear in this listing. Every one of them is a domiciliary provider, meaning the care is delivered in someone's own home rather than in a residential building. Their published ratings break down as five Outstanding, twenty one Good, five Requires Improvement and nineteen not yet rated. Each profile links to the regulator's own report so you can read the evidence behind the rating.

What is the difference between home care and a care home?

Home care brings a carer to the person for planned visits, so the household keeps its own routine, its own front door and its own surroundings. A residential care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care together on one site, with staff available throughout the day and night. A nursing home goes further again by keeping registered nurses on the premises for people with clinical needs. The agencies on this page are all home care providers, so support is arranged around visits rather than a move.

How far ahead should we start looking for home care?

Earlier than most people expect, because the bottleneck is rarely the paperwork. Requesting a care needs assessment can take some weeks to move through, and an agency with a good reputation in your part of Plymouth may have no capacity in the exact time slots you want. Starting while the situation is manageable gives you the chance to meet two or three providers properly and compare their written quotations. Where a hospital discharge is involved the timescale compresses sharply, so tell the ward that you want to be involved in the choice.

What should we ask a home care agency before agreeing to visits?

Ask how many different carers would come in a typical fortnight and how the agency protects that continuity when someone is off sick. Ask what the hourly or per visit rate includes, how travel and bank holidays are charged, and whether there is a minimum call length. Ask who is contactable outside office hours and how quickly a missed or late call is escalated. Ask to see a sample care plan and a copy of the most recent Care Quality Commission report, then check the date on both.

Home Care in Plymouth

Plymouth has 50 CQC registered home care agencies. 21 are rated Good, 5 Outstanding, 5 Requires improvement, and 19 have not yet been rated. 25 of the 50 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Plymouth at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Plymouth.

Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 26,600. Rising to 31,000 by 2035, up 16%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,500. Rising to 4,300 by 2035, up 23%
People aged 85 and over: 7,000. Rising to 10,200 by 2035, up 46%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 59%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Plymouth, last 12 months: 3 opened, 1 closed

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Arranging and funding home care in Plymouth

The first practical step is rarely choosing an agency. It is establishing what help is genuinely needed, how often it is needed, and who is going to pay for it. Those three answers narrow the field quickly, and they determine which of the fifty agencies listed here can realistically take the work on.

Starting with a care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to a free assessment, whatever their savings and whatever they expect the outcome to be. Plymouth City Council is the body responsible for carrying that assessment out, and for the separate financial assessment that follows it. The care assessment sets out the need itself: help with washing and dressing, prompting or administering medication, preparing meals, support overnight, or some combination of those. The financial assessment then considers income and capital and establishes whether the council contributes towards the cost, whether the whole amount falls to the household, or something between the two. Asking for an assessment commits you to nothing.

Funded support, direct payments and paying privately

Where the council does contribute, help may arrive as a package it commissions on your behalf or as a direct payment, which lets you buy the hours yourself and widens your choice among the agencies below. Households funding their own care are buying in exactly the same market and can approach any registered agency directly. Either way it is worth confirming what a quoted rate includes before agreeing to anything, particularly travel, bank holidays and any minimum visit length.

What shapes the weekly cost

Charges at home are normally set by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly total rises and falls with three variables: how long each call lasts, how many calls there are in a day, and whether nights, weekends or two carers at a time are involved. A single short morning call sits at one end of that scale and a live in arrangement at the other. Agencies publish their rates on request, and asking two or three for written quotations on the same pattern of visits makes the comparison honest.

Choosing between the home care agencies in Plymouth

Reading a rating, and reading around it

With five agencies rated Outstanding and twenty one rated Good, there is real choice here, but a rating is a summary of one inspection on one date. The nineteen providers without a published rating are not poor performers; they have simply not been inspected under their current registration yet, and the rest of their profile still carries useful detail. Where a provider sits at Requires Improvement, the report itself will say which areas fell short and whether the concern touched care delivery or record keeping.

Questions that show how an agency actually runs

Ask how many different carers would visit in a typical fortnight, since continuity matters more to most people than anything else on the list. Ask what happens when a regular carer is ill, how late a call has to be before someone telephones you, and who answers the phone at the weekend. Ask whether the agency is currently recruiting for your area, because capacity is the usual reason a promising agency cannot start. Finally, ask to see a sample care plan, and check that it reads like a description of a person rather than a set of tasks.

50 home care in Plymouth

4ME&U · Unit 136, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL3 4BB
Home care · Run by 4ME&U LTD
We are 4ME&U, a home care provider in Plymouth supporting people in their own homes across the city. The people we work with cover a wide range. Older people and people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Active Care In The Home – South West · Unit 15, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3JY
Home care · Run by Staff Management Limited
We provide care at home in Plymouth and across the south west. The people we support include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Allied Care · Erme House, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL7 2AU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Allied Care Limited
We at Allied Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth and the wider South West, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a trusted home care agency based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Alpha Care SW Community Services · 14 The Square, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3JX
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Alpha Care SW Ltd
We support people in their own homes across Plymouth. Those we work with include adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss and younger adults. We...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Anchorpoint Home Care · 44 Hooe Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL9 9RG
Home care · Run by Coastal Homecare Services Ltd
At Anchorpoint Home Care, we support people in their own homes across Plymouth, helping them to live as independently and comfortably as possible. We believe that home is where most people feel safest and most like themselves, and our role...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care (and South Hams) · 1st Floor Valley House, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL7 1RF
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Warriewood Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes across Plymouth and the South Hams. Our support ranges from short daily calls to substantial packages of care, and it is planned around what a person wants rather than around a standard offer. Our most...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Careright · Airport Business Centre, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 7PP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Angel Care (Devon) Limited
At Careright Plymouth, we provide home care to people across Plymouth, supporting individuals to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, and people living with a range of conditions...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
City Care Southwest · Studio 1, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 5DH
Home care · Run by City Care Southwest Ltd
We at City Care Southwest are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth, supporting people to live well and safely within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the PL postcode area, we bring professional,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
City Council Independence@Home Service · Floor 1, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3BJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Council Independence@Home provides support to people in their own homes across Plymouth. We work with older people and younger adults, people with physical disabilities, and people who have sight or hearing loss. Our focus is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Clear Thinking Care · Unit 3 Ensign House, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 8LR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Clear Thinking Care Limited
We at Clear Thinking Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Plymouth and the surrounding communities of the South West. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional, personalised support directly into the place...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Collingswood House · 34 Ford Park Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 6NU
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Collingswood Care Limited
We at Collingswood House are proud to offer compassionate home care across Plymouth, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency serving the local...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Contour Care · Unit 310 Phase 2 Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 8BX
Home care · Run by Contour Care Limited
Contour Care provides care and support to people in their own homes across Plymouth. We are a home care agency, and our purpose is straightforward: most people would rather stay in the house they know, and reliable help at the right times...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Creative Living Care Services · The Gloucester Suite, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 4QQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Creative Living Care Services
We at Creative Living Care are proud to offer professional home care across Plymouth, supporting people in the South West to live well and independently within the comfort of their own homes. Our domiciliary support is shaped around each...
Specialisms: Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
District Healthcare · 97 Newnham Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL7 4AU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by District Healthcare Limited
District Healthcare provides care in people's own homes across Plymouth. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a learning disability, autistic people, people living with a mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Elm Case Management · 6 Elm Grove, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL7 2BW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Elm Case Management Limited
Elm Case Management supports people in their own homes across Plymouth. We work with older people, adults with a learning disability or autism, people living with a physical disability, and younger adults who need support to live...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Enliva Homecare · Brooklands, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 5XR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by We are the Care Company Limited
At Enliva Homecare in Plymouth, we support people to live well in their own homes, on their own terms. We work with older adults, younger adults living with physical disabilities, and people affected by dementia, providing the kind of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Expert Care Solutions · 4th Floor, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 0HP
Home care · Run by Expert Care Solutions Ltd
We are Expert Care Solutions Plymouth, a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across the city. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Gemcare South West · 66 Faraday Mill, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 0ST
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Gemcare South West Limited
Gemcare South West provides care at home for people across Plymouth. We take on a wide range of needs, and each arrangement begins with a proper conversation about what the person wants their day to look like rather than with a standard...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Green Staff Medical · c/o Regus, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 0HP
Home care · Run by Greenstaff Medical Limited
We at Green Staff Medical are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth and the surrounding communities of the South West, supporting individuals to live well within the place they know best: their own home. Based in the PL...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Havencare · 10-12 Union Street, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 2SR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Havencare Homes and Support Limited
We at Havencare Plymouth are proud to offer compassionate home care across Plymouth and the wider PL postcode area, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love most: their own home. Being a home care provider, our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Head Office · 9 Weir Gardens, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 8SE
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by MKJ Care Services Limited
Here at Head Office, we provide home care support to people living in Plymouth and the surrounding area. We work with older people, younger adults, and individuals living with mental health conditions or physical disabilities, helping them...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · 75 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 6JJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We are Helping Hands Plymouth, a home care agency supporting adults across the city and its surrounding area. We visit people at home, which for most of the people we support is simply where they intend to stay. We work with older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Hillside · Unit 55, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL3 4BB
Home care · Run by Hillside Care Services Community Interest Company
We provide care at home in Plymouth. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
i-grow Care and Support · 39 George Place, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by i-grow Care and Support Limited
We provide care and support to people in their own homes across Plymouth. Our work covers older people and younger adults, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Indiana Health Care Services · 2 Hyde Park Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL3 4RJ
Home care · Run by Indiana Health Care Services Limited
Indiana Health Care provides support at home to adults across Plymouth. The people we work with include older people who need help to carry on living at home, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability, autistic adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
J&C Healthcare · 47 Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 6JQ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by J&C Healthcare Ltd
We at J&C Healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth, supporting older people, younger adults, and individuals living with a wide range of needs in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Kintota · 4d, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 0AY
Home care · Run by Kintota Ltd
We at Kintota are proud to offer compassionate home care across Plymouth, bringing professional support directly to the doorsteps of older people and younger adults throughout the local community. As a dedicated home care agency serving...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Network Healthcare Professionals · Derriford Business Park, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 5QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Network Healthcare Professionals Limited
Network Healthcare Professionals in Plymouth provides support at home to adults across the city and the surrounding area. The people we work with include older people who need help to stay in their own houses, adults living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Newcross Healthcare Solutions - South Devon and Cornwall · Parts 1st Floor, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 5WR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Newcross Healthcare Solutions Limited
We provide care at home across Plymouth, South Devon and Cornwall, supporting people who need help to manage in their own houses and flats. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people living with dementia, adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Nurse Plus UK · Unit 14 Mary Seacole Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3JY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nurse Plus and Carer Plus (UK) Limited
We at Nurse Plus UK Plymouth are proud to offer trusted home care across Plymouth and the surrounding areas of the South West, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Oot and Aboot Care Services · Unit 6, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL3 4BB
Home care · Run by Oot & Aboot Care Services Ltd
We are a home care agency in Plymouth, and we support people to carry on living in their own homes with help that fits around their day. Our visits go to older people, many of whom are living with dementia, as well as to younger adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Orlando Care Homes · 10 Thornbury Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 7PP
Home care · Run by Orlando Care Homes Ltd
Orlando Care Homes is a home care agency in Plymouth, supporting adults in their own homes across the city. We work with older people and with younger adults. What happens on a visit depends entirely on the person. For some it is help to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
@PlymouthCare · Ballard House, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3BJ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by @PlymouthCare Ltd
PlymouthCare supports people across Plymouth in their own homes. We arrange visits around the routines somebody already has rather than around what suits a rota, and we aim to keep the same carers going to the same people. We support older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Positive Steps Care & Support · Unit 4, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL7 4JH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Positive Steps Care & Support Limited
We at Positive Steps Care & Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Our team works throughout the local community,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Prestige Nursing · 54a Morshead Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 5AQ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Prestige Nursing Limited
We at Prestige Nursing Plymouth are proud to provide compassionate home care to individuals and families across Plymouth and the wider South West. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly into the comfort and...
Quality Lifestyle · Head Office, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 8AL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Quality Lifestyle Ltd
We are Quality Lifestyle, a home care agency supporting adults in Plymouth. We work in people's own homes, providing the help that makes staying there possible and leaving alone the things people can manage perfectly well themselves. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Seft Care · 64 Stuart Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 5LW
Home care · Run by Seft Care Limited
At Seft Care, we support people in their own homes across Plymouth, helping them to live as independently and comfortably as possible. We believe that familiar surroundings make a real difference to a person's wellbeing, and our role is to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Smeaton Healthcare · 1 Brunswick Road, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 0NP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Smeaton Healthcare Limited
Smeaton Healthcare provides care in people's own homes across Plymouth. Our aim is to give people enough support to keep living where they want to live, arriving when we say we will and delivered by carers they know. We visit older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Stourhead · Office 34, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3HN
Home care · Run by Stourhead Limited
We are the Stourhead care team, supporting people in their own homes across Plymouth. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, and people with a learning disability or autism....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Support'ed · 113 North Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8JY
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Support'ed Limited
We at Support'ed are proud to provide exceptional home care across Plymouth and the wider PL area, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency rooted in the South West, we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
The Compassionate Care Bureau · 422B Regus, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 0HP
Home care · Run by The Compassionate Care Bureau Limited
We at The Compassionate Care Bureau are proud to offer trusted home care across Plymouth, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Serving families throughout the PL...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
The Dove Project and Cornwall DCA · 1st Floor, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Selborne Care Limited
The Dove Project supports people in their own homes across Plymouth and into Cornwall. We work with older people and younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a physical disability, and people with a visual...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
The Durnford Society · The Barn, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL7 4DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Durnford Society Limited (The)
We are The Durnford Society, and we provide support to adults in their own homes in Plymouth. We work with people whose needs vary a great deal, and we build the support around the individual rather than fitting them into something we...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
The Regard Partnership Domicilary Care South West · Office 11 & 12 Genesis Building, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3HN
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Achieve Together Limited
We at The Regard Partnership Domicilary Care South West are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism to live full, independent lives in the comfort of their own...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Unit S10 Science Park · Unit S10 Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 8BX
Home care · Run by Starlight Support Services Ltd
We support people in their own homes across Plymouth, and every arrangement we make starts from the same question: what does this person want their day to look like? The answer decides the rest, not a list of services we happen to offer....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Versed Carers · Barbican House, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 2NA
Home care · Run by Versed Carers Ltd
We at Versed Carers are proud to provide compassionate home care across Plymouth and the surrounding PL postcode area, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the familiar comfort of their own homes. As a home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Woodrock Services · Unit 20, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL1 3HQ
Home care · Run by Woodrock Care Services Ltd
Woodrock provides care and support at home across Plymouth. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. Most people would rather stay in their own home, among their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Your Choice Care & Support · Unit 28 Airport Business Centre, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 7PP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Your Choice Care & Support Ltd
Your Choice Care & Support provides care in people's own homes across Plymouth. We work with older people and with adults living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a visual or hearing impairment. The name...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
YourCare (Devon & Cornwall) · Airport Business Centre, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 7PP
Home care · Run by YourCare Network Ltd
We at YourCare (Devon & Cornwall) are proud to offer compassionate home care across Plymouth and the surrounding communities, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating throughout...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Yourway Support Services · Unit 3 Ensign House, Plymouth, Plymouth, PL6 8LR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourway Support Services Limited
Yourway Support works with adults who have a learning disability and with autistic adults in their own homes in Plymouth and the surrounding area. Our starting point is that the person is in charge of their own life and we are there to...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, South West Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Plymouth agencies publish a rate.	£28.75 to £34.94 an hour
What Plymouth pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£24.36 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

Elm Case Management Limited, 24 April 2026, Good
Gemcare South West Plymouth, 7 April 2026, Requires improvement
Indiana Health Care Services, 28 November 2025, Not yet rated

Longest since a report

Helping Hands Plymouth, 16 June 2018, Good
Yourway Support Services Limited, 4 September 2018, Good
Careright Plymouth, 20 October 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Plymouth

How many home care agencies are there in Plymouth?

Plymouth has 50 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 Outstanding, 21 Good, 5 Requires improvement, 19 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 Plymouth?

Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Plymouth 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 Plymouth were inspected most recently?

Elm Case Management Limited (24 April 2026), Gemcare South West Plymouth (7 April 2026) and Indiana Health Care Services (28 November 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.