Home Care in Shipley
Shipley has 11 CQC registered home care agencies. 7 are rated Good, and 4 have not yet been rated. 5 of the 11 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Shipley at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Shipley, 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: 42,700. Rising to 51,200 by 2035, up 20%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 5,700. Rising to 7,000 by 2035, up 23%
- People aged 85 and over: 11,700. Rising to 16,100 by 2035, up 38%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 75%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 6 opened, 3 closed. 102 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 239 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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Arranging and Funding Care at Home in Shipley
Charges for help at home follow the hours booked rather than arriving as a single weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the running total harder to predict. Settling which funding route applies early makes the rest of the process much easier to manage.
Requesting a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can ask for a care needs assessment, and a relative providing care can request a separate carer's assessment in their own right. Both are arranged through Bradford Metropolitan District Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where a person qualifies. The assessment records how someone manages washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving about, and it produces a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of any particular agency.
Who pays, and how much
Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the care is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the person pays an assessed share. Some households take a direct payment instead and arrange support themselves, which gives more control over who visits and when.
Reading a schedule of charges
Ask each agency for its charges in writing and check what a quoted rate actually includes. Travel time between calls, mileage, visits needing two carers, and short notice cancellations are treated differently from one agency to another. Rates across Shipley vary, and evening, weekend and bank holiday visits generally cost more, so make sure you are comparing like with like. Ask about the minimum visit length as well, because a short call may not leave enough time for what has been agreed.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Shipley and What to Look For
With the rated agencies here all holding the same judgement and four carrying none at all, the published record narrows the field very little. The decision rests on whether an agency can reliably cover the times you need and on how consistent its carers are.
What a registered agency provides
Every provider listed is registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home: help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work requiring a qualified nurse, such as complex wound care, falls outside that registration and is arranged separately through health services. Raise needs of that kind at the first conversation.
Making use of the reports that exist
Where a report has been published, open it rather than stopping at the summary word, since each inspection answers five questions about whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. Two agencies both rated Good can look quite different once those five are compared. Check the date as well. For an agency with no rating, ask when it registered and whether an inspection has been scheduled.
Questions that separate one agency from another
Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, because continuity is what households notice most. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone out of hours. Agencies such as Helping Hands Shipley, Home Instead Bradford and Our TLC Limited appear on this page alongside others, and their answers will be more revealing than any listing.
11 home care in Shipley
- Brighter Days Supports · West Fold, Shipley, Bradford, BD17 5EL
Home care · Run by Brighter Days Supports Limited
At Brighter Days Supports, we provide home care to people living in Shipley, Bradford and the surrounding areas. Our work focuses on supporting individuals in their own homes, helping them to live as independently as possible while...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Home-Care Perfection - Main Office · 17 Market Street, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3QD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Home-Care Perfection Limited
We at Home-Care Perfection are proud to provide compassionate home care across Shipley and the wider Bradford area, supporting people to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Mediline Home Care Calderdale Branch · Office 2, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3DS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mediline Home Care Limited
Mediline Home Care provides support at home for people in Shipley, across the Bradford district and into Calderdale. Our carers visit people in their own houses, helping with the parts of the day that have become hard while leaving the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - SureCare Skipton & Bingley · 20 Market Street, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3QD
Home care · Run by Bronte Healthcare Limited
SureCare Skipton and Bingley provides care and support in people's own homes, working from Shipley across the surrounding parts of Bradford and the wider area. We visit older people and younger adults. Support may cover personal care, help...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Premier Care - Branch · Unit 16, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3DS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Premier Care Limited
We provide care at home in Shipley and across the Bradford area, supporting people who want to stay living in their own houses. We begin with a proper conversation about how somebody lives and where the difficulties lie, because care at...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care 24-7 · Unit 11, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3DZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care 24-7 Limited
We at Care 24-7 are proud to provide compassionate home care across Shipley and the wider Bradford area, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably, and independently within the place they know best: their own home. Based in the BD...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - NU Healthcare Provisions · 69 Bradford Road, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3DT
Home care · Run by NU Healthcare Provisions Ltd
NU Healthcare Provisions provides care at home for people in Shipley and across the Bradford district. We keep what we offer straightforward: reliable, respectful help in the place where somebody already lives, for as much or as little of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Helping Hands · 49, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3PY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We at Helping Hands Shipley are proud to offer trusted home care across Shipley and the wider Bradford area, bringing compassionate, professional support directly into the places our clients know and love best: their own homes. Our team...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Affinity Trust - Domiciliary Care Agency - and Airedale · Unit 9, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3DZ
Home care · Run by Affinity Trust
Affinity Trust in Shipley and Airedale provides support to people living in their own homes across Shipley and the wider Bradford district. We work with adults who have a learning disability, with autistic adults, with older people, with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Our TLC · 31-33 Saltaire Road, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3HH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Our TLC Limited
Our TLC provides care and support in people's own homes in Shipley and across the Bradford district. We work with older people, adults living with dementia or mental health conditions, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Home Instead · Suites D&E, Shipley, Bradford, BD18 3LA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Marbec Healthcare Ltd
Home Instead Bradford provides care and companionship to people in their own homes, working from Shipley across the Bradford district. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia. Our visits are built...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, 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 Bradford agencies publish a rate. | £24.99 to £36.00 an hour |
| What Bradford pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £25.28 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
- Affinity Trust - Domiciliary Care Agency - Shipley and Airedale, 30 March 2026, Not yet rated
- Home Instead Bradford, 20 January 2026, Good
- Home-Care Perfection - Main Office, 23 September 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Our TLC Limited, 19 May 2018, Good
- Care 24-7 Limited, 2 June 2018, Good
- Premier Care - Bradford Branch, 14 November 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Shipley
How many home care agencies are there in Shipley?
Shipley has 11 CQC registered home care agencies: 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 Shipley?
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 Bradford 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 Shipley were inspected most recently?
Affinity Trust - Domiciliary Care Agency - Shipley and Airedale (30 March 2026), Home Instead Bradford (20 January 2026) and Home-Care Perfection - Main Office (23 September 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.