How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Southampton?

Contact Southampton City Council adult social care and ask for a care needs assessment, either by telephone or through the referral route on its website. The request can come from the person needing care or, with their agreement, from a relative, GP or hospital discharge team. Keeping a short note beforehand of the moments in the day that have become difficult helps the assessor see the pattern rather than a snapshot. A relative providing regular unpaid support can request a separate carer's assessment at the same time.

Can Southampton City Council help pay for home care?

Southampton City Council can contribute towards the cost of care at home once a care needs assessment has identified eligible needs. A financial assessment then examines income, savings and capital, and the outcome decides whether the council funds the package fully, shares the cost, or determines that the person is a self funder. Anyone eligible can ask for a direct payment and choose an agency from this listing rather than accept a commissioned provider. Those funding their own care can still approach the council for advice on arranging it.

Which home care agencies serve Southampton?

One hundred and one home care agencies are registered to provide support across Southampton and every one appears on this page. They include Caremark Southampton, Walfinch Southampton and Spectrum Continuing Care CIC, all currently rated Good, alongside a considerable number not yet rated. Each agency sets its own coverage area, so distance on a map is a poor guide to who will take on your address. Opening the profiles and checking areas served is the quickest way to narrow the field.

Is home care different from a care home?

Home care sends carers to a person's own address for agreed visits covering personal care, meals, medication and company, while daily life continues much as before. A residential care home provides a room with staff on site day and night, and a nursing home adds registered nurses for needs requiring clinical supervision. Support at home works well where the help needed falls into predictable periods and the property remains safe and manageable. Once assistance is needed unpredictably or overnight risk grows, a residential or nursing placement is usually safer.

How soon should we start arranging home care?

For planned support, allowing a few weeks gives time to compare agencies, read inspection reports and meet a coordinator before the first visit. The assessment and financial checks each take time, and busier Southampton agencies may not have capacity at the precise hours you want straight away. Hospital discharges move much faster, so if an admission looks likely it helps to have shortlisted providers already. Holding two or three names in reserve means a sudden change does not force a rushed decision.

What should I ask a Southampton home care agency?

Begin with continuity, asking how many carers will visit over a fortnight and whether the same people come at consistent times. Ask what the agency does when a carer is unwell or delayed, how quickly cover is arranged, and who answers the telephone outside office hours. Request the rate card in writing so weekend rates, bank holiday rates, travel charges and cancellation terms are clear before the first invoice. Ask finally how care plans are reviewed and how the agency responds when someone's needs increase.

Home Care in Southampton

Southampton has 102 CQC registered home care agencies. 28 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 6 Requires improvement, and 67 have not yet been rated. 27 of the 102 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Southampton at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Southampton.

Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 17,400. Rising to 20,000 by 2035, up 15%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,300. Rising to 2,800 by 2035, up 20%
People aged 85 and over: 4,500. Rising to 6,200 by 2035, up 36%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 71%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Southampton, last 12 months: 2 opened, 5 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 care at home in Southampton

Asking for a care needs assessment

Any adult who appears to need help at home can request a care needs assessment, and it is free whatever savings they hold. The assessor works through an ordinary day rather than a medical history, covering washing, dressing, preparing meals, taking medication, moving about indoors and coping alone at night. What emerges is a written record of eligible needs, which becomes the basis for everything that follows. Requests go to Southampton City Council adult social care, and can be made by the person themselves, by a relative with their consent, or by a hospital team arranging a discharge.

Reablement and what often comes first

Support after a hospital stay or a fall frequently begins with a short period of reablement, a free intensive service aimed at helping someone regain skills and confidence rather than simply doing things for them. Many people need less ongoing care afterwards than seemed likely at the start, which is worth knowing before committing to a long term package. Where continuing support is still needed at the end of that period, the council reassesses and the funding question is then settled properly. Asking what happens at the end of reablement is one of the more useful questions a family can put early on.

Who pays, and what it costs

Eligibility for care and eligibility for funding are separate decisions. A financial assessment examines income, savings and capital, and the outcome establishes whether the council pays in full, shares the cost, or treats the person as a self funder. Those who qualify can take a direct payment and choose their own agency from this listing rather than accept a commissioned one. On cost, home care is charged by the hour or the visit, so ask for the full rate card in writing, covering weekends, bank holidays, travel charges, minimum call lengths and the notice needed to cancel.

Choosing the right agency and what to look for

What the rating does and does not show

All the agencies on this page are registered with the Care Quality Commission, and each profile carries the current rating with the inspection report behind it. A rating combines five judgements covering safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership, so a provider rated Good may still be weaker in whichever area matters most to your household. Look at the inspection date as well as the conclusion, since a Requires Improvement judgement from a while ago may already have been addressed. Agencies that are not yet rated are often simply new, and for those your own questions carry the weight an inspection otherwise would.

Questions that reveal how an agency runs

Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight and whether rotas arrive before the week begins, because continuity affects the experience more than anything in a brochure. Establish what the agency counts as a late call, who telephones when one happens, and which number reaches a real person on a Sunday evening. It is worth asking how medication is recorded, how often care plans are reviewed, and what the agency does in the fortnight after a hospital stay when needs climb quickly.

Checking the practical fit

Confirm the agency genuinely serves your address rather than the city in general, and that it can staff the specific hours you want rather than the hours it has spare. Where moving and handling equipment, dementia experience or double handed calls are involved, ask directly whether trained staff are available.

102 home care in Southampton (showing 1–50)

Action24 Healthcare · Suite 26, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3JZ
Home care · Run by Action24 Healthcare Ltd
Action24 Healthcare provides care at home for people across Southampton, and we can support people at any hour, including overnight where that is what a household needs. For older people we help with washing and dressing, prompting and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Adriel Supported Living Care · Frobisher House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 1GX
Home care · Run by Adriel Supported Living Care LTD
We at Adriel Supported Living Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Southampton, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Altogether Care - Care At Home · Flat 2, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 3HP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
Altogether Care provides care at home for people in Southampton and the surrounding area. Our visits range from a short call in the morning to several each day, and for some households a much longer period of support. What we do is agreed...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Annelle Services · 141 Acacia Road, Southampton, Southampton, SO19 7JT
Home care · Run by Annelle Services Limited
We are Annelle, a home care agency based in Southampton. We support older people and younger adults in their own homes, including people with a physical disability. Most people approach us because daily life has become harder than it was...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Apex Prime Care · Office 1, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 0SD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Apex Prime Care Ltd
Apex Prime Care in Southampton provides care and support in people's own homes across the city and the surrounding area. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Apra Care Hampshire · White Building 1-4, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2NP
Home care · Run by Passion Recruitment Agency Limited
Apra Care Hampshire provides home care to people in Southampton and the surrounding area. We support older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with a physical disability, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
AQS Homecare Hampshire · 10 Freemantle Business Centre, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 1JR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Morepower Limited
AQS Homecare Hampshire supports people in their own homes across Southampton and the surrounding area. Our work covers a wide range of needs and ages. We visit older people who want to stay in their own houses, people 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
Bayview Healthcare · Fairways House, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 0QB
Home care · Run by Bayview Healthcare Ltd
Bayview Healthcare provides care and support in people's own homes across Southampton and the surrounding area. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
BeHappy@Home · Fairways House, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 0QB
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by The Happy Healing Hut C.I.C.
BeHappy@Home supports people in their own homes across Southampton. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, people with a learning disability or autism, and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bestcare24 · Room 5, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 6QR
Home care · Run by Bestcare24 Ltd
Bestcare24 supports people in their own homes across Southampton. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, people with a physical disability, and people with a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Blossom Care For You · First Floor, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 1HY
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Blossom Care For You LTD
We provide care at home in Southampton, supporting older adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions and younger adults. Our work covers washing and dressing, medication, meals, shopping and keeping a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Blossoming Care · Cumberland House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Blossoming Care Ltd
Blossoming Care is a home care agency in Southampton, supporting people in their own homes across the city. Our work is for people who need help with daily life but have no wish to leave a home they have spent years making their own. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Clarity Homecare · 15-17 Cumberland Place, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Blossoms Trading Limited
We are Clarity Homecare in Southampton, and we support people in their own homes across the city. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia or mental health conditions, adults with learning disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Brighter Care Agency · 4 The Bridgeway, Southampton, Southampton, SO19 7PE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Brighter Care Agency Limited
Brighter Care Agency provides care at home across Southampton, supporting older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a learning disability and autistic adults, and those with a physical disability or a visual...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Heroes · 15-17 Regus Southampton, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Care Heroes Limited
Care Heroes provides care and support in people's own homes across Southampton. We visit older people, people living with dementia and younger adults. Home care is made of small dependable things rather than grand statements. Arriving at...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Care Quality Services · Office 2, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 0SD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Quality Services Limited
We provide care at home for people across Southampton. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Care Solutions Direct · Threefield House, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3LP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Solutions Direct Limited
We at Care Solutions Direct are proud to provide compassionate home care across Southampton, supporting older people and those living with dementia to remain safe, comfortable, and independent in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
Careland Healthcare Services · Office 001 Resco-work 03, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 5FE
Home care · Run by Careland Healthcare Services Ltd
Careland Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes across Southampton. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults living with a mental health condition, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Carelife · Suite 29-30, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3FD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Carelife Ltd
We at Carelife are proud to be a trusted home care agency supporting people across Southampton and the wider South East, delivering compassionate care in the one place where everyone feels most at ease: home. Because our support is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Caremark · 38 Lodge Road, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 6RJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by K.N. Care Limited
We at Caremark Southampton are proud to provide trusted home care across Southampton and the surrounding areas of the South East, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best, their own home. Based in the SO...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
CARERS’ HANDS HCA · 39 Crossley Place, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2EX
Home care · Run by Carers' Hands H C A Ltd
Carers' Hands is a home care agency working across Southampton, supporting people of all ages in the place they know best, which is their own home. The people we visit are varied. Some are older and need a hand with getting washed and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Caring@Home- · Caring@Home-Southampton, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Caring@Home Ltd
We at Caring@Home Southampton are proud to offer compassionate home care across Southampton and the surrounding South East communities, supporting people who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
CaringSmart · Threefield House, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3LP
Home care · Run by Caringsmart LTD
CaringSmart supports people in their own homes across Southampton. We are a home care agency, which means we come to you and build support around the house and the routine you already have. We support older people who need a hand with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Cecil Home Care Services Hampshire · 27 Birch Close, Southampton, Southampton, SO16 5DE
Home care · Run by Cecil Home Care Services Limited
We are Cecil Home Care Hampshire, a home care agency based in Southampton. We support older people and younger adults in their own homes, including people living with dementia, people managing a mental health condition, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Chessel Support Services · Tinners, Southampton, Southampton, SO19 2EF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Chessel Support Services Ltd
We provide support at home in Southampton for older people and for younger adults, including adults with learning disabilities, autistic people and people living with mental health conditions. Our work is about making it possible for...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
City Healthcare Agency · 125A Cumberland House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by City Healthcare Agency Limited
City Healthcare Agency provides care and support to people in their own homes across Southampton. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. Most people come to us because...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
CM Supported Living Services · 10 Landguard Road, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 5DJ
Home care · Run by CM Supported Living Services
We provide supported living and care at home in Southampton. The people we work with 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, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Competent Healthcare · Room 2, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3FD
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Competent Healthcare Ltd
Competent Healthcare provides care and support in people's own homes across Southampton. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Cresta Healthcare · Unit 12, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 6TE
Home care · Run by Cresta Healthcare Ltd
Cresta Healthcare is a home care agency in Southampton, supporting adults in their own homes across the city. The people we work with are a broad mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Daily Comfort Healthcare · 29 Carlton Crescent, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2EW
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Daily Comfort Healthcare Ltd
Daily Comfort Healthcare provides home care to people in Southampton. We support older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions including eating disorders, people with a physical disability, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Daysprings Healthcare · Director Generals House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2EP
Home care · Run by Daysprings Healthcare Limited
Daysprings Healthcare provides care and support in people's own homes across Southampton. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with loss of sight or hearing, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Dimensions Domiciliary Care Office · Flat 3, Southampton, Southampton, SO17 3TG
Home care · Run by Dimensions (UK) Limited
We support people in their own homes across Southampton, working with adults who have a learning disability or autism, with younger adults and with older people who need a hand with daily life. The point of our involvement is to make...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Dom Care Services · Regus-Cumberland House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Dom Care Services Ltd
We are Dom Care, a home care agency based in Southampton. We support people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding area. Most people come to us with a single question, which is whether somebody can carry on living at home....
Emey Care · Cumberland House 15-17, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Holistic Recruiters Limited
Emey Care Southampton provides support at home for older people and younger adults across Southampton. Our work is to make staying at home practical and safe, with support shaped around a life already in progress rather than a routine...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
EmPower Me Recruitment · Unit 29, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 5FE
Home care · Run by Empower Me Recruitment Ltd
We at EmPower Me Recruitment are proud to offer compassionate home care across Southampton, supporting individuals to live well and independently within the comfort of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency serving the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Excellent Posts Homecare · 162 Warren Crescent, Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6AX
Home care · Run by Excellent Posts Limited
We at Excellent Posts Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Southampton, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating throughout the Southampton area within the SO...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Exceptional Care At Home · Cumberland House 15-17, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Exceptional Care At Home Limited
Here at Exceptional Care At Home in Southampton, we provide personalised home care for people across the local area who want to remain living independently in the comfort of their own surroundings. We believe that receiving support at home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Fabs Domiciliary Homecare · Cumberland House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2BG
Home care · Run by Fabs Domiciliary Homecare Ltd
Fabs Domiciliary Homecare supports people in their own homes across Southampton. We are here so that people can stay in the place they know, with their own things around them, and receive help at the times that genuinely suit them. Most of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Fame Healthcare Services · 79 Colby Street, Southampton, Southampton, SO16 9RU
Home care · Run by Fame Healthcare Services Ltd
Fame Healthcare provides support at home for people in Southampton. The people we visit include older people, younger adults and people managing mental health conditions. Everything begins with a proper conversation in your own home about...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Fast Call Recruitment · Royal Mail House, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3FD
Home care · Run by Fast Call Recruitment Ltd
Here at Fast Call Recruitment, we are a home care agency based in Southampton, providing personalised support to individuals across the local area who wish to maintain their independence and quality of life in the comfort of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Frobisher House · Frobisher House, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 1GX
Home care · Run by Purple Skilled Healthcare Limited
Frobisher House provides care and support in people's own homes across Southampton. We visit older people, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. Most households find us at a moment of change. A...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Gracewell Staffing · Gracewell Staffing Limited, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3FD
Home care · Run by Gracewell Staffing Limited
We provide care in people's own homes across Southampton and the surrounding area. Our support covers older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Hallmark Healthcare Services · 17 Marston Road, Southampton, Southampton, SO19 6DB
Home care · Run by Hallmark Health and Data Engineering Limited
At Hallmark Healthcare, we provide home care support to people living in Southampton and the surrounding area. Our work is rooted in genuine respect for the individuals we support and a real understanding that receiving care at home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Heart2Heart Homecare Services · Unit 105, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 0HW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Heart2Heart Homecare Services Limited
Heart2Heart Homecare provides care and support in people's own homes across Southampton. Our work is built around the life somebody already has, and the aim is to support it rather than reorganise it for our convenience. We support older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Hebron Court · 46 Rollesbrook Gardens, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 5WB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Methodist Homes
Hebron Court provides care and support for people living in their own apartments here in Southampton, with staff on site rather than travelling between visits. That makes a real difference, because help can be there when it is needed...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Helping Hands West Quay · Ocean Village Innovation Centre, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3JZ
Home care · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We are a home care agency working in Southampton and the surrounding area, supporting people in their own homes. We visit older people, including many living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults who need...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Highlands Care Solutions · 8-9 Oxford Street, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3DJ
Home care · Run by Highlands Care Solutions Ltd
At Highlands Care Solutions, we provide home care to people living in Southampton and the surrounding areas. Our work is rooted in the belief that people should be able to remain in their own homes, in familiar surroundings, with the right...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Insight Care & Support · Room 6, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 5QH
Home care · Run by Insight Care & Support Ltd
Insight Care & Support works with people across Southampton in their own homes. We plan support around the way somebody already lives rather than around a standard package, and we keep the same carers visiting the same people wherever the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Isobelles Care · 122 Somerset Avenue, Southampton, Southampton, SO18 5FT
Home care · Run by Isobelles Care Limited
Isobelles Care is a home care agency in Southampton, supporting people in their own homes across the city. Our work is with older adults and with younger adults, and we keep those two things distinct rather than running everybody through...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
10 College Place · 10 College Place, Southampton, Southampton, SO15 2FD
Home care · Run by DHS Supported Living Services Ltd
We at 10 College Place are a home care agency proudly serving individuals and families across Southampton, offering compassionate support that allows people to remain safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home....
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, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Southampton agencies publish a rate.	£28.00 to £36.96 an hour
What Southampton pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£22.63 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

OneCare Southampton Head Office, 24 June 2026, Good
AQS Homecare Hampshire, 7 January 2026, Good
Northbrook, 18 December 2025, Not yet rated

Longest since a report

Nurse Plus UK - Southampton, 25 July 2018, Good
Southampton Reablement Service, 8 September 2018, Outstanding
Brighter Care Agency Limited, 25 October 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Southampton

How many home care agencies are there in Southampton?

Southampton has 102 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 28 Good, 6 Requires improvement, 67 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 Southampton?

Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Southampton 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 Southampton were inspected most recently?

OneCare Southampton Head Office (24 June 2026), AQS Homecare Hampshire (7 January 2026) and Northbrook (18 December 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.