Home Care in Winchester
Winchester has 28 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 22 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 28 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Winchester at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Winchester, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 16,100. Rising to 19,400 by 2035, up 21%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,100. Rising to 2,800 by 2035, up 30%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,800. Rising to 7,400 by 2035, up 54%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 57%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Hampshire as a whole is 64%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 2 closed. 42 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 98 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
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 home care in Winchester and paying for it
Support at home is often set up in a hurry, after a fall, a hospital discharge, or a slow decline that has finally tipped into something a family cannot manage alone. The sequence matters less than starting the assessment early, because that is the step nobody can accelerate.
Asking for a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, and it is free and open to everyone regardless of income or savings. Hampshire County Council is responsible for carrying it out, along with the financial assessment that follows where funded support may be available. Anyone providing unpaid care can ask for a carer assessment of their own, which looks at their health and at what they can realistically continue to do. The support plan that results sets out the hours and the type of help considered necessary, and agencies will ask to see it.
Funded support and direct payments
Where the financial assessment shows eligibility, the council may meet part or all of the cost of home care. Families often take that support as a direct payment instead, which lets them choose and employ the agency themselves rather than accept an arranged provider. Care after a hospital stay may be free for a short period under reablement, which is a different arrangement with its own time limit, so ask which route is being offered.
What home care costs
Home care is usually charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly figure depends on how many calls are needed and how long each one lasts. Rates commonly rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and a visit needing two carers costs roughly twice a single call. Live in support is priced differently again, as a weekly rate. Ask for a written schedule of charges and check the notice period for cancelling or reducing visits.
Choosing a home care agency in Winchester and what to check
Twenty eight providers is a reasonable field, and the differences between them show up in reliability and continuity rather than in the tasks they list on a website.
What the ratings tell you, and what they leave out
One agency covering Winchester holds an Outstanding rating and five are rated Good, among them Everycare Winchester, South Central Supported Living, Forever Caring Limited and Sagecare (Chesil Lodge). Twenty two others carry no rating yet. An absent rating is not a black mark, but it does mean there is no independent account of the service, so you are relying on what the agency tells you and on references. Where a report does exist, check its date and read what was said about staffing and medication rather than stopping at the summary word.
Continuity of carers
The single question that predicts satisfaction best is how many different people will come through the door in a month. Ask for the realistic number, not the ideal, and ask what happens when the regular carer is ill or on leave. Ask whether visits are scheduled with travel time built in, because rushed calls are usually a rota problem rather than a staff one.
Before you sign anything
Ask who writes the care plan, how often it is reviewed and whether you get a copy. Check how medication support is recorded, how the agency handles a missed visit, and who answers the telephone outside office hours. Confirm the notice period on both sides and whether charges change if the assessed need increases.
28 home care in Winchester
- Blissful Island Care UK · 12 Swithun Way, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5SS
Home care · Run by Blissful Island Care UK Ltd
We at Blissful Island Care UK are proud to offer compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the comfort of their own homes. As a dedicated home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Noblesse Care · Basepoint Business Centre, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Noblesse Care Ltd
We at Noblesse Care Winchester are proud to offer compassionate home care across the historic city of Winchester and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Ribbesford Home Care · Basepoint Business Centre, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Ribbesford Home Care Winchester Limited
We at Ribbesford Home Care Winchester are proud to offer compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting older people and adults of all ages to live well in the place they know best: their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Melru Healthcare · 47 Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EH
Home care · Run by Melru Healthcare Limited
We at Melru Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Rooted in the historic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Life Again Services · 1 Winnall Valley Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Life Again Services Ltd
We provide care at home in Winchester and the surrounding area, supporting people who want to go on living in their own houses. For most of the people we visit, that is the whole point: keeping the house, the neighbourhood and the routine...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Anele (Office) · Regus Office 205, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BB
Home care · Run by Anele Limited
We at Anele (Hampshire Office) are a dedicated home care agency based in Winchester, proudly supporting individuals and families across Hampshire and the wider South East with compassionate, personalised care delivered in the comfort of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Naveed Medicare · Office 66, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Naveed Medicare Ltd
We at Naveed Medicare Hampshire are proud to offer compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the heart...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Whispers Care Solutions · 6B Leylands Business Park, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1TH
Home care · Run by Whispers Care Solutions Limited
Whispers Care Solutions provides support at home for people in Winchester and the surrounding part of Hampshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - South Central Supported Living · 25 & 27 Upton Grey Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 6NE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Community Integrated Care
At South Central Supported Living, we provide home care across Winchester and the wider Hampshire area, supporting younger adults living with learning disabilities and autism to lead meaningful, independent lives in their own homes and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Unique Option Healthcare · Office 109, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BB
Home care · Run by Unique Option Healthcare Limited
We at Unique Option Healthcare Hampshire are proud to offer compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding communities, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care, Eastleigh & Romsey · Calford House, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1WP
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Belrose Limited
We are Bluebird Care in Winchester, Eastleigh and Romsey, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Hampshire. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Community Response Team Mid Hants · EII Court, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8UJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hampshire County Council
The Community Response Team Mid Hants supports people at home in Winchester and across mid Hampshire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - VCare Consultancy Services · Southgate Chambers 37-39, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EH
Home care · Run by VCare Consultancy Services Limited
We are a home care agency working in Winchester and the surrounding part of Hampshire, supporting adults in their own homes. The people we visit include older people, those living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - ARCH · Basepoint Centres LTD, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Amber Residential Care Homes Ltd
ARCH Winchester works with people across the Winchester area in their own homes. Our work is focused on adults managing mental health conditions, people in recovery from alcohol or drug misuse, older people and younger adults, and it is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Southgate Chambers 37-39 · Southgate Chambers 37-39, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EH
Home care · Run by Noon Healthcare Solutions Ltd
Here at Southgate Chambers 37-39, we provide home care across Winchester and the surrounding areas of Hampshire, supporting people to live well in the comfort of their own homes. We believe that receiving care at home should feel as...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Eleada Care Services · Room 205 REGUS, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BB
Home care · Run by Eleada Care Services Ltd
Here at Eleada Care, we provide home care support to people living in Winchester and across Hampshire. We work with individuals who need a little extra help at home, whether that is due to older age, a physical disability, a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Brandon Trust Supported Living · Basepoint, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by The Brandon Trust
We are Brandon Trust Supported Living in Hampshire, working with adults across the Winchester area in their own homes. Our starting point is what somebody wants their life to look like, and then the practical question of what support would...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Sagecare (Matilda Place) · Matilda Place, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7TD
Home care · Run by Sage Care Limited
Sagecare at Matilda Place provides care and support to people living in their own homes in and around Winchester, Hampshire. We work with older people who want to stay independent, adults living with dementia, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Angeliquecare · 1 Winnall Valley Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Angeliquecare Ltd
We provide care at home in Winchester and the surrounding area, 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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Forever Caring · Winnal Centre, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Forever Caring Limited
Forever Caring supports people in their own homes in Winchester and across Hampshire. We visit older people, adults living with dementia, people with sight or hearing loss and younger adults who need support to manage everyday life. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Asisters · The Old Post Office, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1RP
Home care · Run by Asisters Limited
We are Asisters, a home care agency supporting adults in Winchester and the surrounding part of Hampshire. We visit people in their own homes, helping with what has become difficult and leaving alone what they manage perfectly well. We...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Integrated Kare Solutions · 1 Winnall Valley Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LD
Home care · Run by Integrated Kare Solutions Limited
Integrated Kare Solutions provides care and support to people in their own homes in Winchester and the surrounding area. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Sagecare (Chesil Lodge) · Carlisle Business Centre, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0HU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sage Care Limited
Sagecare at Chesil Lodge supports people in their own homes in Winchester and the surrounding part of Hampshire, working with older people, adults living with dementia and younger adults who need help to live independently. Most of the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Everycare · The New Coach House, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 3XX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Everycare (Central Hants) Ltd
We at Everycare Winchester are proud to provide compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - PC Care Service · Regus, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BB
Home care · Run by PC Care Services Ltd
We at PC Care Service Hampshire are proud to offer compassionate home care across Winchester and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Rooted in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Sagecare (Danemark Court) · Danemark Court, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7TB
Home care · Run by Sage Care Limited
Sagecare at Danemark Court provides care and support to people living in Winchester, helping them to remain in their own homes with the right help arriving at the right time. Our team visits throughout the day and into the evening, and the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Linden Healthcare · Winchester Regus, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8BB
Home care · Run by Linden Healthcare Ltd
Linden Healthcare in Winchester provides care and support in people's own homes across the city and the surrounding part of Hampshire. We work with older adults, with younger adults, and with people living with physical disabilities. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Hampshire · 47 Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9EH
Home care · Run by Zenith Professionals Ltd
We provide care and support to people in their own homes in Winchester and across Hampshire. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, mental health needs, physical disabilities, sensory loss,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
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 Hampshire agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What Hampshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £25.90 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
- Brandon Trust Supported Living - Hampshire, 4 March 2026, Not yet rated
- Whispers Care Solutions Limited, 16 February 2026, Not yet rated
- ARCH Winchester, 12 February 2026, Not yet rated
Longest since a report
- Everycare Winchester, 12 March 2019, Good
- South Central Supported Living, 13 August 2021, Good
- Community Response Team Mid Hants, 10 August 2023, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Winchester
How many home care agencies are there in Winchester?
Winchester has 28 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 5 Good, 22 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 Winchester?
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 Hampshire 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 Winchester were inspected most recently?
Brandon Trust Supported Living - Hampshire (4 March 2026), Whispers Care Solutions Limited (16 February 2026) and ARCH Winchester (12 February 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.