4EDEN
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
GoodCQC, Dec 2019
- Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Home care in Penrith
There are 10 home care services in Penrith registered with the Care Quality Commission. 6 carry a published CQC rating, and 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 4 are unrated, which usually means they have not been inspected since registering rather than that anything is wrong. Privately arranged care is quoted by the hour, and the Homecare Association puts the minimum a provider must charge in 2026-27 at £34.42, or about £481.88 a week for two half-hour visits a day. Adult social care in Penrith is arranged by Westmorland and Furness.
What home care costs in Penrith
None of the 10 services in Penrith have published their rates here yet. Ring two or three and ask. Most will quote over the phone.
For comparison, the Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price at £34.42 an hour for 2026-27. That covers careworker pay at the statutory minimum for all working time including travel, mileage, wage-related costs, and the minimum cost of running a compliant care business.
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Eden Country Care Limited
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
GoodCQC, May 2019
- Sensory impairments
- Dementia
- Learning disabilities
- +4 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
EHC Cumbria
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
Not yet rated · on the register 1 year
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Cumbria Quality Care Limited
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
GoodCQC, Feb 2019
- Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- +4 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Beacon Home Care Services Limited
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
Not yet rated · on the register 3 years
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +3 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
A chance for life Ltd
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
GoodCQC, Aug 2023
- Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- +1 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
The Regent
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
GoodCQC, May 2019
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Learning disabilities
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Westmorland Homecare Limited - Penrith
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
Not yet rated · on the register 2 years
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Home Instead North Lakes (Penrith)
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
Newly registered, not yet rated
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Dementia
- +2 more
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Housing 21 - Lonsdale Court
Penrith, Westmorland and Furness
GoodCQC, Sept 2019
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Hourly rate
- not published
- Pays carers for travel
- not published
- Shortest visit
- not published
Home care in Penrith: questions people ask
- How much does home care cost in Penrith?
- None of the 10 services in Penrith publish a price, so you get a figure by ringing them: most quote by the hour after an assessment. The Homecare Association calculates that a provider needs to charge at least £34.42 an hour in 2026-27 to pay careworkers the statutory minimum for all their working time and run a compliant business. Two half-hour visits a day at that rate is roughly £481.88 a week.
- Will the council pay for home care in Penrith?
- Your council can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can ask for. What you pay towards it depends on a separate financial assessment of income and capital. Councils in England paid independent providers an average of £25.05 an hour in 2026-27, against a minimum sustainable price of £34.42, which is why council-funded hours and privately bought hours are often priced differently.
- Which home care services in Penrith are rated best?
- 6 of the 10 services in Penrith carry a published CQC rating and 6 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. None is rated Outstanding. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
- How do I choose a home care agency in Penrith?
- Start with what the regulator publishes, then ask what it cannot tell you: who would actually visit, whether it is the same carer each time, what happens when that person is ill, and how long a call really lasts. 4 of the 10 services in Penrith carry no published verdict at all, so for those the questions are the only evidence you have. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.
Local authority for Penrith
Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it will pay for, so it is worth knowing which one you fall under.