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Home care in the CM postcode area

There are 226 home care services in the CM postcode area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 112 carry a published CQC rating, and 100 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 114 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. They span 25 postcode districts and 19 towns. Postcode areas cut across council boundaries, so more than one local authority is involved.

What home care costs in the CM postcode area

None of the 226 services in the CM postcode area 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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Lehope Care Limited

Harlow, Essex

GoodCQC, Apr 2023one area rated lower

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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HF Trust Herts and Essex

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

GoodCQC, Nov 2018

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Glenavon Care Limited

Chelmsford, Essex

Not yet rated · on the register 11 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
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Tring Care Limited

Brentwood, Essex

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
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Amor Social Care Ltd

Brentwood, Essex

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • 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
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Adico Care

Harlow, Essex

GoodCQC, Jan 2020

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Postcode districts in CM

  • CM1 39
  • CM2 26
  • CM13 21
  • CM20 21
  • CM7 13
  • CM19 12
  • CM3 12
  • CM8 10
  • CM16 8
  • CM77 7
  • CM6 7
  • CM23 7
  • CM9 6
  • CM18 6
  • CM4 6
  • CM12 5
  • CM14 5
  • CM17 5
  • CM5 2
  • CM15 2
  • CM11 2
  • CM22 1
  • CM21 1
  • CM0 1
  • CM24 1

Towns in CM

Home care in CM postcodes: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in the CM postcode area?
Agencies in the CM postcode area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. 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 the CM postcode area?
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 the CM postcode area are rated best?
112 of the 226 services in the CM postcode area carry a published CQC rating and 100 of those, 89%, are rated Good or Outstanding. That is the same as the 89% across England. 6 are rated Outstanding, the top grade, among them Dengie Care Providers, North London Homecare & Support Limited and My Homecare Chelmsford. 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 the CM postcode area?
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. 114 of the 226 services in the CM postcode area 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.