Visiting Angels North Devon
Visiting Angels North Devon is a home care agency in Bude, Cornwall (EX23 8TF).
Newly registered with the CQC, October 2026. No inspection rating has been published yet.
About Visiting Angels North Devon
Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall is a home care agency based in Bude, supporting people in their own homes across north Cornwall and north Devon. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people who have a physical disability. This is a beautiful part of the country to live in and a demanding one to deliver care across. Our clients are spread through villages and down lanes where the nearest shop may be a drive away and family are often a long way off. A carer's visit can be the only knock on the door in a day, and in winter it can be the only face someone sees. We plan rounds around the travelling time the roads genuinely need, because a timetable that works in July and fails in January is no use to anybody. The support itself is practical. Help to get up, washed and dressed with dignity intact. Medication managed and recorded properly. Meals cooked. Help to move about safely indoors. Shopping and laundry. And time to sit down, which out here is often the most valuable part of the hour. We send the same carers to the same households as far as we can. For somebody living with dementia that familiarity keeps a visit calm, and for everybody it is how a carer notices a change early. The Care Quality Commission has not yet given us an overall rating. Ring us and ask whatever you need to.
Care provided at Visiting Angels North Devon
- Older person care
- Dementia care
- Physical disability support
- Younger adults care
- Covers approximately 10 miles
Read the full inspection report on the CQC website.
How Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall compares in Cornwall
Measured against the 121 home care agencies registered in Cornwall.
- CQC rating
- Not yet rated. 72 of the 121 agencies (60%) are rated Good or Outstanding.
- Registered
- October 2026. One of the newer agencies in the area. Only 0 of the 121 have registered more recently.
- Provider
- One service. Ocean Breeze Care Services Limited runs this agency only.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Data: CQC register and Food Standards Agency ratings. Counts cover registered home care agencies in Cornwall.
The local picture: Cornwall
What the numbers say about home care in Cornwall.
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|
| Hourly care visits, South West | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour (Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Cornwall agencies publish a rate.) |
| What Cornwall pays | £27.34 an hour (Average hourly rate, October 2026.) |
| Homecare Association minimum price | £34.42 an hour (2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.) |
| Live in care, England | £1,250 to £1,668 a week (Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.) |
Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.
- People aged 75 and over: 81,100. Rising to 96,000 by 2035, up 18%
- People aged 85 and over: 20,200. Rising to 32,300 by 2035, up 60%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 10,300. Rising to 13,300 by 2035, up 29%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 60%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 6 opened, 3 closed. 104 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 21 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.9 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Cornwall: Fewer agencies. Cornwall has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, dementia estimates, CQC register), published home care rates, Homecare Association.
Good to know about Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall
Facts from public registers, and what the agency has told us.
- Registered with CQC
- 27 October 2026, less than a year ago.
- Run by
- Ocean Breeze Care Services Limited, which runs this service only.
- Service type
- Personal care in people's own homes (domiciliary care).
- Where it covers
- Not yet confirmed by the agency. Check that your postcode is covered before you rely on it.
- Live in, overnight and 24 hour care
- Not yet confirmed. The agency can add these when it claims its profile.
Sources: CQC register and the agency's own entries. Anything marked not yet confirmed is shown as unknown rather than guessed.
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Common questions about Visiting Angels North Devon
Where is Visiting Angels North Devon located?
Visiting Angels North Devon is a home care agency based in Bude, Cornwall (EX23 8TF), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.
What type of care does Visiting Angels North Devon provide?
Visiting Angels North Devon is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Older person care, Dementia care, Physical disability support, Younger adults care. The full list of services is shown on this page.
Does Visiting Angels North Devon provide dementia care?
Yes. Visiting Angels North Devon supports people living with dementia. We recommend contacting the agency directly to discuss your individual situation.
Questions families ask about Visiting Angels North Devon
Can they support someone living with dementia at home?
Yes. Yes. Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall is registered for dementia care in people's own homes.
Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?
Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.
Do they cover our area?
Yes. Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall covers roughly 10 miles from Bude.
Will the council help pay?
Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.
Typical home care fees in the South West
Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the South West, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.
- Home care (per hour): £28 to £33 per hour, typical range
Indicative figures for the South West, not a quote from Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.
More about the care at Visiting Angels North Devon
Dementia Care at Visiting Angels North Devon
In winter a carer's visit can be the only face somebody sees, this agency writes, and for a person living with dementia that visit carries even more weight. Familiarity is what keeps it calm: the same carer, at roughly the same hour, who does not have to be told again where the kettle lives. Good dementia support also means noticing distress early, letting a mistaken belief stand when correcting it would help nobody, and coming back later rather than forcing a wash. Ask what dementia training the carers have completed. Ask how the agency responds when someone will not open the door, and how the plan changes as the condition advances.
Home Care at Visiting Angels North Devon
Rounds here are planned around the travelling time the roads genuinely need, the agency says, on the grounds that a timetable which works in July and fails in January is no use to anyone. That is an unusually candid thing for a home care provider to put in writing, and it is the right concern in north Cornwall and north Devon. Home care means visits at agreed times in a person's own house, with the council in Cornwall assessing and sometimes funding the package. Clients are spread through villages and down lanes, which makes punctuality a logistical question rather than a matter of goodwill. Ask which areas are covered at which hours, and what happens when a carer is delayed.
Older Person Care at Visiting Angels North Devon
Time to sit down is described by this agency as often the most valuable part of the hour, which tells you something about care in rural Cornwall. The practical side is help to get up, washed and dressed, medication managed and recorded, meals cooked, shopping and laundry, and a steadying hand moving about indoors. Around Bude a carer's visit may be the only knock on the door all day, so companionship is not a sentimental extra. Visiting Angels North Devon and Cornwall says it sends the same carers to the same households as far as it can. Ask how many different faces would appear in a fortnight. Ask what the agency can honestly cover in the evening, because overnight care is a separate arrangement.
Younger Adults at Visiting Angels North Devon
Ocean Breeze Care Services registered this Bude agency on 27 October 2026, so there is no inspection record for a family to read. An adult under sixty five who needs help at home still has a job, a course or a social life to keep hold of. Ask whether visit times can move around a working week, and whether the agency can reach you reliably where you actually live.
Physical Disability at Visiting Angels North Devon
Rates of £28 to £33 an hour are typical across the South West, so a package of two or three calls a day mounts up fast. The work is transfers, personal care, and help to move safely indoors, done in a way that leaves whatever independence someone has intact. Ask whether carers are trained on the hoist already in the house, and who arranges a review when things change.
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