Home Care in York
York has 44 CQC registered home care agencies. 27 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 3 Requires improvement, and 13 have not yet been rated. 30 of the 44 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
York at a glance
What the numbers say about home care in York.
- Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 21,700. Rising to 24,600 by 2035, up 13%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,900. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 22%
- People aged 85 and over: 6,100. Rising to 8,700 by 2035, up 43%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 61%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in York, last 12 months: 0 opened, 3 closed
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What home care in York involves and what to look for
Support at home comes as a series of planned visits rather than a place to move into, so the arrangement has to be designed as well as bought. The length of each call, when it falls and who arrives shape daily life far more than anything about the agency's office.
Designing the package
Most arrangements are built from calls of a set length at set times, occasionally with two carers where moving someone safely demands it. Be specific about the times you need and ask whether the agency can genuinely staff them, because early mornings and evenings are where capacity runs out. If support is needed overnight, ask whether the agency offers waking nights, sleeping nights or neither, since many provide none at all. A provider that is candid about what it cannot cover is usually dependable about what it can.
Rated and unrated providers side by side
One agency here holds an Outstanding rating and twenty six are rated Good, giving a solid inspected core to work from. The three at Requires Improvement are worth reading rather than discarding, since the reports distinguish between failings in records and failings in care. Thirteen agencies carry no rating at all, which normally reflects a recent registration; for those, ask how long the agency has traded, how long the registered manager has been in post and how many people it currently supports. Check the date on every report you do read.
The questions that separate providers
Ask how many different carers would visit over a fortnight and how that holds together through sickness and leave. Ask who telephones when a call will be late and which number reaches a person at the weekend. Ask what training staff hold for the condition involved, whether dementia, a stroke or a learning disability. Ask to see a sample care plan and judge whether it reads as a description of somebody rather than a schedule of tasks.
Getting an assessment and sorting out funding
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can request a free assessment, whatever their capital and whatever they expect the answer to be. York City Council carries it out and follows it with a financial assessment of income and savings. The first sets out what help is needed and how often; the second decides what the council pays. Having the outcome in writing gives you something concrete to hand agencies when asking for a quotation, and it commits you to nothing.
Paying for the package
Where the council contributes, support can be commissioned on your behalf or taken as a direct payment that lets you choose the agency yourself, which keeps this whole list in play. Households paying privately deal with agencies directly at the same rates. In both cases the weekly figure follows the length of each call, how many calls fall in a day and whether nights, weekends or a second carer are needed. Ask two or three agencies to quote in writing against the same pattern of visits, and confirm how travel, bank holidays and minimum call lengths are treated.
44 home care in York
- Able Carers (& Harrogate) · 1A Haxby Shopping Centre, York, York, YO32 2LU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Able Carers Limited
We provide care at home in York and Harrogate and the areas around them, supporting older people and younger adults. The people we work with include those living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Acomb Carers · 26 Moorcroft Road, York, York, YO24 2RQ
Home care · Run by Acomb Carers Ltd
We at Acomb Carers are proud to provide compassionate home care across York, supporting older people and adults of all ages to live well and safely within the comfort of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency rooted in the local...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Age UK · 70 Walmgate, York, York, YO1 9TL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Age Concern York
Age UK York provides care and support to people in their own homes across York. The people we work with include older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Alcedo Care · Lindum Business Park, York, York, YO41 4EP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alcedo Blue Limited
Alcedo Care in York provides care and support in people's own homes across the city and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to make home a place where somebody can be properly looked after, so that moving elsewhere remains a choice rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Allot Healthcare Services · Unit 5, York, York, YO30 4XE
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Allot Healthcare Services Ltd
Allot Healthcare in York provides care and support in people's own homes across the city and the surrounding area. We take on a broad range of needs, and each arrangement begins with a proper conversation about what the person wants their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Autism Plus - and North Yorkshire · Pavilion 2000, York, York, YO30 4XT
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Autism Plus Limited
Autism Plus in York and North Yorkshire provides support to people living in their own homes across the area. We work with autistic adults, adults with learning disabilities, older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Avalon Services · 17 Clifton Moor Business Village, York, York, YO30 4XG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Avalon Group (Social Care)
At Avalon York, we provide home care support to people living in and around York, helping individuals to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes for as long as they wish. We work with older adults, younger adults, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Bloom Lilly Healthcare · Tower Court Business Centre, York, York, YO30 4XL
Home care · Run by Bloom Lilly Healthcare Limited
Bloom Lilly Healthcare in York supports people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding area. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Blossom Home Care Yorkshire and East Riding · Office 1.1 Kensington House, York, York, YO26 6RW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blossom Home Care Ltd
At Blossom Home Care Yorkshire and East Riding, we provide care and support to people in their own homes across York and the surrounding area. We believe that staying at home, surrounded by familiar faces and routines, makes a real...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care · 8 Devonshire Court, York, York, YO30 5PQ
Home care · Run by D. J. Haswell Limited
Bluebird Care provides home care across York and the surrounding area. We support older people, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults in their own homes. What we offer is fairly simple to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Branch · Suite 1, York, York, YO19 5UP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ebor Home Care Ltd
We at York Branch are proud to offer compassionate home care across York and the surrounding communities of North Yorkshire, supporting individuals to live safely and independently in the place they know and love most: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bronte House · East Coast House, York, York, YO1 6DH
Home care · Run by Bronte House Group Limited
We are Bronte House, a home care agency supporting adults in their own homes across York and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care m U m · 16 Avenue Terrace, York, York, YO30 6AX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Anna Marie Wood
We provide care in people's own homes in York and the surrounding area. Our aim is to give people enough support to keep living where they want to live, arriving when we say we will and delivered by carers they know. We visit older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care Preference · Unit 3 Ebor House, York, York, YO26 6QY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Preference Ltd
Care Preference provides care and support in people's own homes across York and the surrounding area. Our purpose is simple enough. We give people the support they need to carry on living where they want to live. We visit older people and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Carefound Home Care · Suite 11 Tower House, York, York, YO10 4UA
Home care · Run by Carefound Home Care (York) Limited
We are Carefound Home Care in York, and we support people to carry on living well in their own homes across the city and the surrounding villages. Home is where routines, neighbours and memories live, and for most of the people we work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Community Short Breaks · 22 Ascot Way, York, York, YO24 4QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by City of York Council
We at Community Short Breaks are proud to offer trusted home care across York, providing compassionate support that enables people to continue living life on their own terms in the comfort of familiar surroundings. Based in the YO postcode...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Divine Righteous Health Care Solutions · Tower Court Business Centre, York, York, YO30 4XL
Home care · Run by Divine Righteous Health Care Solutions Ltd
Divine Righteous Health Care Solutions provides care and support to people in their own homes across York. We want the people we visit to carry on living where they are settled, with help that fits the household rather than the other way...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Elite Community Care · Regus, York, York, YO30 4XL
Home care · Run by Elite Community Care Limited
We at Elite Community Care are proud to offer trusted home care across York, supporting older people and younger adults to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency serving...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Greenshoot Care Services · The Raylor Centre, York, York, YO10 3DW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Greenshoot Care Services Limited
Greenshoot Care is a home care agency supporting people across York in their own homes. We work with adults whose circumstances vary a great deal, and we plan support around what someone actually wants from their week rather than around a...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Helping Hands · 6 Odsal House, York, York, YO24 3BL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We at Helping Hands York are proud to provide compassionate home care across York and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Heritage Healthcare · York Eco Business Centre, York, York, YO30 4AG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by DCS&D Limited
We at Heritage Healthcare York are proud to provide compassionate home care across the historic city of York and its surrounding communities. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly to the doorsteps of those... - Human Support Group · Ground Floor, York, York, YO30 5PB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Human Support Group Limited
We at Human Support Group York are proud to provide compassionate home care across York and the surrounding YO postcode area, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they love most: their own home. Because our care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care · 8 Devonshire Court, York, York, YO30 5PQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by L&N Services Limited
Bluebird Care in York supports people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding area. Nearly everyone who contacts us wants the same thing, which is to carry on living where they are. Our role is to make that practical rather... - LivingOn Care · 43 Risedale Drive, York, York, YO19 4AJ
Home care · Run by LivingOn Care Limited
We at LivingOn Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across York, supporting older people, younger adults, and individuals living with dementia in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Mencap Domiciliary Care · Ground Floor, York, York, YO26 6QR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Royal Mencap Society
Mencap York Domiciliary Care provides support to people in their own homes across York. We work with adults who have learning disabilities, autistic adults, younger adults and older people. Most of the people we support have a long life...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Minster Homecare · First Floor, York, York, YO30 4WQ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Minster Home Care Ltd
Minster Homecare supports people in their own homes across York. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, those with a physical disability, people living with a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Moonrise · Westminster Place, York, York, YO26 6RW
Home care · Run by Moon Rise 24 Hr Recruitment Ltd
Moonrise provides care at home for people in York and the surrounding area. Our work is practical and personal. A carer comes to your door at an agreed time and helps with whatever has been arranged, whether that is getting washed and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - My Horizon Care · Suite 1.1, York, York, YO1 6JH
Home care · Run by My Horizon Care Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes in York and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to give people the support they need to carry on living where they want to live, at times they have agreed and from carers they know. We visit older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Home Instead Senior Care · 10 Clifton Moor Business Village, York, York, YO30 4XG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by New York Care Limited
At Home Instead Senior Care in York, we provide personalised home care that allows people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, and people living with a range of conditions...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Oasis4life (F&D) Healthcare · Office 7GF, York, York, YO26 6RB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Oasis4life (F&D) Healthcare Ltd
Oasis4life Healthcare provides care at home for people living in York and the surrounding area. Our purpose is simple. We give people enough support to carry on living where they want to live. We visit older people and younger adults....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - PA and Student Support · Innovation Centre, York, York, YO10 5DG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by York PA and Student Support Limited
York PA and Student Support provides personal assistance and support at home to adults in York. We work with a wide range of people: older people who need help to stay in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Personal Support Service · Barstow House, York, York, YO23 1YA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by City of York Council
We at Personal Support Service are proud to provide compassionate home care across York and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Radfield Home Care & Rural · 5 Audax Close, York, York, YO30 4RB
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Curo York Ltd
We are Radfield Home Care York and Rural, providing care at home for people in York and the villages around it. Our carers visit people where they live, helping with the practical parts of the day so that staying at home remains a genuine...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - St Anne's Community Services - DCA · Regus Business Centre, York, York, YO30 4XL
Home care · Run by St Anne's Community Services
We support people in their own homes across York. Those we work with are adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including people living with sight or hearing loss. We have kept our focus deliberately narrow, and we think...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Support Solutions · 99 Walmgate, York, York, YO1 9UA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Realistic Resolutions Ltd
Support Solutions provides care in people's own homes in York and the surrounding area. Our aim is to give people enough help to keep living where they want to live, delivered by carers they know and at the times they have agreed. We visit...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - SureCare · 2 Devonshire Court, York, York, YO30 5PQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Gray Community Care Limited
We at SureCare York are proud to provide trusted home care across the historic city of York, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency serving York and the...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - The Great Care Company · 3 Concept Court, York, York, YO30 4XF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by JKD Trading Limited
Here at The Great Care Company in York, we provide home care support that helps people live well in the comfort of their own homes. We work with a wide range of individuals, including older adults, younger adults, people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - The Wilberforce Trust · Wilberforce House, York, York, YO24 1AN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Wilberforce Trust
We are the Wilberforce Trust, based in York, and we provide care and support in people's own homes across the city and the surrounding area. We support people living with sight or hearing loss, adults with learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - The Wilf Ward Family Trust Supported Living West · The Offices, York, York, YO24 3DJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Wilf Ward Family Trust
We at The Wilf Ward Family Trust Supported Living West are proud to provide compassionate home care across York and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - The Wilf Ward Family Trust Transitions · Suite 2, York, York, YO24 3DJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Wilf Ward Family Trust
We at The Wilf Ward Family Trust Transitions are proud to provide compassionate home care across York and the wider YO postcode area, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care provider...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - United Response - Leeds Harrogate DCA · Unit 1, York, York, YO26 5NA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by United Response
We at United Response York Leeds Harrogate DCA are proud to provide compassionate home care across York and the surrounding areas of North Yorkshire, supporting people to live well and independently within the comfort of their own homes....
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Verified Care · Tower Court Business Centre, York, York, YO30 4XL
Home care · Run by Verified Care Limited
Verified Care York is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across York and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have a learning disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Westgate Court · Community Services Offices, York, York, YO23 1DE
Home care · Run by The Disabilities Trust
We at Westgate Court are proud to offer compassionate home care across York, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know and love best: their own home. Serving the York community and the wider YO postcode area,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Wetherby Home Care · 60A York Road, York, York, YO24 4NW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Wetherby Home Care Limited
Wetherby Home Care is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across York and the surrounding area. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few York agencies publish a rate. | £24.99 to £36.00 an hour |
| What York pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £26.25 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
- Alcedo Care York, 31 July 2026, Good
- St Anne's Community Services - York DCA, 15 April 2026, Not yet rated
- Minster Homecare, 18 December 2025, Requires improvement
Longest since a report
- Bluebird Care (York), 5 September 2013, Not yet rated
- United Response - York Leeds Harrogate DCA, 26 July 2017, Good
- Greenshoot Care Services Ltd, 3 October 2017, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in York
How many home care agencies are there in York?
York has 44 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 27 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 13 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 York?
Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few York 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 York were inspected most recently?
Alcedo Care York (31 July 2026), St Anne's Community Services - York DCA (15 April 2026) and Minster Homecare (18 December 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.