No overall rating shown
- Clacton-on-sea, CO16 0HL
East of England
Home care in Essex
There are 452 home care services in Essex registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England.
280 of the 309 with an overall rating from CQC (91%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 143 have no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated them yet or rates the parts of the service separately. CQC data as at 13 October 2026.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see home care by distance, with a map.
How home care in Essex are rated
The 309 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding12 services (4%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good268 services (87%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement28 services (9%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate1 service (0%)Show them: rated Inadequate
- No overall rating shown143 servicesShow them: no overall rating shown
A service with no overall rating may be new, or CQC may rate the parts of it separately. What the ratings mean.
Home care in Essex
Showing 201 to 220 of 452 services.
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO5 7EZ
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from August 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chelmsford, CM2 5LB
- No overall rating shown
- Harlow, CM17 9FT
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from June 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Waltham Abbey, EN9 1JH
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from April 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Braintree, CM77 8GR
- No overall rating shown
- Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7WE
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
Rating from March 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO4 3ZQ
Great Bradfords House
Home care, Extra care housing
Run by Abbeyfield Braintree, Bocking and Felsted Society Limited
Goodrated 7 years agoRating from October 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Braintree, CM7 9GD
- No overall rating shown
- Benfleet, SS7 5SQ
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Harlow, CM18 6NS
Greenfields Care Services Limited
Home care, Supported living
Run by Greenfields Care Services Limited
No overall rating shown- Brentwood, CM13 1HT
Guardian Homecare (Basildon)
Home care, Supported living, Shared Lives, Extra care housing
Run by Guardian Homecare UK Ltd
Goodrated 2 years agoRating from August 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Basildon, SS13 3DU
Hales Group Limited – Essex
Home care, Supported living, Extra care housing
Run by Hales Group Limited
Goodrated 2 years agoRating from September 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Wickford, SS11 8YU
Hales Group Limited – Hertfordshire
Home care, Supported living, Extra care housing
Run by Hales Group Limited
Goodrated 7 years agoRating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Saffron Walden, CB11 3NS
- No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM1 1TD
- No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM1 1PE
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from March 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Wickford, SS12 0RA
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from April 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Braintree, CM7 1JS
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Brentwood, CM14 4AN
Other kinds of care in Essex
Services registered with CQC here, by kind of care.
Home care in nearby areas
Councils close by. You can often look further afield for more choice.
Choosing home care
Home care (sometimes called domiciliary care) means carers who visit you at home to help with things like washing, dressing, meals and medicines. You stay in your own home.
Things to check
- Ask whether you will have the same carers each time, and what happens if one is off sick.
- Ask how visit times are agreed, and what happens if a carer is running late.
- Ask how long each visit lasts, and whether travel time is counted in it.
- Read the latest CQC report, and ask how the provider checks that visits happen.
Whoever ends up paying, you can ask your council’s adult social care team for a free assessment of what help you need. Our guide explains what to expect and what to ask.
About this information
CQC data as at 13 October 2026. Services not currently providing care, and services that are no longer registered, are not listed.
Contains Care Quality Commission data © Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Care Comparison is independent and is not connected to or endorsed by CQC.