Butterfly's Care

Butterfly's Care is a home care agency based in Colchester, in the Essex council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It The Butterfly’s Care Group network spreads across North Essex, with homes in Braintree, Colchester, Alresford and Walton-on-the-Naze. We also provide personal domiciliary home care across North Essex. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, sleeping nights, respite care and end of life care. It is run by Butterflys Care Homes. The agency has been registered since August 2023.

Butterfly's Care has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

Butterfly's Care has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Essex with a rate on record typically charge about £27 an hour and £1,675 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: carers drive. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 448 registered home care agencies in Essex. Others working the same area include Fuchsia Homecare Colchester, Care Givers Limited and Extra Care Limited, 5 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.