Five Lamps Home Care

Five Lamps Home Care is a home care agency based in Stockton-on-Tees, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 9 miles of its Stockton-on-Tees office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. 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. It is run by The Five Lamps Organisation. The agency has been registered since July 2020.

At its latest inspection, published July 2021, the CQC rated Five Lamps Home Care Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Five Lamps Home Care has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Stockton-on-Tees. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 41 registered home care agencies in Stockton-on-Tees. Others working the same area include Ther Ark Care Principles Ltd, The Robert Atkinson Centre and Home Instead Cleveland, 2 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.