Helping Hands Poynton

Helping Hands Poynton is a home care agency based in Stockport, in the Cheshire East council area, 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 Stockport 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 and people with a physical disability. It is part of Midshires Care, which has 150 branches in England. The agency has been registered since September 2025.

Helping Hands Poynton 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.

Helping Hands Poynton has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Cheshire East. 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 91 registered home care agencies in Cheshire East. Others working the same area include Able Living Care Services Limited, Connect Care Services Ltd and Ambiance Care Limited, 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.