PentaCare (West Kent)

PentaCare (West Kent) is a home care agency based in Sevenoaks, in the Kent council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Areas Covered West Kent Sevenoaks Hildenborough Kemsing Dunton Green Tunbridge Wells Sundridge Otford Hadlow Westerham Edenbridge Borough Green Tonbridge Chipstead Shoreham Wrotham West Suffolk Bury St Edmunds Barrow Brandon Great Barton Mildenhall Elmswell Red Lodge Honington Great Whelnetham Thurston Thetford Stowmarket Newmarket Risby Stanton Ixworth Bromley and Orpington Bromley Chelsfield Orpington Knockholt Farnborough Biggin Hill Sidcup Swanley Petts Wood Halstead Crockenhill St Mary Cray Sundridge St Paul’s Cray West Sussex Worthing Bramber Brighton Storrington Goring-by-sea Hove Lancing Littlehampton Rustington shoreham-by-sea Sompting Southwick Steyning. 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, live-in care, end of life care, companionship without personal care and younger adults. It is part of Pentacare Services, which has 4 branches in England. The agency has been registered since December 2021.

At its latest inspection, published February 2023, the CQC rated PentaCare (West Kent) Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

PentaCare (West Kent) charges £30 an hour for hourly visits, a figure published on the agency's own website in September 2026. Two visits a day of an hour each comes to about £420 a week. Live-in care is from £1,450 a week. That is about 18% above the typical hourly rate in Kent of £25.50.

On how it works, the agency says: 30 minute visits, 24/7 on-call, care within 24 hours, free assessment, male or female carer on request, takes council-funded clients and takes nhs continuing healthcare. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 383 registered home care agencies in Kent. Others working the same area include Caremore Companions, Vitality Home Health (Sevenoaks) and Callquest For Care, 3 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.