Stocks Home Care Services

Stocks Home Care Services is a home care agency based in Skelmersdale, in the Lancashire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Stocks Hall Care Agency provide short and long term staffing solutions to nursing and residential care homes throughout Lancashire and the North West. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, 24-hour care and respite care. It is run by Stocks Hall Care Homes. The agency has been registered since January 2011.

At its latest inspection, published April 2026, the CQC rated Stocks Home Care Services 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.

Stocks Home Care Services has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Lancashire with a rate on record typically charge about £25 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: employs its carers, 24/7 on-call, family app or online notes, 37 years operating and takes council-funded clients. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 262 registered home care agencies in Lancashire. Others working the same area include Alcedo Care St Helens, Wigan and Warrington, Bridgewater Home Care and Wigan Community Services, 1 of which has 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.