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Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office, Wimborne — home care agency record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office

Homecare agencies · Suite 7, Merley House, Merley House Road, Wimborne BH21 3AA

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Is Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office any good?

On the evidence, Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (6 Aug 2024).

CQC inspection · 6 Aug 2024CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 6 Aug 2024

Goodoverall

Safe: ● Good
Effective: ● Good
Caring: ● Good
Responsive: ● Good
Well led: ● Good

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Good at every inspection on record.

Good

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Aug 2024

Leadership stability

No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.

C. Buckler · current registered manager
since Jun 2011 · 15 yrs

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

Homecare agencies
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Caring for children
Dementia
Eating disorders
Learning disabilities
Mental health conditions
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment
Services for everyone
Substance misuse problems

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: CANDLELIGHT HOMECARE SERVICES LIMITED · 03583265
Incorporated: 18 June 1998
Last accounts: made up to 30 September 2024 · total-exemption-full
Next accounts due: Jun 2026
Charges (secured debt): 1 outstanding · Lloyds Bank PLC · 3 satisfied

No financial-distress signals on the register: the operating company is active, with accounts and confirmation statement filed on time and no insolvency history.

Companies House · 13 June 2026shown for context · not part of the Homesplace Grade