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ESPA Agency, Sunderland — home care agency record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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ESPA Agency

Homecare agencies · Supported living · North House, Ferryboat Lane, Sunderland SR5 3RL

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Unclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Homesplace Grade · stable

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Is ESPA Agency any good?

On the evidence, ESPA Agency has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (1 Aug 2025).

CQC inspection · 1 Aug 2025CQC inspection · 1 Aug 2025CQC register · manager history

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The operating company's confirmation statement is overdue.

Companies House shows the annual confirmation statement past its deadline, which can precede the company being struck off the register.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 1 Aug 2025

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 2025

Good

Aug 2025

Leadership stability

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

C. Wheatley · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 5 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

Homecare agencies
Supported living
Learning disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active

Company: EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED · 02909953
Incorporated: 18 March 1994
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · group
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 18 outstanding · Barclays Bank PLC · 1 satisfied

The operating company's confirmation statement is overdue. Companies House shows the annual confirmation statement past its deadline, which can precede the company being struck off the register.

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