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Handle With Care, Portsmouth — home care agency record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Handle With Care

Homecare agencies · 188 Copnor Road, Portsmouth PO3 5DA

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Homesplace Grade · stable

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Is Handle With Care any good?

On the evidence, Handle With Care has a record with one watch point. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (1 Dec 2021). The watch point: this service has not been inspected since 1 december 2021. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 1 Dec 2021CQC register · manager history

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This service has not been inspected since 1 December 2021.

That is 54 months ago. Ratings may not reflect current quality. The average gap between inspections for services like this is 22 months.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 1 Dec 2021

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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Dec 2021

Leadership stability

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

I. Fearnhead-Clark · current registered manager
since Dec 2010 · 15 yrs 6 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

Homecare agencies
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Physical disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: HANDLE WITH CARE (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED · 04605604
Incorporated: 2 December 2002
Last accounts: made up to 31 May 2025 · total-exemption-full
Next accounts due: Feb 2027
Charges (secured debt): none registered

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