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Highlea Care Limited, Shildon — home care agency record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Home care/County Durhamlocal authority/Shildontown · city/Highlea Care Limited

Highlea Care Limited

Homecare agencies · Supported living · Shildon Business Centre, Dabble Duck Industrial Estate, Shildon DL4 2RF

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of National Care GroupUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Is Highlea Care Limited any good?

On the evidence, Highlea Care Limited has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (26 Sep 2025).

CQC inspection · 26 Sep 2025CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 26 Sep 2025

Requires improvementoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Requires improvement at every inspection on record.

Requires improvement

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Sep 2025

Leadership stability

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

J. Cowens · current registered manager
since Apr 2015 · 11 yrs 2 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

Homecare agencies
Supported living
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Learning disabilities
Mental health conditions
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: HIGHLEA CARE LIMITED · 06341478
Incorporated: 13 August 2007
Last accounts: made up to 30 March 2025 · total-exemption-full
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 1 outstanding · Hsbc UK Bank PLC · 2 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 · 14 June 2026shown for context · not part of the Homesplace Grade