Friends Care Limited T/A Visiting Angels

Home care agency in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Operated by Visiting Angels

CQC GoodDementia
NeighbourhoodGreen SurroundingsWell Served
What do these badges mean?
  • Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
AddressThe Grange, Market Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QG

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About

Friends Care Limited, trading as Visiting Angels, is a home care agency based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. It provides care and support in people's own homes, with a focus on dementia, and also supports older people, younger adults under 65, and people with physical disabilities, sensory impairments or learning disabilities. The agency says its staff are trained to offer respectful, dignified and consistent support, with help tailored to each person's needs. Services include assistance with household tasks, personal care and meal preparation, so that people can continue to live at home.

The agency is rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission, with Good ratings for the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led key questions, in a report published in 2021.

What inspectors found

CQC: Good

Report published 26 October 2021 · Last inspected 15 October 2021

Inspectors rated this first-time inspection of this domiciliary care provider as good, following a visit in October 2021. The report describes staff who are trained, competent and recruited safely, and a service that supports people to make their own choices and keep their independence. It also notes that people's medicines are managed with support, that care is joined up with others involved, and that the service has processes in place for end of life care.

Strengths noted
  • People described feeling safe with staff, who were reported to be consistently reliable with visits
  • People were supported to make their own choices, including about food, and to stay as independent as possible
  • Staff were described as skilled and trained, with an open culture where lessons are learned and shared
  • The provider's monitoring systems were described as effective in identifying and making improvements

Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.

Care provided

Dementia

Specialist care

Dementia
Learning disabilities
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment
Younger adults (under 65)

What's nearby

GP surgery1.0 miles
Hospital8.7 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAdequate
  • Play SpaceSparse
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtLimited
  • Bowling GreenLimited
  • Playing FieldAdequate

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsLimited
  • Restaurants & CafesLimited
  • Retail ShoppingLimited
  • SupermarketsLimited
  • TakeawaysLimited

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What home care costs

Hourly (visiting) care — typically £22–£30 per hour
Overnight (waking) care — typically £150–£220 per night
Live-in care — typically £1,100–£1,600 per week

Estimated typical UK ranges — Friends Care Limited T/A Visiting Angels will give you a written quote after a free needs assessment. Check who pays with the funding calculator.

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Local health safety net

Friends Care Limited T/A Visiting Angels is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Hinchingbrooke Hospital, 8.7 miles away. The local GP practice is SWAVESEY SURGERY, 1 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Hinchingbrooke Hospital · 8.7 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
SWAVESEY SURGERY · 1 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Part of Visiting Angels

Friends Care Limited T/A Visiting Angels is one of 37 services run by Visiting Angels on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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