GUTU
- Home care
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2016
- Chatham, Medway, South East
No overall rating
No overall rating: this location offers more than one kind of service, so the CQC rates each service separately.
At a glance
6 ratings
Its last inspection improved it from Requires improvement to Good.
17 months
since the latest rating was published.
62%
of rated home care services in Medway are Good or Outstanding (87% across the South East, 88% across England).
GUTU: inspection record
This service has no overall rating at present. The squares show its earlier ratings.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Baines Care Ltd (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Agincare Enable Supported Living (Medway) (Good, 0.5 miles away).
Nearest home care services:
- – Lighthouse PVT Ltd Not yet rated, less than 0.1 miles away
- G Baines Care Ltd Good, 0.2 miles away
- RI A1 Healthcare Solutions Requires improvement, 0.3 miles away
- – Livingwell Services Ltd Not yet rated, 0.4 miles away
- G Agincare Enable Supported Living (Medway) Good, 0.5 miles away
What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's assessment published 22 May 2025 (assessment visit 17 October 2024). Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Date of assessment: 14 to 29 April 2025. GUTU, also known by the provider’s name Time4U Ltd, provides care and support to people living in supported living houses and flats. The service supports younger and older adults with a learning disability and autistic people, as well as those with physical and mental health support needs. At the time of this assessment there were 31 people receiving personal care support from this service. Not everyone who used the service received personal care. CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is to help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do, we also consider any wider social care provided.
- Safe Good
- Effective Good
- Caring Good
- Responsive Good
- Well-led Good
Read the rest of CQC's summary
The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance. Improvements were found at this assessment and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations.
We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.
People received support tailored to their individual needs and risks and staff knew them well. Staff recently underwent additional training, and their competence and practice were regularly monitored by the management. People were supported by consistent staff teams and received safe help with their medicines, to do things they liked and to build their skills to become more independent. Staff treated people with kindness and respect and involved them in their care. People were supported to have equitable access to other healthcare and social care services and staff supported them to communicate in a way which met their needs. The provider now had clear systems for speaking up and regularly asked people’s relatives, staff and other stakeholders for their feedback on the service. The governance and quality assurances systems and processes had been reviewed and improved. Staff felt supported by the leadership which was approachable and visible in the service. The provider had now developed an improved organisational and staff support structures and reviewed their recording and reporting systems. However, some service improvement actions had not yet been fully completed or embedded at the time of this assessment. For example, further work was required around some elements of people’s support records, learning and sharing lessons from incidents and accidents and service design to align it with the ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance.
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Safe
Good
Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm. At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to good.
This meant people were safe and protected from avoidable harm.
The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to safe care and treatment. Improvements around how the provider assessed and monitored individual risks to people were found at this assessment. The provider was no longer in breach of this regulation.
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Effective
Good
Effective – this means we looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has remained good.
This meant people’s outcomes were consistently good, and people’s feedback confirmed this.
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Caring
Good
Caring – this means we looked for evidence that the provider involved people and treated them with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has remained good.
This meant people were supported and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.
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Responsive
Good
Responsive – this means we looked for evidence that the provider met people’s needs.
At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment the rating has remained good.
This meant people’s needs were met through good organisation and delivery.
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Well-led
Good
Well-led – this means we looked for evidence that service leadership, management and governance assured high-quality, person-centred care; supported learning and innovation; and promoted an open, fair culture.
At our last assessment we rated this key question requires improvement. At this assessment the rating has changed to good.
This meant the service was consistently managed and well-led. Leaders and the culture they created promoted high-quality, person-centred care.
The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to good governance. Improvements around how the provider monitored and improved the quality and safety of the service were found at this assessment, although some of the new systems and processes needed further embedding and there were further improvement actions which were still being completed at the time of the assessment. The provider was no longer in breach of this regulation.
Questions to ask the service
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the service did about any points in it.
- Ask how visit times are agreed and who covers when your usual carer is away.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Alice Mandebvu
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service, Supported living service
- Who it supports
- Children 0-18 years, Dementia, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Older People, People who misuse drugs and alcohol, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)5 inspection reports, latest 29 June 2023. Latest assessment published 22 May 2025; the Care Quality Commission's newer assessments are published on its website rather than as reports.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Time 4 U Ltd
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 07688194 (opens Companies House)
Time 4 U Ltd runs 2 services, all in the South East. 1 is rated Good or Outstanding and 1 has no rating yet.
Other services run by Time 4 U Ltd
- G Cwello Lodge Good. Care home, Southampton
Getting help from Medway Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Medway Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01634 334 466
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Medway Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does GUTU provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for GUTU.
- When was GUTU last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for GUTU was published on 22 May 2025.
- Who runs GUTU?
- GUTU is run by Time 4 U Ltd. It runs 2 services, all in the South East.
- What is GUTU's CQC rating?
- No overall rating: this location offers more than one kind of service, so the CQC rates each service separately.
Contact
- Phone
- 0800 023 2188
- Address
- 116 Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6DQ Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Baines Care Ltd (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Agincare Enable Supported Living (Medway) (Good, 0.5 miles away).
Nearest home care services:
- – Lighthouse PVT Ltd Not yet rated, less than 0.1 miles away
- G Baines Care Ltd Good, 0.2 miles away
- RI A1 Healthcare Solutions Requires improvement, 0.3 miles away
- – Livingwell Services Ltd Not yet rated, 0.4 miles away
- G Agincare Enable Supported Living (Medway) Good, 0.5 miles away