Abbeyfield Residential Care Home - The Grove

Residential homes · 32 beds · 40A The Grove, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 1NH

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Part of Abbeyfield SocietyUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

Homesplace Grade · stable

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Is Abbeyfield Residential Care Home - The Grove any good?

On the evidence, Abbeyfield Residential Care Home - The Grove has a record with one watch point. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (9 Dec 2024). The watch point: safe is rated requires improvement at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 9 Dec 2024CQC register · manager history

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Safe is rated Requires improvement at the current inspection.

Safe is one of the two most heavily weighted key questions in the Homesplace Grade. Rated at the inspection published 9 December 2024.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 9 Dec 2024

Requires improvementoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Requires improvement at every inspection on record.

Requires improvement

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Dec 2024

Leadership stability

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

N. Glendenning · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 4 mo

Enforcement and breaches

No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

32 beds
Residential homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: ABBEYFIELD NORTHUMBRIA · 00702983
Incorporated: 12 September 1961
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · full
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 4 outstanding · The Housing Corporation, Rock Building Society · 1 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 · 13 June 2026shown for context · not part of the Homesplace Grade