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Appletree Grange, Chester Le Street — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Appletree Grange

Residential homes · 32 beds · Durham Road, Birtley, Chester Le Street DH3 2BH

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Part of Barchester HealthcareUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Is Appletree Grange any good?

On the evidence, Appletree Grange has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (17 Jul 2025).

CQC inspection · 17 Jul 2025CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 17 Jul 2025

Goodoverall

Safe: ● Good
Effective: ● Good
Caring: ★ Outstanding
Responsive: ● Good
Well led: ● Good

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Good at every inspection on record.

Good

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Jul 2025

Leadership stability

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

N. Chukwudochie · current registered manager
since Feb 2011 · 15 yrs 3 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
Dementia

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE HOMES LIMITED · 02849519
Incorporated: 1 September 1993
Last accounts: made up to 31 December 2024 · full
Next accounts due: Sep 2026

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