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Barleycombe, Sudbury — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Barleycombe

Residential homes · 11 beds · Sudbury Road, Long Melford, Sudbury CO10 9HE

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of Lifeways Community CareUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Homesplace Grade · stable

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Barleycombe any good?

On the evidence, Barleycombe has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (7 Oct 2025).

CQC inspection · 7 Oct 2025CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 7 Oct 2025

Goodoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Good at every inspection on record.

Good

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Oct 2025

Leadership stability

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

A. Dodds · current registered manager
since Dec 2016 · 9 yrs 6 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

11 beds
Residential homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Learning disabilities

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: LIFEWAYS COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED · 04126127
Incorporated: 15 December 2000
Last accounts: made up to 28 February 2025 · audit-exemption-subsidiary
Next accounts due: Nov 2026
Charges (secured debt): 1 outstanding · Kroll Trustee Services Limited as Security Agent · 19 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