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Beachcomber Care Home, Seaham — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/County Durhamlocal authority/Seahamtown · city/Beachcomber Care Home

Beachcomber Care Home

Residential homes · 48 beds · 12 North Road, Seaham SR7 7AA

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Unclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Beachcomber Care Home any good?

On the evidence, Beachcomber Care Home has a record with one watch point. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (19 Jan 2023). The watch point: this service has not been inspected since 19 january 2023. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 19 Jan 2023CQC register · manager history

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This service has not been inspected since 19 January 2023.

That is 41 months ago. Ratings may not reflect current quality. The average gap between inspections for services like this is 22 months.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 19 Jan 2023

Goodoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Good at every inspection on record.

Good

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Jan 2023

Leadership stability

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

J. Cole · current registered manager
since Nov 2010 · 15 yrs 7 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

48 beds
Residential homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Physical disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: A. CHARLES THOMAS (CARE) LIMITED · 02125227
Incorporated: 23 April 1987
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · unaudited-abridged
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 7 outstanding · Barclays Bank PLC · 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