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Bright Meadows, Bolton — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Bright Meadows

Nursing homes · 121 beds · Breightmet Fold Lane, Bolton BL2 6PP

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

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Homesplace Grade · stable

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Bright Meadows any good?

On the evidence, Bright Meadows has a record with one watch point. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (1 Oct 2025). The watch point: safe is rated requires improvement at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 1 Oct 2025CQC 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 1 October 2025.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 1 Oct 2025

Goodoverall

Safe: ● Requires improvement
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.

J. Valentine · current registered manager
since Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

121 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: HARBOUR HEALTHCARE 1 LTD · 08062705
Incorporated: 9 May 2012
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · audited-abridged
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 2 outstanding · Barclays Bank PLC as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties, Barclays Bank PLC as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent) · 8 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 · 14 June 2026shown for context · not part of the Homesplace Grade