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Cheriton Care Home, Dorchester — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Cheriton Care Home

Residential homes · 71 beds · 10 Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester DT1 2EN

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of AgincareUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Is Cheriton Care Home any good?

On the evidence, Cheriton Care Home has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (11 Nov 2024).

CQC inspection · 11 Nov 2024CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 11 Nov 2024

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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Nov 2024

Leadership stability

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

M. Dennis-Andrews · current registered manager
since Jul 2015 · 10 yrs 11 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

71 beds
Residential homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: CHERITON CARE CENTRE LIMITED · 09096707
Incorporated: 23 June 2014
Last accounts: made up to 31 July 2025 · audit-exemption-subsidiary
Next accounts due: Apr 2027
Charges (secured debt): none registered

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