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Dairy Lane Care Centre, Houghton Le Spring — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Dairy Lane Care Centre

Residential homes · 22 beds · Dairy Lane, Houghton Le Spring DH4 5EH

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

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Homesplace Grade · stable

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Is Dairy Lane Care Centre any good?

On the evidence, Dairy Lane Care Centre has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (12 Oct 2023).

CQC inspection · 12 Oct 2023CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 12 Oct 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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Oct 2023

Leadership stability

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

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

22 beds
Residential homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: DAIRY LANE (ST. MICHAEL'S) LIMITED · 08749121
Incorporated: 25 October 2013
Last accounts: made up to 31 December 2024 · total-exemption-full
Next accounts due: Sep 2026
Charges (secured debt): 1 outstanding · Atom Bank PLC

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