Friends Place

Residential homes · 66 beds · The Chase, Calcot, Reading RG31 7DW

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of Friends of the ElderlyUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

Homesplace Grade · stable

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Friends Place any good?

Friends Place is registered with the CQC but has no published inspection ratings yet, so there is no record to judge it by. Ask the service when its first inspection is expected, and what its statement of purpose says.

CQC register · registration record

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The evidence

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

No inspections on record yet.

Leadership stability

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

O. Gutu · current registered manager
since Aug 2025 · 10 mo

Enforcement and breaches

No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

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

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

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Active· accounts up to date

Company: FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY · 00133850
Incorporated: 9 February 1914
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · group
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 1 outstanding · Hsbc 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