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Handford House Care Home, Ipswich — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Handford House Care Home

Nursing homes · 52 beds · 27a Cumberland Street, Ipswich IP1 3PA

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Part of Healthcare HomesUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

B78 / 100 ↗

Homesplace Grade · improving

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Handford House Care Home any good?

On the evidence, Handford House Care Home has a record with one watch point. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (19 Mar 2025). The watch point: enforcement action on record: special measures (cqc). Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 19 Mar 2025CQC inspection · 21 Feb 2024CQC register · manager history

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Enforcement action on record: Special measures (CQC).

CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment. Enforcement is weighed against the grade for three years.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 19 Mar 2025

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Moved to Good at the latest inspection (2025).

Inadequate

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Feb 2024

Good

Mar 2025

Leadership stability

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

Enforcement and breaches

Special measures (CQC) · 21 Feb 2024 · CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment.

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

52 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Physical disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: HEALTHCARE HOMES (LSC) LIMITED · 06990425
Incorporated: 13 August 2009
Last accounts: made up to 30 September 2024 · full
Next accounts due: Jun 2026
Charges (secured debt): none outstanding · 9 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