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Knappe Cross Care Centre, Exmouth — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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Knappe Cross Care Centre

Nursing homes · Rehabilitation (illness/injury) · 42 beds · Brixington Lane, Exmouth EX8 5DL

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

A86 / 100 ↗

Homesplace Grade · improving

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Knappe Cross Care Centre any good?

On the evidence, Knappe Cross Care Centre has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (24 Apr 2025).

CQC inspection · 24 Apr 2025CQC inspection · 6 Nov 2024CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 24 Apr 2025

Goodoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Moved to Good at the latest inspection (2025).

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Nov 2024

Good

Apr 2025

Leadership stability

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

A. Vhinyu · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 5 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

42 beds
Nursing homes
Rehabilitation (illness/injury)
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Dementia

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: ASHDOWN CARE LIMITED · 04161913
Incorporated: 16 February 2001
Last accounts: made up to 30 June 2024 · group
Next accounts due: Jun 2026
Charges (secured debt): 4 outstanding · Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank) · 5 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