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Lindisfarne Birtley, Chester Le Street — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/Gatesheadlocal authority/Chester Le Streettown · city/Lindisfarne Birtley

Lindisfarne Birtley

Nursing homes · 66 beds · Durham Road, Birtley, Chester Le Street DH3 1LU

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Is Lindisfarne Birtley any good?

On the evidence, Lindisfarne Birtley has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (20 Mar 2025).

CQC inspection · 20 Mar 2025CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 20 Mar 2025

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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Mar 2025

Leadership stability

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

S. Harbottle · current registered manager
since Feb 2011 · 15 yrs 4 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

66 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Mental health conditions
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: GAINFORD CARE HOMES LIMITED · 02935370
Incorporated: 3 June 1994
Last accounts: made up to 31 December 2024 · group
Next accounts due: Sep 2026
Charges (secured debt): 9 outstanding · Hsbc UK Bank PLC · 16 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