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Orchard House, Ashford — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/Kentlocal authority/Ashfordtown · city/Orchard House

Orchard House

Residential homes · 10 beds · Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford TN23 3ED

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Part of CareTech Community ServicesUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Is Orchard House any good?

On the evidence, Orchard House has a record with one watch point. It was rated Requires improvement at its latest inspection (18 Jun 2025). The watch point: safe is rated inadequate at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 18 Jun 2025CQC register · manager history

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Safe is rated Inadequate at the current inspection.

Safe is one of the two most heavily weighted key questions in the Homesplace Grade. Rated at the inspection published 18 June 2025.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 18 Jun 2025

Requires improvementoverall

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

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Requires improvement at every inspection on record.

Requires improvement

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Jun 2025

Leadership stability

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

T. Maketo · current registered manager
since Nov 2010 · 15 yrs 6 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

10 beds
Residential homes
Learning disabilities
Physical disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: CARETECH COMMUNITY SERVICES (NO.2) LIMITED · 03894564
Incorporated: 15 December 1999
Last accounts: made up to 30 September 2024 · audit-exemption-subsidiary
Next accounts due: Jun 2026
Charges (secured debt): 4 outstanding · Glas Trust Corporation Limited as Security Agent and Trustee for the Secured Parties, Glas Trust Corporation Limited as Security Agent, Glas Trust Corporation Limited as Trustee for Itself and the Secured Parties · 8 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