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Saxondale Nursing Home, Barnsley — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/Barnsleylocal authority/Saxondale Nursing Home

Saxondale Nursing Home

Nursing homes · 34 beds · Clarke Street, Barnsley S75 2TS

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

A89 / 100 ↗

Homesplace Grade · improving

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Saxondale Nursing Home any good?

On the evidence, Saxondale Nursing Home has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (5 Jan 2026).

CQC inspection · 5 Jan 2026CQC inspection · 3 Mar 2025CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 5 Jan 2026

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 (2026).

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Mar 2025

Good

Jan 2026

Leadership stability

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

R. Blackburn · current registered manager
since Dec 2010 · 15 yrs 5 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

34 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: BESTCARE UK LIMITED · 04033789
Incorporated: 14 July 2000
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · small
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): none outstanding · 10 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