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St. Ives Country House Care, Ringwood — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/Dorsetlocal authority/Ringwoodtown · city/St. Ives Country House Care

St. Ives Country House Care

Nursing homes · 60 beds · Horton Road, Ashley Heath, Ringwood BH24 2EE

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of Care SouthUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

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Homesplace Grade · stable

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is St. Ives Country House Care any good?

On the evidence, St. Ives Country House Care has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (11 Nov 2023).

CQC inspection · 11 Nov 2023CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 11 Nov 2023

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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Nov 2023

Leadership stability

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

E. Cotton · current registered manager
since Jan 2017 · 9 yrs 4 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

60 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Dementia
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: CARE SOUTH · 02565033
Incorporated: 4 December 1990
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · full
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 11 outstanding · Barclays Bank PLC as Bank, Barclays Security Trustee Limited as Security Trustee, Barclays Bank PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC · 3 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