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The Dene Lodge - Minehead, Minehead — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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The Dene Lodge - Minehead

Residential homes · 39 beds · Bircham Road, Alcombe, Minehead TA24 6BQ

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

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Is The Dene Lodge - Minehead any good?

On the evidence, The Dene Lodge - Minehead has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (22 May 2024).

CQC inspection · 22 May 2024CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 22 May 2024

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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May 2024

Leadership stability

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

L. Don · current registered manager
since Dec 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

39 beds
Residential homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Dementia

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: HAZELGATE LTD · 03163406
Incorporated: 23 February 1996
Last accounts: made up to 31 May 2025 · total-exemption-full
Next accounts due: Feb 2027
Charges (secured debt): 5 outstanding · National Westminster Bank 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