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The Oaks Care Home, Colchester — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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The Oaks Care Home

Nursing homes · 61 beds · 15-25 Oaks Drive, Lexden, Colchester CO3 3PR

✓ Verified record · data of 14 June 2026Part of New Century CareUnclaimed · auto generated from official sources

B83 / 100 ↗

Homesplace Grade · improving

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is The Oaks Care Home any good?

On the evidence, The Oaks Care Home has a record with one watch point. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (26 Jun 2025). The watch point: enforcement action on record: special measures (cqc). Worth asking about on a visit.

CQC inspection · 26 Jun 2025CQC inspection · 9 Sep 2024CQC register · manager history

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Enforcement action on record: Special measures (CQC).

CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment. Enforcement is weighed against the grade for three years.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 26 Jun 2025

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 (2025).

Inadequate

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Sep 2024

Good

Jun 2025

Leadership stability

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

Enforcement and breaches

Special measures (CQC) · 9 Sep 2024 · CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment.

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

61 beds
Nursing homes
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Learning disabilities
Physical disabilities

CQC register · 14 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: AUREM CARE (THE OAKS) LIMITED · 03001554
Incorporated: 14 December 1994
Last accounts: made up to 31 March 2025 · audit-exemption-subsidiary
Next accounts due: Dec 2026
Charges (secured debt): 3 outstanding · Shawbrook Bank Limited (As Lender), Gresham House (Nominees) Limited as Security Agent, Shawbrook Bank Limited · 4 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