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The Old Downs Care Centre, Dartford — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

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The Old Downs Care Centre

Nursing homes · Residential homes · 41 beds · Castle Hill, Hartley, Dartford DA3 7BH

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

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Is The Old Downs Care Centre any good?

On the evidence, The Old Downs Care Centre has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (29 Jul 2024).

CQC inspection · 29 Jul 2024CQC register · manager history

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The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 29 Jul 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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Jul 2024

Leadership stability

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

N. Cristescu · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 4 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

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

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

Active· accounts up to date

Company: NELLSAR LIMITED · 03801034
Incorporated: 6 July 1999
Last accounts: made up to 31 October 2024 · group
Next accounts due: Jul 2026
Charges (secured debt): 13 outstanding · Hsbc UK Bank PLC, Hsbc Bank PLC · 12 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