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Orrell Grange

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 2 November 2019 Rating 6 years old

Typical fee here £1,420–£1,730 a week Estimate

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Address
43 Cinder Lane, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 6DP
Run by
1st Care Limited (2 services)
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Nursing home
Beds
36 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
January 2011 (15 years)
Registered manager
Bernadette Makaza-Muzavazi
Company check
Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04254989)
Last CQC check
20 Jan 2022
Typical fees Estimated
£1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-127657754

Introducing Orrell Grange

Orrell Grange is a CQC-registered nursing home in Liverpool, run by 1st Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2019). It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bootle; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Track record

Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Inspected but not rated.

The rating is 6 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.

There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 20 January 2022.

Past CQC ratings

  1. Oct 2015 Requires improvement
  2. Aug 2016 Requires improvement
  3. Nov 2016 Requires improvement
  4. Oct 2017 Requires improvement
  5. Nov 2018 Requires improvement
  6. Feb 2019 Good
  7. Nov 2019 Good
  8. Jan 2022 Inspected but not rated
  9. Today Rating 6 years old

Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

CQC documents

Council food inspection

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 January 2026 by Sefton. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.

From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Orrell Grange Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.

Finding it

Ward
Netherton South & Orrell
Parliamentary constituency
Bootle
Integrated care board
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
ONS area type
Urban; nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in L20 (11)

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Within walking distance

  • Bus stop 160 m (2 min walk) · 25 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station Seaforth & Litherland, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
  • Shop Hawthorne Local, 440 m (5 min walk)
  • Park 110 m (1 min walk)
  • Place of worship Saint Robert Bellarmine, 220 m (3 min walk)

Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.

Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).

The registered provider

Orrell Grange is run by 1st Care Limited (company 04254989), incorporated in 2001, 9 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.

1st Care Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 1 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (50%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Mount Avenue, under 0.5 miles away.

16 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Netherton South & Orrell ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a park (1 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Costs to expect

We estimate Orrell Grange at £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £74k–£90k.

Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.

Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Sefton Council for a free care needs assessment.

Registered specialisms

Taken from its CQC registration.

Reading Orrell Grange's CQC ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Orrell Grange: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 78 of the 106 other care homes in Sefton that CQC has rated.

What inspectors found

  • The service is a purpose-built two-storey building in a residential area of Bootle, close to shops and public transport.
  • Orrell Grange can support up to 31 people with different health and care needs, including people living with dementia.
  • There were policies and procedures in place to manage risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic which were regularly reviewed and updated following any changes in national guidance.
  • These included the management of people with a COVID-19 positive diagnosis, staffing, admissions of people to the home, visitors and PPE.

Inspected 11 January 2022; report published 20 January 2022; supporting 31 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

The five key questions

  • SafeGood83 of 107 in Sefton
  • EffectiveGood92 of 107 in Sefton
  • CaringGood95 of 107 in Sefton
  • ResponsiveGood91 of 107 in Sefton
  • Well-ledGood79 of 107 in Sefton

From CQC's latest report, published 2 November 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sefton share it.

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Where Orrell Grange stands locally

  • Rated Good. Across Sefton, 79% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 36% of care home ratings in Sefton.
  • With 36 beds it is larger than 64% of care homes in Sefton, where the typical home has 27.
  • Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 74% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sefton lists 3.

All figures compare it with other care homes in Sefton; CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Frequently asked about Orrell Grange

When did CQC last rate Orrell Grange?
2 November 2019 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
Is Orrell Grange registered for dementia care?
Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
Is Orrell Grange regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
It is. The CQC register records Orrell Grange as a care home, location ID 1-127657754 and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
What is Orrell Grange's address?
It is at 43 Cinder Lane, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 6DP.
What kind of care can Orrell Grange offer?
Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Orrell Grange how it would adapt if needs increase.
How did Orrell Grange score on each CQC key question?
CQC rates five key questions. For Orrell Grange: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
What are Orrell Grange's fees?
Orrell Grange's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
Who is the registered provider for Orrell Grange?
1st Care Limited is the registered provider for Orrell Grange.
How many beds does Orrell Grange have?
Orrell Grange can take up to 36 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.

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