Care home · Westminster
Beachcroft House
Typical fee here £1,680–£2,050 a week Estimate
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- 111 Shirland Road, London, W9 2EL
- Run by
- GCH (Alan Morkill House) Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 84 (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
- September 2020 (6 years)
- Part of
- Gold Care Homes
- Registered manager
- Tohibat Adebisi Kesington
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2012 (14 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08130202)
- Last CQC check
- 1 May 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,680–£2,050 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-9252142031
About this home
Beachcroft House in Westminster is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by GCH (Alan Morkill House) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia and physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2021). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 20 CQC-registered care homes in and around St John's Wood; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
Beachcroft House is run by Gch (alan Morkill House) Limited (company 08130202), incorporated in 2012, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
GCH (Alan Morkill House) Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Gold Care Homes brand, which covers 45 services run by 18 registered providers.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- People and their relatives were happy with the quality of care and support they received at the service.
- People received care and support that was developed to meet their individual needs as reflected in their care plans.
- However, some of the individual assessments to identify and meet risks to people's safety and wellbeing needed to be more detailed and tailored to people's unique circumstances.
- People were supported with their medicine needs, although some improvements were needed to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the medicine system.
Inspected 1 March 2021; report published 1 May 2021. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How it fits locally
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 Forrester Court, under 0.5 miles away.
18 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Maida Vale ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West and North London ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (2 min), a park (3 min), a café (2 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Westminster, 1 of 7 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (14%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Beachcroft House at £1,680–£2,050 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £87k–£107k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
With savings below £23,250, Westminster Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Past CQC ratings
- Feb 2021
- May 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 1 May 2021
- CQC inspection report 23 February 2021
Map and area details
- Ward
- Maida Vale
- Council
- Westminster City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Queen's Park and Maida Vale
- NHS planning area
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
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Around the building
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- Railway station London Paddington, 1.3 km (17 min walk)
- GP surgery The Elgin Clinic, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Sumer Pharmacy, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Buy Well Food, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Park 240 m (3 min walk)
- Café Billy's Caffe, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Masjid Khalil, 360 m (4 min walk)
- Library Maida Vale Library, 100 m (1 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
History with CQC
Registered in September 2020, it has 6 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2021), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Good.
It has gone 5 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 1 May 2021.
The five key questions
- Safe1 of 7 in Westminster
- Effective7 of 7 in Westminster
- Caring7 of 7 in Westminster
- Responsive7 of 7 in Westminster
- Well-led7 of 7 in Westminster
Source: CQC, published 1 May 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Westminster share it.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Beachcroft House on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Beachcroft House in local context
- Rated Good. Across Westminster, 100% of the 7 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2021) is more recent than 0% of care home ratings in Westminster.
- With 84 beds it is larger than 67% of care homes in Westminster, where the typical home has 40.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 33% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Westminster lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (14% of care homes in Westminster are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Westminster. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Newer ratings near Westminster
- Hampstead Court Care HomeJan 2026
- Hampstead Court Care HomeJan 2026
- Forrester CourtSep 2025
Quick answers about Beachcroft House
- How recent is Beachcroft House's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 1 May 2021, 5 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Beachcroft House registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- What type of care does Beachcroft House provide?
- CQC lists Beachcroft House under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Beachcroft House a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Beachcroft House as a care home, location ID 1-9252142031 and was rated Good overall in May 2021.
- What is Beachcroft House's address?
- It is at 111 Shirland Road, London, W9 2EL.
- Is Beachcroft House rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does care from Beachcroft House cost?
- Beachcroft House has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,615 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs Beachcroft House?
- Beachcroft House is run by GCH (Alan Morkill House) Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many residents can Beachcroft House take?
- CQC registers Beachcroft House for 84 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
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