Care home · Wokingham
Murdoch House
Typical fee here £1,460–£1,780 a week Estimate
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- 1 Murdoch Road, Wokingham, RG40 2DL
- Run by
- Belmont Healthcare (Murdoch) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 27 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- April 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Patrick Gonsaro
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2025 (1 year), accounts up to date (Companies House 16186236)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Jan 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-22156938037
About Murdoch House
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Murdoch House is based in Wokingham, run by Belmont Healthcare (Murdoch) Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2021). It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wokingham; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Rating history
- Nov 2016
- Jul 2019
- Jan 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from an inspection on 6 May 2026 by Wokingham. 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 "Murdoch House"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Wescott
- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wokingham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in RG40 (9)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 520 m (6 min walk) · 2 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wokingham, 970 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery Ceda Healthcare, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 420 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Aldi, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Park Howard Palmer Gardens, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Café Aroma, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship The Salvation Army - Wokingham, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Library Wokingham Library, 460 m (6 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Who runs it
Murdoch House is run by Belmont Healthcare (murdoch) Limited (company 16186236), incorporated in 2025.
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.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Who they support
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Around Wokingham
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 Lovat House Residential Care, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wescott ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (5 min), a park (3 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 33 of the 42 other care homes in Wokingham that CQC has rated.
Likely fees
We estimate Murdoch House at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
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Each area CQC checks
- Safe38 of 43 in Wokingham
- Effective33 of 43 in Wokingham
- Caring41 of 43 in Wokingham
- Responsive34 of 43 in Wokingham
- Well-led34 of 43 in Wokingham
As rated by CQC, published 8 January 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wokingham share it.
Murdoch House over the years
Registered in April 2025, it has 1 year on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
The rating is 5 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.
The current rating was given to a previous provider; the present one has not yet been inspected here.
Family reviews
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How Murdoch House compares
- Rated Good. Across Wokingham, 93% of the 43 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2021) is more recent than 65% of care home ratings in Wokingham.
- With 27 beds it is larger than 60% of care homes in Wokingham, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2025, it is one of the newest care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wokingham lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Wokingham, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Murdoch House: common questions
- What services is Murdoch House registered for?
- Murdoch House is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is Murdoch House registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-22156938037 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in January 2021.
- Where is Murdoch House?
- It is at 1 Murdoch Road, Wokingham, RG40 2DL.
- When did CQC last rate Murdoch House?
- The latest rating is dated 8 January 2021, 5 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Murdoch House registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Who is the registered provider for Murdoch House?
- On CQC's register the provider is Belmont Healthcare (Murdoch) Limited.
- How many beds does Murdoch House have?
- CQC registers Murdoch House for 27 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How is Murdoch House rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What are Murdoch House's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Murdoch House yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
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