Care home · Reading
Suffolk Lodge
Typical fee here £1,460–£1,780 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Suffolk Lodge- Address
- 18 Rectory Road, Wokingham, Reading, RG40 1DH
- Run by
- Optalis Limited (10 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 40 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Roy Christie
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07630156)
- Last CQC check
- 22 Sep 2018
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-254273537
An overview of Suffolk Lodge
Suffolk Lodge is a CQC-registered residential care home in Reading, run by Optalis Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (September 2018). It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wokingham; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
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 Glebelands House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (5 of the nearest 25).
17 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Norreys 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 (1 min), a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (2 min), a park (5 min), a café (1 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The company behind Suffolk Lodge
Suffolk Lodge is run by Optalis Limited (company 07630156), incorporated in 2011.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities, residential care for older and disabled people and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Optalis Limited runs 10 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 9 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in Wokingham.
Costs to expect
We estimate Suffolk Lodge 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.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Wokingham Council after a needs and financial assessment.
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
Source: CQC, published 22 September 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wokingham share it.
Track record
Suffolk Lodge has been registered with CQC since June 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 8 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 22 September 2018.
From the latest CQC inspection
- People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement.
- The home is split into 5 smaller units of seven to eight bedrooms.
- There are three units on the ground floor and two on the first floor.
- One of the two first floor units was closed with all people living in the other four units.
Inspected 5 September 2018; report published 22 September 2018. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Suffolk Lodge: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 33 of the 42 other care homes in Wokingham that CQC has rated.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Ratings over time
- Sep 2015
- Feb 2016
- Sep 2017
- Sep 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 22 September 2018
- CQC inspection report 27 September 2017
- CQC inspection report 6 February 2016
- CQC inspection report 22 September 2015
- Inspection report 21 May 2014
- Inspection report 10 May 2013
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 5 September 2025 by Wokingham. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Suffolk Lodge"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Norreys
- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wokingham
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- 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 140 m (2 min walk) · 7 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wokingham, 520 m (7 min walk)
- GP surgery Rodger Duckworth, Physiotherapy Practice, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Pharmacy Wokingham Pharmacy, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Shop Waitrose, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Park Elms Field, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Café Giggling Spring, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Wokingham Baptist Church, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Library Wokingham Library, 550 m (7 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
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How Suffolk Lodge compares
- Rated Good. Across Wokingham, 93% of the 43 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2018) is more recent than 28% of care home ratings in Wokingham.
- With 40 beds it is larger than 64% of care homes in Wokingham, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 40% of 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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What families ask about Suffolk Lodge
- When did CQC last rate Suffolk Lodge?
- 22 September 2018 is when the current rating was published, 8 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Suffolk Lodge registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- What services is Suffolk Lodge registered for?
- Suffolk Lodge is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Suffolk Lodge regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-254273537 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in September 2018.
- Where is Suffolk Lodge based?
- It is at 18 Rectory Road, Wokingham, Reading, RG40 1DH.
- How is Suffolk Lodge rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Suffolk Lodge: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does care from Suffolk Lodge cost?
- We don't have published prices from Suffolk Lodge yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Which provider runs Suffolk Lodge?
- The registered provider is Optalis Limited, according to CQC.
- How many beds does Suffolk Lodge have?
- Suffolk Lodge has 40 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
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