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Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited

CQC lists 2 care homes run by Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited, all in East. Of its 2 rated services, 100% are Good or Outstanding; the England figure for the same kinds of service is 83%.

  • 2services on the CQC register
  • 100%share of rated that are Good or Outstanding
  • 0Outstanding
  • 0rated within two years · 2 over 4 years ago

How CQC rates Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited's services

CQC areaRated OutstandingRated GoodRated Requires improvementRated Inadequate
Overall0200
Safe0200
Effective0200
Caring0200
Responsive1100
Well-led0110

Services by current CQC rating; first service registered December 2010; total care home capacity 73 beds.

Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited: the figures

Freda Gunton Lodge Residential Home is Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited's largest care home at 40 beds and Cheviot Nursing Home the smallest at 33. Across 2 homes the total is 73, or 37 per home.

Compared with England, weighting for its mix of care homes and home care, Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited has 0% of rated services at Outstanding against 5%, and 0% (0 of 2) below Good against 17%.

Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited operates in 1 region: East (2 care homes).

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Each service against its local area

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ServiceRatingCouncil areaGood or Outstanding locallyRated more recently than
Cheviot Nursing HomeGoodEssex84% of 36817% locally
Freda Gunton Lodge Residential HomeGoodEssex84% of 36838% locally

Care homes: Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited

ServiceAreaCQC ratingBeds
Cheviot Nursing HomeColchester, EssexGood Rated Dec 201833
Freda Gunton Lodge Residential HomeColchester, EssexGood Rated Feb 202040

Ratings belong to individual services rather than to the group. Taken from CQC's register and its ratings in Oct 2026, under the Open Government Licence (version 3.0). Other care groups.

Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited FAQs

How big is Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited?

Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited runs 2 care homes registered with CQC, with 73 care home beds.

How good are Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited's CQC ratings?

Of the services Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited runs that have a rating (2), 100% are Good or Outstanding: 0 Outstanding, 2 Good, 0 Requires improvement, 0 Inadequate. CQC rates each location on its own.

How recent are Balkerne Gardens Trust Limited's ratings?

0 of its rated services were rated in the last two years and 2 more than four years ago. An old rating may not reflect the service today, particularly after a change of manager. How old care ratings are across England.

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