Care provider
Friends of the Elderly
Friends of the Elderly is the registered operator of 7 care homes, across 3 regions of England. Good or Outstanding: 83% of 6 rated services, compared with 83% for like-for-like services in England.
- 7CQC-registered services
- 83%of rated services are Good or better
- 1rated Outstanding
- 3recent ratings (2 years) · 3 older than 4 years
Friends of the Elderly: CQC ratings by key question
| CQC area | Rated Outstanding | Rated Good | Rated Requires improvement | Rated Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Safe | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Effective | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Caring | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Responsive | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Well-led | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Services by current CQC rating; on the register since January 2011; 273 beds across its care homes.
Trades as part of: Friends of the Elderly.
About Friends of the Elderly's services
Rating changes over 12 months: 0 up, 0 down, 0 first ratings, from 2 new ratings in all. Newest: The Lawn Residential Care Home (Requires improvement, 22 January 2026).
The council areas with the most Friends of the Elderly services are Surrey (2), West Berkshire (1) and Luton (1), out of 6 in total.
Region by region: South East (4 care homes), East (2 care homes) and London (1 care home).
Capacity: 273 beds over 7 homes, averaging 39, ranging from 26 at Little Bramingham Farm Residential Care Home to 66 at Friends Place.
1 of its 7 services has no published CQC rating yet.
Against England as a whole, Friends of the Elderly has 17% Outstanding (England 5%) and 17% below Good (England 17%). That is 1 of 6 rated services in the two lower ratings.
Friends Place (Reading) is the most recent addition, registered in August 2025; Little Bramingham Farm Residential Care Home (Luton) has been registered the longest, since January 2011.
How each service compares locally
How each service's CQC rating compares with all services of the same type in its council area.
| Service | Rating | Council area | Good or Outstanding locally | Rated more recently than |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends Place | Not yet rated | West Berkshire | 90% of 40 | – |
| Little Bramingham Farm Residential Care Home | Luton | 73% of 33 | 36% locally | |
| New Copford Place Residential Care Home | Essex | 84% of 368 | 9% locally | |
| Orford House Residential Care Home | Sutton | 95% of 65 | 74% locally | |
| Redcot Residential Care Home | Surrey | 81% of 338 | 78% locally | |
| The Bernard Sunley Nursing and Dementia Care Home | Surrey | 81% of 338 | 26% locally | |
| The Lawn Residential Care Home | Hampshire | 85% of 445 | 86% locally |
Care homes run by Friends of the Elderly
East (2)
| Name | Location | Rating | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bramingham Farm Residential Care Home | Luton | Rated Mar 2020 | 26 |
| New Copford Place Residential Care Home | Colchester, Essex | Rated Jul 2018 | 27 |
London (1)
| Name | Location | Rating | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orford House Residential Care Home | Coulsdon, Sutton | Rated Oct 2025Inspected recently | 29 |
South East (4)
| Name | Location | Rating | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends Place | Reading, West Berkshire | Not yet rated | 66 |
| Redcot Residential Care Home | Haslemere, Surrey | Rated Nov 2025Inspected recently | 32 |
| The Bernard Sunley Nursing and Dementia Care Home | Woking, Surrey | Rated Apr 2020 | 62 |
| The Lawn Residential Care Home | Alton, Hampshire | Rated Jan 2026Inspected recently | 31 |
Each rating applies to one service, not the whole group. Based on CQC data as of Oct 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence, version 3. Care groups index.
Friends of the Elderly: common questions
How many services are run by Friends of the Elderly?
Friends of the Elderly is responsible for 7 care homes on the register across 3 regions of England, with 273 care home beds.
How does CQC rate Friends of the Elderly's services?
83% Good or Outstanding across Friends of the Elderly's 6 rated services (1 Outstanding, 4 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 0 Inadequate). Ratings are per service, so look at the specific one.
Are Friends of the Elderly's CQC ratings current?
In the last two years 3 services were rated, while 3 still carry ratings from over four years ago. How old care ratings are across England.
Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.