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Mr & Mrs L Difford

Mr & Mrs L Difford runs 4 care homes registered with CQC, all of them in South West. England's Good or Outstanding share for the same service types is 83%, and Mr & Mrs L Difford's is 75% of 4 rated services.

  • 4registered locations
  • 75%of those rated are Good or Outstanding
  • 0with an Outstanding rating
  • 0ratings under 2 years old · 4+ years old: 1

How CQC rates Mr & Mrs L Difford's services

Key questionInadequateRequires improvementGoodOutstanding
Overall0130
Safe0040
Effective0130
Caring0040
Responsive0040
Well-led0130

Counts of services by their latest published CQC rating; earliest registration December 2010; 113 registered beds.

Mr & Mrs L Difford: the figures

Compared with England, weighting for its mix of care homes and home care, Mr & Mrs L Difford has 0% of rated services at Outstanding against 5%, and 25% (1 of 4) below Good against 17%.

Oldest registration: Penmount Grange, Bodmin, December 2010. Newest: Clann House, Bodmin, September 2022.

Mr & Mrs L Difford operates in 1 region: South West (4 care homes).

The 4 care homes with published capacity have 113 beds between them, an average of 28. The largest is Clann House with 34; the smallest is Pen Inney House with 20.

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Service by service, against the area

For every location, the share of similar local services rated Good or Outstanding, and how recent its own rating is.

LocationCurrent ratingCouncilGood/Outstanding in the areaRecency vs area
Clann HouseGoodCornwall81% of 19462% locally
Pen Inney HouseRequires improvementCornwall81% of 19451% locally
Penmount GrangeGoodCornwall81% of 19419% locally
Red GablesGoodCornwall81% of 19461% locally

Every Mr & Mrs L Difford care home

ServiceAreaCQC ratingBeds
Clann HouseBodmin, CornwallGood Rated Mar 202334
Pen Inney HouseLaunceston, CornwallRequires improvement Rated Dec 202220
Penmount GrangeBodmin, CornwallGood Rated Oct 201927
Red GablesBude, CornwallGood Rated Mar 202332

CQC rates each service separately, not the group as a whole. Data: CQC register and published ratings, Oct 2026, used under OGL v3.0. Browse all care groups.

Mr & Mrs L Difford FAQs

How many services are run by Mr & Mrs L Difford?

Mr & Mrs L Difford is responsible for 4 care homes on the register, with 113 care home beds.

How does CQC rate Mr & Mrs L Difford's services?

75% Good or Outstanding across Mr & Mrs L Difford's 4 rated services (0 Outstanding, 3 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 0 Inadequate). Ratings are per service, so look at the specific one.

Are Mr & Mrs L Difford's CQC ratings current?

In the last two years 0 services were rated, while 1 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.

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