Care home · Halstead
18 Acorn Avenue
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- 18 Acorn Avenue, Halstead, CO9 1LQ
- Run by
- TLC CARE HOMES BLAMSTERS RESIDENTIAL LIMITED (4 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 3 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- July 2020 (6 years)
- Part of
- Ivolve Group Limited
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11994304)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Jul 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-9188107801
About 18 Acorn Avenue
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, 18 Acorn Avenue is based in Halstead, run by TLC CARE HOMES BLAMSTERS RESIDENTIAL LIMITED. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (July 2023). It is one of 19 CQC-registered care homes in and around Halstead; 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
18 Acorn Avenue has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 269 of the 363 other care homes in Essex that CQC has rated.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe290 of 364 in Essex
- Effective326 of 364 in Essex
- Caring340 of 364 in Essex
- Responsive322 of 364 in Essex
- Well-led270 of 364 in Essex
As rated by CQC, published 1 July 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Essex share it.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from July 2020, so the service has been operating for around 6 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2021–2023), starting at Inspected but not rated and improving to Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 3 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.
CQC lists 3 reports for this location, the latest dated 1 July 2023.
Who runs it
18 Acorn Avenue is run by Tlc Care Homes Blamsters Residential Limited (company 11994304), incorporated in 2019, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
TLC CARE HOMES BLAMSTERS RESIDENTIAL LIMITED runs 4 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Essex.
It trades under the Ivolve Group Limited brand, which covers 69 services run by 6 registered providers.
Key points from CQC's visit
- People's experience of using this service and what we found 18 Acorn Avenue is situated in a residential area.
- There was nothing outside to show it was a care home.
- The building was a similar size to other properties with a garden, which people have access to.
- Internally the premises were spacious and well designed for the people living there.
Inspected 13 June 2023; report published 1 July 2023; supporting 3 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Rating history
- Mar 2021
- Feb 2022
- Jul 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 1 July 2023
- CQC inspection report 11 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 6 March 2021
Area and map
- Ward
- Halstead Trinity
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Braintree
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CO9 (17)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 180 m (2 min walk) · 14 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery, 660 m (8 min walk)
- Shop Lidl, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Café Costa Coffee, 740 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship Halstead United Reformed Church, 600 m (7 min walk)
- Library Halstead Library, 610 m (8 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
The local picture
There are 17 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Blamster's Farm, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Halstead Trinity ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (8 min), a shop (7 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate 18 Acorn Avenue at £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Essex Council for a free care needs assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed 18 Acorn Avenue on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
Where 18 Acorn Avenue stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Essex, 84% of the 363 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2023) is more recent than 62% of care home ratings in Essex.
- With 3 beds it is smaller than 94% of care homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 25% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Essex lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Essex; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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18 Acorn Avenue questions answered
- What services is 18 Acorn Avenue registered for?
- 18 Acorn Avenue is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is 18 Acorn Avenue a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records 18 Acorn Avenue as a care home, location ID 1-9188107801 and was rated Good overall in July 2023.
- What is 18 Acorn Avenue's address?
- It is at 18 Acorn Avenue, Halstead, CO9 1LQ.
- How recent is 18 Acorn Avenue's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 1 July 2023, 3 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Can 18 Acorn Avenue care for someone with dementia?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- Which provider runs 18 Acorn Avenue?
- TLC CARE HOMES BLAMSTERS RESIDENTIAL LIMITED is the registered provider for 18 Acorn Avenue.
- How big is 18 Acorn Avenue?
- CQC registers 18 Acorn Avenue for 3 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How did 18 Acorn Avenue score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What are 18 Acorn Avenue's fees?
- 18 Acorn Avenue has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
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