Care home · Harrow
18 Argyle Road
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- 18 Argyle Road, Harrow, HA2 7AJ
- Run by
- Vector Care Ltd
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 4 (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
- November 2022 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Tarlochan Singh Rajbans
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11783716)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Feb 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Harrow: Care homes in Harrow (52) · Best rated care homes in Harrow · Care homes for learning disability care in Harrow · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Harrow
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-14285660967
Introducing 18 Argyle Road
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, 18 Argyle Road is based in Harrow, run by Vector Care Ltd. It supports adults under 65, with registered specialisms in learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (February 2025). It is one of 52 CQC-registered care homes in and around Harrow; 46 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
18 Argyle Road has been registered with CQC since November 2022, about 3 years.
CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in February 2025.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate 18 Argyle Road at £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £75k–£93k.
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Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score43 of 49 in Harrow
- Effective75% score47 of 49 in Harrow
- Caring75% score46 of 49 in Harrow
- Responsive75% score44 of 49 in Harrow
- Well-led75% score41 of 49 in Harrow
CQC key question ratings, published 19 February 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Harrow share it.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The registered provider
18 Argyle Road is run by Vector Care Ltd (company 11783716), incorporated in 2019, 3 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
How it fits locally
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 The Laurels, 0.7 miles away.
5 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in North Harrow ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West and North London ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a shop (3 min), a park (8 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The inspection, summarised
- 18 Argyle Road is a respite care home providing care to people with a learning disability and autistic people.
- At the time of this assessment, 1 person lived at the home and 9 people received respite care.
- Assessment activity started on 7 January 2025 and ended on 16 January 2025.
- As part of this assessment, we were unable to speak with people who used the service due to their needs.
Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Reading 18 Argyle Road's CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 40 of the 48 other care homes in Harrow that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, 18 Argyle Road scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 19 December 2024, published 19 February 2025, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Finding it
- Ward
- North Harrow
- Council
- London Borough of Harrow · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harrow West
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Bus stop 140 m (2 min walk) · 18 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery The Ridgeway Surgery, 450 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Healthways Pharmacy, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop MJ Food & Wine, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Park Old Lyonian Association Sports Ground, 600 m (8 min walk)
- Café Ganesh Snack & Juice, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship 380 m (5 min walk)
- Library North Harrow Community Library, 240 m (3 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
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18 Argyle Road against its area
- Rated Good. Across Harrow, 94% of the 49 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2025) is more recent than 78% of care home ratings in Harrow.
- With 4 beds it is smaller than 90% of care homes in Harrow, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 13% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Harrow lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Harrow as at Oct 2026.
Also nearby
Guides for families
Other care homes near Harrow with recent ratings
- Hazelwood HouseApr 2025
- Rowanweald Residential and Nursing HomeMay 2026
- Residential Care Providers LimitedOct 2026
Frequently asked about 18 Argyle Road
- How much does care from 18 Argyle Road cost?
- No fee list from 18 Argyle Road has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,456 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did 18 Argyle Road score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: 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 big is 18 Argyle Road?
- 18 Argyle Road can take up to 4 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who is the registered provider for 18 Argyle Road?
- Vector Care Ltd is the registered provider for 18 Argyle Road.
- Is 18 Argyle Road registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- When was 18 Argyle Road last inspected?
- 19 February 2025 is when the current rating was published, 1 year ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What type of care does 18 Argyle Road provide?
- 18 Argyle Road is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Where is 18 Argyle Road?
- It is at 18 Argyle Road, Harrow, HA2 7AJ.
- Is 18 Argyle Road regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. 18 Argyle Road is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-14285660967) and was rated Good overall in February 2025.
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