21a Victoria Road

What it may cost

We estimate 21a Victoria Road 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.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Essex Council after a needs and financial assessment.

The local picture

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is The Cedars, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).

Every one of the 22 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.

It sits in St Paul's ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (4 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (3 min) and a railway station (10 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

The ratings in context

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for 21a Victoria Road: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 269 of the 363 other care homes in Essex that CQC has rated.

How long it has been running

21a Victoria Road has been registered with CQC since December 2020, about 5 years.

The overall rating now in force is Good (January 2018).

It has gone 8 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.

The registered provider has changed since the last rating, so it reflects the old provider; the current one has not been inspected here yet.

The company behind 21a Victoria Road

21a Victoria Road is run by Achieve Together Limited (company 03153442), incorporated in 1996, 24 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.

Achieve Together Limited runs 159 CQC-registered services across 51 council areas; 127 of the 153 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (83%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

8 of its services are in Essex.

It trades under the Achieve Together brand, which covers 173 services run by 3 registered providers.