Care home · Hythe
26 Seabrook Road
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- 26 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5NA
- Run by
- CLBD Limited (12 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 5 (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
- October 2016 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2013 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08778341)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Hythe: Care homes in Hythe (16) · Best rated care homes in Hythe · Care homes for physical disability care in Hythe · Care homes for learning disability care in Hythe · Care homes for mental health care in Hythe
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-2945895069
The service in brief
26 Seabrook Road is a CQC-registered residential care home in Hythe, run by CLBD Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2026). It is one of 16 CQC-registered care homes in and around Hythe; 12 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
26 Seabrook Road over the years
CQC registration dates from October 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score353 of 455 in Kent
- Effective75% score400 of 455 in Kent
- Caring75% score406 of 455 in Kent
- Responsive75% score395 of 455 in Kent
- Well-led75% score323 of 455 in Kent
From CQC's latest report, published 10 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kent share it.
Needs it is registered to meet
Registration details from CQC.
The company behind 26 Seabrook Road
26 Seabrook Road is run by Clbd Limited (company 08778341), incorporated in 2013, 2 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 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.
CLBD Limited runs 12 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 9 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
9 of its services are in Kent.
Around Hythe
There are 24 other care homes within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is 24 Seabrook Road, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (3 of the nearest 25); physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
2 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hythe ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (10 min), a shop (3 min), a park (9 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Likely fees
We estimate 26 Seabrook Road at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
With savings below £23,250, Kent Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
The ratings in context
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 322 of the 454 other care homes in Kent 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.
Key points from CQC's visit
- About the service The service is a small care home for up to 5 people.
- The service also provides complex specialist support to people who are living with mental health conditions.
- People live in small groups that share a kitchen, lounges, and dining area.
- People provided us with positive feedback about their care and support.
Inspected 10 October 2017; report published 10 November 2017; supporting 3 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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, 26 Seabrook 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 13 July 2026, published 10 August 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
How its rating has changed
- Nov 2017
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 10 November 2017
Finding it
- Ward
- Hythe
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Integrated care board
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CT21 (15)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 10 m (1 min walk) · 9 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Hythe, 1.5 km (18 min walk)
- GP surgery Sun Lane Surgery, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Payden's, 780 m (10 min walk)
- Shop 210 m (3 min walk)
- Park 710 m (9 min walk)
- Café 310 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship St Leonard's, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Library Hythe Library, 780 m (10 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed 26 Seabrook Road on The Care Panel so far.
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Where 26 Seabrook Road stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Kent, 79% of the 454 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 18 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 96% of care home ratings in Kent.
- With 5 beds it is smaller than 85% of care homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 35% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Kent lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Kent; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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Questions about 26 Seabrook Road
- Where is 26 Seabrook Road based?
- It is at 26 Seabrook Road, Hythe, CT21 5NA.
- Is 26 Seabrook Road regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. 26 Seabrook Road is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-2945895069) and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- What type of care does 26 Seabrook Road provide?
- CQC lists 26 Seabrook Road under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Can 26 Seabrook Road care for someone with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- How recent is 26 Seabrook Road's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 10 August 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- How big is 26 Seabrook Road?
- 26 Seabrook Road has 5 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs 26 Seabrook Road?
- 26 Seabrook Road is run by CLBD Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What are 26 Seabrook Road's fees?
- 26 Seabrook Road hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is 26 Seabrook Road rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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