Care home · Gillingham
579 Maidstone Road
Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate
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- 579 Maidstone Road, Gillingham, ME8 0LQ
- Run by
- Voyage 1 Limited (278 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6 (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 2012 (13 years)
- Part of
- Voyage
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1988 (38 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02215899)
- Last CQC check
- 21 Aug 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-480975512
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, 579 Maidstone Road is based in Gillingham, run by Voyage 1 Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2018). It is one of 24 CQC-registered care homes in and around Rainham, Kent; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Rating history
- Apr 2016
- May 2018
- Aug 2021
- Today Rating 8 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 21 August 2021
- CQC inspection report 15 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 20 April 2016
- Inspection report 4 July 2014
- Inspection report 30 July 2013
Area and map
- Ward
- Rainham South East
- Council
- Medway Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in ME8 (9)
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Close by
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy Fenns Chemists, 940 m (12 min walk)
- Shop Peverel Green Supermarket, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Park Peverel Green, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Café Parkwood Cafe, 920 m (12 min walk)
- Place of worship St Augustine's Catholic Church, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Library Wigmore Library, 520 m (7 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).
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe40 of 60 in Medway
- Effective50 of 60 in Medway
- Caring52 of 60 in Medway
- Responsive52 of 60 in Medway
- Well-led40 of 60 in Medway
Source: CQC, published 15 May 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Medway share it.
Who runs it
579 Maidstone Road is run by Voyage 1 Limited (company 02215899), incorporated in 1988, 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 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 and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Voyage 1 Limited runs 280 CQC-registered services across 87 council areas; 244 of the 268 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (91%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in Medway.
It trades under the Voyage brand, which covers 320 services run by 13 registered providers.
Key points from CQC's visit
- The service is based in a house that has been adapted to meet people's needs.
- There was clear information for visitors on arrival.
- Visitors were asked to complete a screening questionnaire and had their temperature checked on arrival.
- Visitors were asked to wear face masks, undertake a lateral flow test and wash their hands.
Inspected 12 August 2021; report published 21 August 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
History with CQC
579 Maidstone Road has been registered with CQC since November 2012, about 14 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
No new overall rating has been published for 8 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.
Reports on record: 5, with the most recent dated 21 August 2021.
Needs it is registered to meet
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
How it fits locally
There are 24 other care homes within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Admiralty Care Home, 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (7 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
20 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Rainham South East 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 Kent and Medway ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (6 min), a park (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
579 Maidstone Road 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 39 of the 59 other care homes in Medway that CQC has rated.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate 579 Maidstone 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 what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Medway Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Medway, 72% of the 60 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2018) is more recent than 8% of care home ratings in Medway.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 73% of care homes in Medway, where the typical home has 20.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 52% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Medway lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Medway, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Questions about 579 Maidstone Road
- How recent is 579 Maidstone Road's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 15 May 2018, 8 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can 579 Maidstone Road 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.
- Is 579 Maidstone Road a registered provider?
- 579 Maidstone Road is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-480975512) and was rated Good overall in May 2018.
- What is 579 Maidstone Road's address?
- It is at 579 Maidstone Road, Gillingham, ME8 0LQ.
- What type of care does 579 Maidstone Road provide?
- 579 Maidstone Road is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How did 579 Maidstone 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 much does care from 579 Maidstone Road cost?
- We don't have published prices from 579 Maidstone Road yet. 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.
- Who is the registered provider for 579 Maidstone Road?
- CQC lists Voyage 1 Limited as the provider responsible for 579 Maidstone Road.
- How many residents can 579 Maidstone Road take?
- 579 Maidstone Road has 6 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.