9 Allenby Road

Likely fees

We estimate 9 Allenby 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.

With savings below £23,250, Windsor and Maidenhead Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.

Who runs it

9 Allenby Road is run by Optalis Limited (company 07630156), incorporated in 2011, 5 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 other human health activities, residential care for older and disabled people and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

Optalis Limited runs 10 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 9 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

5 of its services are in Windsor and Maidenhead.

Around Maidenhead

There are 20 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Clara Court, under 0.5 miles away.

14 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Boyn Hill ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (4 min), a park (2 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

9 Allenby Road over the years

CQC registration dates from April 2017, so the service has been operating for around 9 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2017–2020), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.

At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 21 August 2020.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for 9 Allenby Road: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 20 of the 37 other care homes in Windsor and Maidenhead that CQC has rated.