Care home · Bognor Regis
Abbots Lawn
Typical fee here £1,660–£2,030 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Abbots Lawn- Address
- Sylvan Way, Bognor Regis, PO21 2RS
- Run by
- Ashton Care (Bognor Regis) Limited (4 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 37 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on ashtoncare.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2018 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Emma Jayne Donovan
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2018 (8 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11419595)
- Last CQC check
- 12 Jun 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-6115338344
Abbots Lawn at a glance
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Abbots Lawn is based in Bognor Regis, run by Ashton Care (Bognor Regis) Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (June 2024). It is one of 43 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bognor Regis; 33 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Abbots Lawn over the years
CQC registration dates from December 2018, so the service has been operating for around 7 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2020–2024), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Abbots Lawn: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Responsive at 68%, averaging 73% overall.
What inspectors found
- During the assessment, we did not find any evidence of concern, the service had improved and was well governed.
- Improvements had been made to the way medicines were managed and the oversight of this.
- The provider was now also working within the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and was strongly advocating for people to have maximum choice and control in their lives.
- People said that staff knew them well, were well trained to meet their needs and attentive to anything they needed.
Inspected 2 December 2019; report published 14 February 2020. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Around Bognor Regis
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ellasdale Road, under 0.5 miles away.
9 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Marine 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 Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (4 min), a park (6 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Likely fees
We estimate Abbots Lawn at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
With savings below £23,250, West Sussex Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective71% score289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring75% score294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive68% score286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led75% score233 of 317 in West Sussex
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 12 June 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
Who runs it
Abbots Lawn is run by Ashton Care (bognor Regis) Limited (company 11419595), incorporated in 2018.
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 nursing care.
Ashton Care (Bognor Regis) Limited runs 4 CQC-registered services; 4 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
All 4 are in West Sussex, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Percentage scores by area
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, Abbots Lawn scores 73%.
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 71%
- 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 outcomes2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 68%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- Providing Information2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 12 March 2024, published 12 June 2024, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Ratings over time
- Feb 2020
- Jun 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 14 February 2020
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 27 August 2026 by Arun. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Abbots Lawn"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Marine
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex 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 PO21 (36)
View on OpenStreetMap · Route planner · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Local amenities
- Bus stop 310 m (4 min walk) · 11 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Bognor Regis, 810 m (10 min walk)
- GP surgery Maywood Surgery, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Day Lewis Pharmacy, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park Rock Garden West, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Café Aldwick Café & Restaurant, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship St. Wilfrid's Church, 200 m (2 min walk)
- Library Bognor Regis Library, 960 m (12 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Abbots Lawn on The Care Panel so far.
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Where Abbots Lawn stands locally
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2024) is more recent than 65% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 37 beds it is larger than 65% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 29% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in West Sussex (Oct 2026).
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Quick answers about Abbots Lawn
- How did Abbots Lawn 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 tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does care from Abbots Lawn cost?
- Abbots Lawn hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Who runs Abbots Lawn?
- CQC lists Ashton Care (Bognor Regis) Limited as the provider responsible for Abbots Lawn.
- How many beds does Abbots Lawn have?
- Abbots Lawn can take up to 37 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- When was Abbots Lawn last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 12 June 2024, 2 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can Abbots Lawn care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Is Abbots Lawn registered with CQC?
- Abbots Lawn is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-6115338344) and was rated Good overall in June 2024.
- Where is Abbots Lawn based?
- It is at Sylvan Way, Bognor Regis, PO21 2RS.
- What services is Abbots Lawn registered for?
- CQC lists Abbots Lawn under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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