Care home · Doncaster
Albany House - Doncaster
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- 5 Woodlands Road, Woodlands, Doncaster, DN6 7JX
- Run by
- Albany Care Limited
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 40 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Kelly Richardson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2005 (20 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05636745)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Apr 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-112774876
Albany House - Doncaster at a glance
Albany House - Doncaster in Doncaster is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Albany Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (April 2026). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Adwick le Street; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe69% score63 of 75 in Doncaster
- Effective75% score70 of 75 in Doncaster
- Caring75% score69 of 75 in Doncaster
- Responsive75% score67 of 75 in Doncaster
- Well-led75% score50 of 75 in Doncaster
Source: CQC, published 1 April 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Doncaster share it.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 1 December 2020.
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 49 of the 74 other care homes in Doncaster that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 74% overall.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- We visited the service on 25 February 2026 and reviewed the care and support people received along with their care records and management information.
- Albany House - Doncaster provides residential care to older people.
- Some people using the service were living with dementia.
- A relative said, “There are people who [family member] knows here so I know they are safe.” People told us members of staff were kind and caring but they felt, at times, they were busy and there needed to be more of them.
Inspected 16 November 2020; report published 1 December 2020; supporting 37 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
How it fits locally
There are 8 other care homes within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Elm Park Care Home, 0.7 miles away.
2 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Adwick le Street & Carcroft ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (2 min), a park (4 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Albany House - Doncaster at £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
With savings below £23,250, Doncaster Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
How the scores break down
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Albany House - Doncaster scores 74%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
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
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 3 February 2026, published 1 April 2026, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
How its rating has changed
- Jul 2016
- Apr 2019
- Dec 2020
- Apr 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 1 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 10 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 30 July 2016
- Inspection report 22 February 2014
- Inspection report 26 March 2013
- Inspection report 2 April 2012
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from an inspection on 27 March 2026 by Doncaster. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Albany House"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Adwick le Street & Carcroft
- Council
- City of Doncaster Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Doncaster North
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DN6 (6)
View on OpenStreetMap · Route planner · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 15 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Adwick, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
- GP surgery Princess Street Medical Centre, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Pharmacy Well Pharmacy, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Shop Heron Foods, 140 m (2 min walk)
- Park 340 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship All Saints, 400 m (5 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
The company behind Albany House - Doncaster
Albany House - Doncaster is run by Albany Care Limited (company 05636745), incorporated in 2005, 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 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Albany House - Doncaster on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
How Albany House - Doncaster compares
- Rated Good. Across Doncaster, 81% of the 75 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2026) is more recent than 85% of care home ratings in Doncaster.
- With 40 beds it is larger than 64% of care homes in Doncaster, where the typical home has 32.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 85% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Doncaster lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Doncaster as at Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Other care homes near Adwick le Street with recent ratings
- Elm Park Care HomeSep 2026
- China Cottage Care HomeMar 2026
Quick answers about Albany House - Doncaster
- Who is the registered provider for Albany House - Doncaster?
- On CQC's register the provider is Albany Care Limited.
- How many beds does Albany House - Doncaster have?
- Albany House - Doncaster can take up to 40 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How did Albany House - Doncaster 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.
- What are Albany House - Doncaster's fees?
- No fee list from Albany House - Doncaster has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,115 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- What type of care does Albany House - Doncaster provide?
- Albany House - Doncaster is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Albany House - Doncaster registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-112774876 and was rated Good overall in April 2026.
- Where is Albany House - Doncaster based?
- It is at 5 Woodlands Road, Woodlands, Doncaster, DN6 7JX.
- How recent is Albany House - Doncaster's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 1 April 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can Albany House - Doncaster care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.