Care home · Cambridge
Alex Wood House
Illustrative photo, not of Alex Wood House- Address
- 3a Fortescue Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JS
- Run by
- Athena Care Homes (Arbury) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 36 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2023 (3 years)
- Registered manager
- Ryan John Palmer-Fenny
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2023 (3 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14630395)
- Last CQC check
- 12 Feb 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-16124582874
Introducing Alex Wood House
Alex Wood House in Cambridge is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Athena Care Homes (Arbury) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (December 2019). It is one of 15 CQC-registered care homes in and around Cambridge; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe107 of 123 in Cambridgeshire
- Effective117 of 123 in Cambridgeshire
- Caring109 of 123 in Cambridgeshire
- Responsive103 of 123 in Cambridgeshire
- Well-led107 of 123 in Cambridgeshire
As rated by CQC, published 7 December 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Cambridgeshire share it.
Specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The registered provider
Alex Wood House is run by Athena Care Homes (arbury) Limited (company 14630395), incorporated in 2023.
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 nursing care and residential care for older and disabled people.
Ratings over time
- Aug 2015
- May 2017
- Dec 2019
- Feb 2021
- Today Rating 6 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 June 2026 by Cambridge City. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Alex Wood House"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Arbury
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cambridge
- Integrated care board
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CB4 (8)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Arbury Road Surgery, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Allied Pharmacy, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Budgens, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Park 130 m (2 min walk)
- Café Cup Play Cafe, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Parish Church of the Good Shepherd, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Library Arbury Court Library, 320 m (4 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from September 2023, so the service has been operating for around 3 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), 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.
The registered provider has changed since the last rating, so it reflects the old provider; the current one has not been inspected here yet.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Alex Wood House at £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £70k–£86k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
With savings below £23,250, Cambridgeshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How it fits locally
There are 18 other care homes within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Buchan House Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (6 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
8 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Arbury ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 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.
Reading Alex Wood House's CQC ratings
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 106 of the 122 other care homes in Cambridgeshire that CQC has rated.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Cambridgeshire, 93% of the 123 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2019) is more recent than 47% of care home ratings in Cambridgeshire.
- With 36 beds it is larger than 50% of care homes in Cambridgeshire, where the typical home has 36.
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 21% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Cambridgeshire lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Cambridgeshire (Oct 2026).
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Alex Wood House questions answered
- How much does care from Alex Wood House cost?
- Alex Wood House's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Alex Wood House rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How many beds does Alex Wood House have?
- CQC registers Alex Wood House for 36 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs Alex Wood House?
- On CQC's register the provider is Athena Care Homes (Arbury) Limited.
- Does Alex Wood House support people with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- When did CQC last rate Alex Wood House?
- 7 December 2019 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What kind of care can Alex Wood House offer?
- Registration for Alex Wood House covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Alex Wood House based?
- It is at 3a Fortescue Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JS.
- Is Alex Wood House a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Alex Wood House as a care home, location ID 1-16124582874 and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
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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.