Care home · Canvey Island
Ambika Lodge Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Ambika Lodge Care Home- Address
- 28 Edith Road, Canvey Island, SS8 0LP
- Run by
- Umika Trading Ltd (4 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 21 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2017 (9 years)
- Registered manager
- Flordeliza Sicam Gines
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10114877)
- Last CQC check
- 15 Apr 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-4229676721
An overview of Ambika Lodge Care Home
Ambika Lodge Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Canvey Island, run by Umika Trading Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (April 2021). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Canvey Island; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
Ambika Lodge Care Home has been registered with CQC since September 2017, about 9 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2018–2021), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
5 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
2 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 15 April 2021.
Earlier inspections
- Sep 2018
- Apr 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 15 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 14 September 2018
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 August 2026 by Castle Point. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Ambika Lodge Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Canvey Island Central
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Castle Point
- Integrated care board
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SS8 (7)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.2 km (14 min walk)
- Shop Co-op Food, 90 m (1 min walk)
- Park First Avenue Green, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Café Starbucks, 910 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship Our Lady Of Canvey & The English Martyrs R C Church, 780 m (10 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.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe290 of 364 in Essex
- Effective326 of 364 in Essex
- Caring340 of 364 in Essex
- Responsive322 of 364 in Essex
- Well-led270 of 364 in Essex
CQC key question ratings, published 15 April 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Essex share it.
How it fits locally
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Grace Court, under 0.5 miles away.
16 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Canvey Island Central 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 Essex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a park (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Inspection findings in brief
- Staff knew who to report to if they felt a person was at risk of potential abuse and were confident that any reported incidents would be addressed by the registered manager.
- Staff and people felt there were enough staff working in the service and people said staff were available to support them when they needed assistance.
- Medication was administered by staff who had received training to do so and medicines were managed safely.
- Risk assessments were in place, which identified possible risks and how to manage them.
Inspected 24 March 2021; report published 15 April 2021. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The registered provider
Ambika Lodge Care Home is run by Umika Trading Ltd (company 10114877), incorporated in 2016, 1 year 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 nursing care.
Umika Trading Ltd runs 4 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 4 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Essex.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Ambika Lodge Care Home at £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£96k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Essex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Reading Ambika Lodge Care Home'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 269 of the 363 other care homes in Essex that CQC has rated.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Ambika Lodge Care Home 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.
Ambika Lodge Care Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across Essex, 84% of the 363 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2021) is more recent than 45% of care home ratings in Essex.
- With 21 beds it is smaller than 51% of care homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2017: it has been registered longer than 32% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Essex lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Essex (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Ambika Lodge Care Home
- Which provider runs Ambika Lodge Care Home?
- The registered provider is Umika Trading Ltd, according to CQC.
- How many beds does Ambika Lodge Care Home have?
- CQC registers Ambika Lodge Care Home for 21 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How is Ambika Lodge Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- 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.
- What are Ambika Lodge Care Home's fees?
- No fee list from Ambika Lodge Care Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- What kind of care can Ambika Lodge Care Home offer?
- CQC lists Ambika Lodge Care Home under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Ambika Lodge Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Ambika Lodge Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-4229676721) and was rated Good overall in April 2021.
- Where is Ambika Lodge Care Home?
- It is at 28 Edith Road, Canvey Island, SS8 0LP.
- When did CQC last rate Ambika Lodge Care Home?
- 15 April 2021 is when the current rating was published, 5 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Can Ambika Lodge Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
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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.