Care home · Bournemouth
April Court
Typical fee here £1,370–£1,680 a week Estimate
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- 186 Poole Lane, Kinson, Bournemouth, BH11 9DS
- Run by
- Tricuro Ltd (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 18 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2015 (11 years)
- Registered manager
- Melanie Jane Blanch
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2015 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09536732)
- Last CQC check
- 21 May 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-2057655403
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, April Court is based in Bournemouth, run by Tricuro Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2025). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bearwood; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 24 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Great Oaks, 0.7 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (3 of the nearest 25).
9 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Kinson ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Dorset ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (6 min), a park (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate April Court at £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The registered provider
April Court is run by Tricuro Ltd (company 09536732), incorporated in 2015.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, residential care for older and disabled people, social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care) and other social work without accommodation.
Tricuro Ltd runs 5 CQC-registered services; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
All 5 are in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
How long it has been running
April Court has been registered with CQC since July 2015, about 11 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2025), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The CQC website holds 3 reports for it, the latest from 13 August 2020.
From the latest CQC inspection
- It accommodates up to 18 people with a learning disability and / or autistic people.
- There were 16 people living there during the inspection. The inspection was carried out between 25 November 2024 and 30 December 2024.
- We visited the service on 25 November 2024, 16 December 2024 and 20 December 2024.
- Everyone we spoke with said they or their relative were happy living at April Court.
Inspected 7 August 2020; report published 13 August 2020; supporting 16 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Needs it is registered to meet
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
How the scores break down
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, April Court scores 75%.
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 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 4 November 2024, published 21 May 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Rating history
- Jun 2017
- Feb 2020
- Aug 2020
- May 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 13 August 2020
- CQC inspection report 15 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 15 June 2017
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 February 2020 by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "April Court"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Kinson
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bournemouth West
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Bus stop 40 m (1 min walk) · 36 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Kinson Road Medical Centre, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Pharmacy avicenna, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Central, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Park 170 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship St Philip, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Library West Howe Library, 500 m (6 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Reading April Court's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for April Court: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 114 of the 126 other care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score121 of 127 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Effective75% score117 of 127 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Caring75% score119 of 127 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Responsive75% score115 of 127 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Well-led75% score115 of 127 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Source: CQC, published 21 May 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole share it.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed April Court on The Care Panel so far.
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April Court in local context
- Rated Good. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of the 127 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 8 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2025) is more recent than 65% of care home ratings in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- With 18 beds it is smaller than 58% of care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 45% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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April Court questions answered
- How big is April Court?
- April Court has 18 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who is the registered provider for April Court?
- The registered provider is Tricuro Ltd, according to CQC.
- What are April Court's fees?
- April Court hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is April Court rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- Where is April Court based?
- It is at 186 Poole Lane, Kinson, Bournemouth, BH11 9DS.
- Is April Court regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-2057655403 and was rated Good overall in May 2025.
- What kind of care can April Court offer?
- April Court is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is April Court registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- How recent is April Court's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 21 May 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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