Care home · Newton Abbot
Ashburton House
Illustrative photo, not of Ashburton House- Address
- West Street, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7DT
- Run by
- Ashburton House Care Home Ltd
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 29 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- October 2021 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- Dale Kiely
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2020 (5 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 13040210)
- Last CQC check
- 21 May 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-10919949933
An overview of Ashburton House
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Ashburton House is based in Newton Abbot, run by Ashburton House Care Home Ltd. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2026).
Inspection findings in brief
- The service provides support to older people, including people who are living with dementia.
- The provider promoted a positive safety culture, where incidents were appropriately reported, reviewed and used as learning opportunities.
- The service used an electronic care system that contained key information about people’s care needs.
- We spoke with 8 people who used the service and 5 people’s relatives.
Inspected 29 March 2023; report published 13 July 2023; supporting 27 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The registered provider
Ashburton House is run by Ashburton House Care Home Ltd (company 13040210), incorporated in 2020.
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.
Around Newton Abbot
There are 3 other care homes within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Rock Care Home, 2.4 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (6 of the nearest 24).
1 of the 23 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ashburton & Buckfastleigh ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Likely fees
We estimate Ashburton House 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.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Devon Council for a free care needs assessment.
CQC's scores in detail
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Ashburton House scores 73%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- 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 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- 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
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 9 April 2026, published 21 May 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2015
- Aug 2017
- Oct 2022
- Jul 2023
- May 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 13 July 2023
- CQC inspection report 22 October 2022
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 1 (major improvement necessary), from an inspection on 24 March 2026 by Teignbridge. 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 "Ashburton House"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Ashburton & Buckfastleigh
- Council
- Devon County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Central Devon
- NHS planning area
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Larger rural; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in TQ13 (8)
See the wider area · Route planner · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 40 m (1 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Ashburton Surgery, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Ashburton Pharmacy, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Shop Spar, 90 m (1 min walk)
- Park 160 m (2 min walk)
- Café Rafikis, 10 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship St Andrews Church, 60 m (1 min walk)
- Library Ashburton Library, 120 m (2 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Ashburton House over the years
Registered in October 2021, it has 5 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 2, with the most recent dated 13 July 2023.
Needs it is registered to meet
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Reading Ashburton House's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Ashburton House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 231 of the 288 other care homes in Devon that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 73% overall.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe69% score254 of 289 in Devon
- Effective75% score262 of 289 in Devon
- Caring75% score250 of 289 in Devon
- Responsive71% score251 of 289 in Devon
- Well-led75% score232 of 289 in Devon
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 21 May 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Devon share it.
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Questions about Ashburton House
- How recent is Ashburton House's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 21 May 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Does Ashburton House support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- What kind of care can Ashburton House offer?
- Registration for Ashburton House covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Ashburton House registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Ashburton House as a care home, location ID 1-10919949933 and was rated Good overall in May 2026.
- Where is Ashburton House based?
- It is at West Street, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7DT.
- How did Ashburton House 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 are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does Ashburton House charge?
- No fee list from Ashburton House has reached us. Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Which provider runs Ashburton House?
- The registered provider is Ashburton House Care Home Ltd, according to CQC.
- How many beds does Ashburton House have?
- CQC capacity for Ashburton House: 29 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
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