Care home · Swindon
Ashbury Lodge Residential Home
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- 261 Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 1NW
- Run by
- Coate Water Care Company Limited (3 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 44 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Coate Water Care Company
- Registered manager
- Seyi Gideon Orunmuyi
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04165837)
- Last CQC check
- 4 Jun 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-127961899
Introducing Ashbury Lodge Residential Home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Ashbury Lodge Residential Home is based in Swindon, run by Coate Water Care Company Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (June 2026). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wroughton; 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Around Swindon
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 23 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ridgeway House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25).
7 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Old Town & Lawn ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (10 min), a shop (2 min), a park (5 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
The company behind Ashbury Lodge Residential Home
Ashbury Lodge Residential Home is run by Coate Water Care Company Limited (company 04165837), incorporated in 2001, 9 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
Coate Water Care Company Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Swindon.
It trades under the Coate Water Care Company brand, which covers 9 services run by 3 registered providers.
Likely fees
We estimate Ashbury Lodge Residential Home 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.
Swindon Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Ashbury Lodge Residential Home over the years
CQC registration dates from November 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 9 overall ratings for it (2014–2026), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 28 July 2022.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Improvements had been made in relation to people’s safe care and treatment and governance.
- The provider was no longer in breach of these regulations.
- Accidents and incidents were now being followed up appropriately and learning from incidents was taking place.
- During this assessment, we received feedback from one person on the day of our visit.
Inspected 28 June 2022; report published 28 July 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The ratings in context
Ashbury Lodge Residential Home has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 33 of the 44 other care homes in Swindon that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Safe at 75% and its lowest is Responsive at 0%, averaging 30% overall.
Percentage scores by area
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, Ashbury Lodge Residential Home scores 30%.
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 0%
- 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 0%
- 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 enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive 0%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 6 May 2026, published 25 October 2024 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Ratings over time
- Sep 2014
- Jun 2016
- Sep 2017
- Dec 2017
- Sep 2018
- Jun 2021
- Jul 2022
- Oct 2024
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 28 July 2022
- CQC inspection report 11 June 2021
- CQC inspection report 12 September 2018
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 5 September 2017
- CQC inspection report 23 June 2016
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 10 December 2025 by Swindon. 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 "Ashbury Lodge Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Old Town & Lawn
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Swindon South
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SN3 (9)
See the wider area · Route planner · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the building
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Richard Jefferies Halt, 620 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery Lawn Medical Centre, 730 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Avicenna Pharmacy, 770 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Shell, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Park Lordsmith Green, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Café Coate Water Cafe, 420 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship St John's Church, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Library Park Library, 950 m (12 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score40 of 45 in Swindon
- Effective0% score45 of 45 in Swindon
- Caring0% score38 of 45 in Swindon
- Responsive0% score41 of 45 in Swindon
- Well-led75% score34 of 45 in Swindon
Source: CQC, published 4 June 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Swindon share it.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Swindon, 89% of the 45 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2026) is more recent than 69% of care home ratings in Swindon.
- With 44 beds it is larger than 72% of care homes in Swindon, where the typical home has 14.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Swindon lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Swindon. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Ashbury Lodge Residential Home questions answered
- Is Ashbury Lodge Residential Home 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 much does care from Ashbury Lodge Residential Home cost?
- No fee list from Ashbury Lodge Residential Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Who runs Ashbury Lodge Residential Home?
- Ashbury Lodge Residential Home is run by Coate Water Care Company Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How big is Ashbury Lodge Residential Home?
- CQC capacity for Ashbury Lodge Residential Home: 44 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- When was Ashbury Lodge Residential Home last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 4 June 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Ashbury Lodge Residential Home registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- What type of care does Ashbury Lodge Residential Home provide?
- CQC lists Ashbury Lodge Residential Home under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Ashbury Lodge Residential Home registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-127961899 and was rated Good overall in June 2026.
- Where is Ashbury Lodge Residential Home?
- It is at 261 Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 1NW.
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