Care home · Tiverton
Ashdowne Care Centre
Illustrative photo, not of Ashdowne Care Centre- Address
- Orkney Mews, Pinnex Moor Road, Tiverton, EX16 6SJ
- Run by
- Ashdown Care Limited (3 services)
- Service
- Nursing home, Rehabilitation (illness/injury)
- Beds
- 60 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Amon Vincent Harry Vhinyu
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04161913)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Jan 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,860 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
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-143411109
Ashdowne Care Centre at a glance
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Ashdowne Care Centre is based in Tiverton, run by Ashdown Care Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2026). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Tiverton; 2 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Ashdowne Care Centre is registered to provide accommodation and nursing or personal care to up to 60 people.
- At our last inspection published December 2022, the service was rated Requires Improvement.
- At this assessment, the service has improved and is rated Good.
- A relative said, “Mum speaks highly of all the staff.
Inspected 18 October 2022; report published 22 November 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The company behind Ashdowne Care Centre
Ashdowne Care Centre is run by Ashdown Care Limited (company 04161913), 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 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Ashdown Care Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 3 are in Devon, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
How the scores break down
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Ashdowne Care Centre scores 68%.
Safe 59%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 71%
- 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 treatment2 · Some shortfalls
Caring 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 68%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information2 · Some shortfalls
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 71%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 11 December 2025, published 2 January 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Ratings over time
- Jun 2016
- Apr 2017
- Jun 2018
- Jul 2019
- Sep 2020
- Aug 2021
- Nov 2022
- Jan 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 22 November 2022
- CQC inspection report 21 August 2021
- CQC inspection report 3 September 2020
- CQC inspection report 30 July 2019
- CQC inspection report 26 June 2018
- CQC inspection report 29 April 2017
Location and local area
- Ward
- Tiverton Castle
- Council
- Devon County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in EX16 (10)
Bigger map · Directions · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Close by
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Clare House, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Superdrug, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Park 340 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 540 m (7 min walk)
- Library Tiverton Library, 1.3 km (17 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.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
The ratings in context
For Ashdowne Care Centre, Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Devon, 31 of 289 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (11%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 71% and its lowest is Safe at 59%, averaging 68% overall.
If you are considering it, read the Safe section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Track record
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 22 November 2022.
Choice nearby
There are 3 other care homes within 3 miles, 1 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is St George's House, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 12 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Tiverton Castle ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a park (4 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe59% score31 of 289 in Devon
- Effective71% score262 of 289 in Devon
- Caring70% score250 of 289 in Devon
- Responsive68% score251 of 289 in Devon
- Well-led71% score232 of 289 in Devon
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 2 January 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Devon share it.
Costs to expect
We estimate Ashdowne Care Centre at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Devon Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
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Ashdowne Care Centre: common questions
- Is Ashdowne Care Centre rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Ashdowne Care Centre: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does Ashdowne Care Centre charge?
- Ashdowne Care Centre's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Which provider runs Ashdowne Care Centre?
- Ashdown Care Limited is the registered provider for Ashdowne Care Centre.
- How many beds does Ashdowne Care Centre have?
- CQC registers Ashdowne Care Centre for 60 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How recent is Ashdowne Care Centre's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 2 January 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Ashdowne Care Centre registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- What type of care does Ashdowne Care Centre provide?
- CQC lists Ashdowne Care Centre under: nursing homes, rehabilitation (illness/injury). Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Ashdowne Care Centre regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-143411109 and was rated Good overall in January 2026.
- Where is Ashdowne Care Centre?
- It is at Orkney Mews, Pinnex Moor Road, Tiverton, EX16 6SJ.
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