Care home · Daventry
Astley Hall Care Home
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- Farnborough Drive, Daventry, NN11 8AL
- Run by
- Crown Care X Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 83 (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 2020 (6 years)
- Part of
- Crown Care
- Registered manager
- Dimpho Onyana Kavanagh
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10254297)
- Last CQC check
- 29 Sep 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,390–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: 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 1-9188059545
About this home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Astley Hall Care Home is based in Daventry, run by Crown Care X Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (September 2025). Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Daventry; 2 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Choice nearby
There are 6 other care homes within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Wheatsheaf Court Care Home, 1.6 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (6 of the nearest 19).
6 of the 18 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Daventry North West 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 Northamptonshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a park (1 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The ratings in context
For Astley Hall Care Home, Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good.
Across West Northamptonshire, 33 of 92 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (36%), while 18 of 92 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (20%), while 9 of 92 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (10%), while 14 of 92 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (15%), while 29 of 92 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (32%).
The Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Costs to expect
We estimate Astley Hall Care Home at £1,390–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £72k–£88k.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask West Northamptonshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
Track record
Astley Hall Care Home has been registered with CQC since September 2020, about 6 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2021–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Requires Improvement.
The CQC website holds 2 reports for it, the latest from 1 November 2022.
The five key questions
- Safe33 of 92 in West Northamptonshire
- Effective18 of 92 in West Northamptonshire
- Caring9 of 92 in West Northamptonshire
- Responsive14 of 92 in West Northamptonshire
- Well-led29 of 92 in West Northamptonshire
From CQC's latest report, published 29 September 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Northamptonshire share it.
The company behind Astley Hall Care Home
Astley Hall Care Home is run by Crown Care X Limited (company 10254297), incorporated in 2016, 4 years 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.
It trades under the Crown Care brand, which covers 22 services run by 12 registered providers.
Rating history
- Apr 2021
- Nov 2022
- Sep 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 1 November 2022
- CQC inspection report 9 April 2021
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Daventry North West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Daventry
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Northamptonshire 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 NN11 (10)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 200 m (2 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Monksfield Surgery, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Shop Select Convenience Store, 90 m (1 min walk)
- Park 70 m (1 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Inspection findings in brief
- The service is registered to support up to 83 people. This assessment was prompted in part by concerns received about the leadership, people’s safe care and whether staffing levels and staff skill met the needs of people using the service safely. At this assessment, there were 71 people using the service.
- We spoke with 19 people who used the service and 16 relatives.
- We spoke with 24 staff including the manager, the clinical lead, care staff, the catering staff, the activity staff, domestic staff, and the regional manager representing the provider.
- People felt safe with the staff who provided the support they needed.
Inspected 21 September 2022; report published 1 November 2022; supporting 71 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
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How Astley Hall Care Home compares
- Rated Requires improvement. Across West Northamptonshire, 67% of the 92 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 10 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2025) is more recent than 72% of care home ratings in West Northamptonshire.
- With 83 beds it is larger than 95% of care homes in West Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 23.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 36% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Northamptonshire lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (37% of care homes in West Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Effective (20% of care homes in West Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Caring (10% of care homes in West Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Responsive (15% of care homes in West Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (33% of care homes in West Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in West Northamptonshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Astley Hall Care Home questions answered
- Is Astley Hall Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Astley Hall Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-9188059545) and was rated Requires improvement overall in September 2025.
- Where is Astley Hall Care Home based?
- It is at Farnborough Drive, Daventry, NN11 8AL.
- What type of care does Astley Hall Care Home provide?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Astley Hall Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- When was Astley Hall Care Home last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 29 September 2025, 1 year ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Astley Hall Care Home support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Who runs Astley Hall Care Home?
- The registered provider is Crown Care X Limited, according to CQC.
- How many residents can Astley Hall Care Home take?
- CQC registers Astley Hall Care Home for 83 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How is Astley Hall Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Astley Hall Care Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does care from Astley Hall Care Home cost?
- Astley Hall Care Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
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