Care home · Worthing
Bancroft House
Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate
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- 100 St. Lawrence Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7JL
- Run by
- Pathway Healthcare Ltd (7 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- September 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Gamuchirai Nyasha Violet Zhakata Tendai Funganjera
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2009 (17 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07007177)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Dec 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-9596731735
Bancroft House at a glance
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Bancroft House is based in Worthing, run by Pathway Healthcare Ltd. It supports adults under 65, with registered specialisms in learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (December 2021). It is one of 67 CQC-registered care homes in and around Worthing; 53 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
Inspection findings in brief
- People were supported to assess, monitor and manage risks related to their support needs safely.
- There were systems and process to help prevent abuse occurring and staff knew how they should act if there were concerns about people's safety.
- People's needs had been assessed in ways that considered best practice evidence-based guidance and ensured they were not discriminated against.
- This had helped people to achieve good support outcomes, such as reducing behaviours that may challenge, going to new places and having new experiences.
Inspected 18 November 2021; report published 9 December 2021. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The company behind Bancroft House
Bancroft House is run by Pathway Healthcare Ltd (company 07007177), incorporated in 2009, 11 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Pathway Healthcare Ltd runs 7 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 6 of the 7 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
6 of its services are in West Sussex.
Costs to expect
We estimate Bancroft House at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), West Sussex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Tarring Manor, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25); mental health conditions (6 of the nearest 25).
18 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Gaisford ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (1 min), a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (3 min), a park (4 min), a café (7 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How its rating has changed
- Dec 2021
- Today Rating 4 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2021
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Gaisford
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN14 (5)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 140 m (2 min walk) · 15 stops within 600 m
- Railway station West Worthing, 670 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery St Lawrence Surgery, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Pharmacy Tarring Community Pharmacy, 130 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Tarring News & Wine, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Park Tarring Park, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Café Olea Grove, 600 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship St Andrew, 400 m (5 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.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led233 of 317 in West Sussex
CQC key question ratings, published 9 December 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
Track record
Bancroft House has been registered with CQC since September 2020, about 6 years.
One overall rating to date: Good, published December 2021.
It has gone 4 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
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Bancroft House against its area
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2021) is more recent than 34% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 90% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 24% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in West Sussex. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Bancroft House questions answered
- What is Bancroft House's address?
- It is at 100 St. Lawrence Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7JL.
- Is Bancroft House a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-9596731735 and was rated Good overall in December 2021.
- What type of care does Bancroft House provide?
- Bancroft House is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Does Bancroft House support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- When was Bancroft House last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 9 December 2021, 4 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- How many residents can Bancroft House take?
- CQC registers Bancroft House for 6 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Bancroft House?
- Bancroft House is run by Pathway Healthcare Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does care from Bancroft House cost?
- We don't have published prices from Bancroft House yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How did Bancroft House score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Bancroft House: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
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