Care home · Westcliff On Sea
Beacon House
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- 18 Albion Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7DR
- Run by
- Care In Style Limited (6 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 5 (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
- June 2013 (13 years)
- Registered manager
- Rachel Laura Chambers
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07787310)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Mar 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,310–£1,600 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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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-794243708
An overview of Beacon House
Beacon House in Westcliff On Sea is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Care In Style Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (March 2025). It is one of 58 CQC-registered care homes in and around Southend-on-Sea; 49 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The ratings in context
Beacon House 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 63 of the 75 other care homes in Southend-on-Sea that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Responsive at 86% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 77% overall.
How it fits locally
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 Cedars Care Home, 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 (7 of the nearest 25); physical disabilities (8 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (6 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Victoria ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (1 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (9 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Percentage scores by area
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Beacon House scores 77%.
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 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 86%
- Person-centred Care4 · Exceptional
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access4 · Exceptional
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future4 · Exceptional
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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 12 November 2024, published 15 April 2024, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Past CQC ratings
- Nov 2015
- Dec 2017
- Apr 2024
- Today Rating 1 year old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 15 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 9 November 2015
- Inspection report 22 May 2014
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Victoria
- Parliamentary constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SS0 (45)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 160 m (2 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Westcliff, 750 m (9 min walk)
- GP surgery North Road Primary Care Centre, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Kanutin Pharmacy, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Londis, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Park 860 m (11 min walk)
- Café Westcliff Noodle Bar, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Trinity Methodist Church, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Library Westcliff Library, 900 m (11 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.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Beacon House at £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
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 Southend-on-Sea Council for a free care needs assessment.
What inspectors found
- They provide support for up to 5 people who may have a learning disability or a diagnosis of autism.
- The accommodation is in the community with good links to nearby parks, shops and other community facilities for people to access.
- Off site assessment activity started on the 11 February and finished on 24 February 2025.
- One person told us, “I am happy here, occasionally I help with cleaning and meals.
Inspected 13 September 2017; report published 15 December 2017. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from June 2013, so the service has been operating for around 13 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
There are 3 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 15 December 2017.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The company behind Beacon House
Beacon House is run by Care In Style Limited (company 07787310), incorporated in 2011, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
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.
Care In Style Limited runs 6 CQC-registered services; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 6 are in Southend-on-Sea, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score69 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Effective75% score74 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Caring75% score74 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Responsive86% score72 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Well-led75% score64 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
Source: CQC, published 19 March 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Southend-on-Sea share it.
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Beacon House against its area
- Rated Good. Across Southend-on-Sea, 92% of the 76 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2025) is more recent than 63% of care home ratings in Southend-on-Sea.
- With 5 beds it is smaller than 94% of care homes in Southend-on-Sea, where the typical home has 17.
- Registered with CQC in 2013: it has been registered longer than 45% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Southend-on-Sea lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Southend-on-Sea, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about Beacon House
- What services is Beacon House registered for?
- Beacon House is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- What is Beacon House's address?
- It is at 18 Albion Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7DR.
- Is Beacon House a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-794243708 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in March 2025.
- Can Beacon House care for someone with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- When was Beacon House last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 19 March 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- How big is Beacon House?
- Beacon House is registered for up to 5 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Beacon House?
- Beacon House is run by Care In Style Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What are Beacon House's fees?
- Beacon House hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How did Beacon 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.
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