Care home · Wokingham
Beech House
Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Beech House- Address
- 49 Crockhamwell Road, Woodley, Wokingham, RG5 3JY
- Run by
- Voyage 1 Limited (278 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
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Voyage
- Registered manager
- Lynette Winch
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1988 (38 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02215899)
- Last CQC check
- 22 Feb 2018
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. 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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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-129460447
About this home
Beech House is a CQC-registered residential care home in Wokingham, run by Voyage 1 Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (February 2018). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Woodley; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Rating history
- Feb 2016
- Feb 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 22 February 2018
- CQC inspection report 2 February 2016
- Inspection report 17 December 2013
- Inspection report 18 April 2013
- Inspection report 22 March 2012
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 16 March 2023 by Wokingham. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Beech House"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- South Lake
- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
Bigger map · How to get there · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Local amenities
- Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Earley, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
- GP surgery Woodley Centre Surgery, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Waitrose, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Park Malone Park, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Café Coffee#1, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ Church, 190 m (2 min walk)
- Library Woodley Library, 260 m (3 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Beech House over the years
Beech House has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2018), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
It has gone 8 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.
5 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 22 February 2018.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe38 of 43 in Wokingham
- Effective33 of 43 in Wokingham
- Caring41 of 43 in Wokingham
- Responsive34 of 43 in Wokingham
- Well-led34 of 43 in Wokingham
As rated by CQC, published 22 February 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wokingham share it.
The registered provider
Beech House is run by Voyage 1 Limited (company 02215899), incorporated in 1988, 22 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Voyage 1 Limited runs 280 CQC-registered services across 87 council areas; 244 of the 268 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (91%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in Wokingham.
It trades under the Voyage brand, which covers 320 services run by 13 registered providers.
Likely fees
We estimate Beech 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.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
With savings below £23,250, Wokingham Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The inspection took place on 15 and 16 January 2018 and it was unannounced.
- People who use the service have their own bedrooms and use of communal areas that include an enclosed private garden.
- The people living in the service needed care and support from staff at all times and had a range of care needs.
- A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service.
Inspected 16 January 2018; report published 22 February 2018. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Around Wokingham
There are 19 other care homes within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Loddon Court, 0.9 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
20 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in South Lake 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 Thames Valley ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (1 min), a park (5 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Reading Beech House's CQC ratings
Beech 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 33 of the 42 other care homes in Wokingham that CQC has rated.
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Where Beech House stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Wokingham, 93% of the 43 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2018) is more recent than 9% of care home ratings in Wokingham.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 89% of care homes in Wokingham, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 53% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wokingham lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Wokingham (Oct 2026).
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Beech House questions answered
- How did Beech 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 sections most worth your time.
- What are Beech House's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Beech House yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Who runs Beech House?
- The registered provider is Voyage 1 Limited, according to CQC.
- How many beds does Beech House have?
- CQC registers Beech House for 6 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How recent is Beech House's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 22 February 2018, 8 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can Beech House care for someone with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- Is Beech House regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Beech House is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-129460447) and was rated Good overall in February 2018.
- Where is Beech House?
- It is at 49 Crockhamwell Road, Woodley, Wokingham, RG5 3JY.
- What kind of care can Beech House offer?
- Registration for Beech House covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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