Care home · Wallingford
Benson House Care Home
Typical fee here £1,790–£2,190 a week Estimate
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- 1 Churchfield Lane, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6SH
- Run by
- CH (Benson) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 70 (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
- February 2021 (5 years)
- Part of
- Caring Homes
- Registered manager
- Mary Catherine Deocadez
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2020 (6 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12594995)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Feb 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,790–£2,190 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees (Caring Homes publish prices a little above their area average). 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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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-10411363236
About this home
Benson House Care Home in Wallingford is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by CH (Benson) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (February 2026). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wallingford; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Rating history
- Jul 2022
- Feb 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 8 July 2022
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 March 2026 by South Oxfordshire. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Benson House Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Benson & Crowmarsh
- Parliamentary constituency
- Henley and Thame
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in OX10 (6)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 70 m (1 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery 540 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Benson Pharmacy, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Shop M&S Simply Food, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Park 130 m (2 min walk)
- Café No 25, 520 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Helen, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Library Benson Library, 300 m (4 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, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
The company behind Benson House Care Home
Benson House Care Home is run by Ch (benson) Limited (company 12594995), incorporated in 2020.
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.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
It trades under the Caring Homes brand, which covers 13 services run by 12 registered providers.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe15 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Effective107 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Caring103 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Responsive95 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Well-led21 of 119 in Oxfordshire
From CQC's latest report, published 16 February 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Oxfordshire share it.
From the latest CQC inspection
- On the day of the inspection, 65 people were being supported by the service.
- During the inspection we found evidence to support our concerns relating to the management of medicine.
- We found two breaches of regulations in relation to good governance and safe care and treatment as medicines were not always managed well.
- One person said, “This place has given me my life back.” Another person told us, “The carers [staff] are brilliant, I really enjoy spending time with them, they are really caring and look after me.” People felt staff listened to them and were responsive at providing care and meeting their needs.
Inspected 15 June 2022; report published 8 July 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
Track record
Benson House Care Home has been registered with CQC since February 2021, about 5 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2022–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Requires Improvement.
Costs to expect
We estimate Benson House Care Home at £1,790–£2,190 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region (Caring Homes publish prices a little above their area average). Over a year that is roughly £93k–£114k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Oxfordshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Oxfordshire, 15 of 119 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (13%), while 21 of 119 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (18%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Choice nearby
There are 4 other care homes within 3 miles, 3 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Rush Court, 0.6 miles away.
1 of the 10 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Benson & Crowmarsh ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (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 (7 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (4 min), a park (2 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Benson House Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Benson House Care Home in local context
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Oxfordshire, 87% of the 119 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 13 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2026) is more recent than 87% of care home ratings in Oxfordshire.
- With 70 beds it is larger than 83% of care homes in Oxfordshire, where the typical home has 48.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 30% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Oxfordshire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (13% of care homes in Oxfordshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (18% of care homes in Oxfordshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Oxfordshire (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Benson House Care Home
- How many residents can Benson House Care Home take?
- CQC registers Benson House Care Home for 70 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Benson House Care Home?
- Benson House Care Home is run by CH (Benson) Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does Benson House Care Home charge?
- No fee list from Benson House Care Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How did Benson House Care Home score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Benson House Care Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- Where is Benson House Care Home based?
- It is at 1 Churchfield Lane, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6SH.
- Is Benson House Care Home registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-10411363236 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Requires improvement overall in February 2026.
- What type of care does Benson House Care Home provide?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Benson House Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Can Benson House Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When was Benson House Care Home last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 16 February 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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