Care home · Blackburn
Birchfield Residential Care Home
Typical fee here £1,080–£1,330 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Birchfield Residential Care Home- Address
- 9a-11 Gorse Road, Blackburn, BB2 6LY
- Run by
- Birchfield Residential Care Home Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 24 (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
- October 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Neny Siruno Moss
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2025 (1 year), accounts up to date (Companies House 16246993)
- Last CQC check
- 21 Mar 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. 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
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-23659949236
An overview of Birchfield Residential Care Home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Birchfield Residential Care Home is based in Blackburn, run by Birchfield Residential Care Home Limited. It is registered to support older people.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (March 2023). Responsive was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 28 CQC-registered care homes in and around Blackburn; 21 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
Reading Birchfield Residential Care Home's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Responsive is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Blackburn with Darwen, 1 of 31 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (3%).
The Responsive findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
History with CQC
Birchfield Residential Care Home has been registered with CQC since October 2025, about 1 year.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2023), starting at Good and falling to Good.
The rating is 3 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Birchfield Residential Care Home at £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£69k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Blackburn with Darwen Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The five key questions
- Safe25 of 31 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Effective30 of 31 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Caring30 of 31 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Responsive1 of 31 in Blackburn with Darwen
- Well-led23 of 31 in Blackburn with Darwen
As rated by CQC, published 21 March 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Blackburn with Darwen share it.
Earlier inspections
- Apr 2015
- Apr 2017
- Aug 2019
- Mar 2022
- Mar 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from an inspection on 1 September 2026 by Blackburn. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Birchfield"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Wensley Fold
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blackburn
- Integrated care board
- NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BB2 (19)
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Close by
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 27 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Mill Hill, 1.6 km
- GP surgery Redlam Surgery, 850 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Witton Pharmacy, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Shop 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park 460 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Sacred Heart Church, 210 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.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
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 Springfield Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
11 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wensley Fold 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 Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (4 min), a park (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The registered provider
Birchfield Residential Care Home is run by Birchfield Residential Care Home Limited (company 16246993), incorporated in 2025.
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 residential care for older and disabled people.
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Birchfield Residential Care Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across Blackburn with Darwen, 81% of the 31 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2023) is more recent than 58% of care home ratings in Blackburn with Darwen.
- With 24 beds it is smaller than 53% of care homes in Blackburn with Darwen, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2025, it is one of the newest care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Blackburn with Darwen lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Responsive (3% of care homes in Blackburn with Darwen are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Blackburn with Darwen; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Birchfield Residential Care Home
- How is Birchfield Residential Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does care from Birchfield Residential Care Home cost?
- We don't have published prices from Birchfield Residential Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs Birchfield Residential Care Home?
- The registered provider is Birchfield Residential Care Home Limited, according to CQC.
- How many residents can Birchfield Residential Care Home take?
- CQC registers Birchfield Residential Care Home for 24 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- When was Birchfield Residential Care Home last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 21 March 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Birchfield Residential Care Home registered for dementia care?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- What type of care does Birchfield Residential Care Home provide?
- CQC lists Birchfield Residential Care Home under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Birchfield Residential Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Birchfield Residential Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-23659949236) and was rated Good overall in March 2023.
- Where is Birchfield Residential Care Home based?
- It is at 9a-11 Gorse Road, Blackburn, BB2 6LY.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.