Care home · Shrewsbury
Bowens Field
Illustrative photo, not of Bowens Field- Address
- 24 Bowens Field, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AP
- Run by
- Voyage 1 Limited (278 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 3 (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
- July 2014 (12 years)
- Part of
- Voyage
- Registered manager
- Andrea Minton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1988 (38 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02215899)
- Last CQC check
- 14 Jun 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,170–£1,420 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Wem: Care homes in Wem (6) · Care homes for learning disability care in Wem · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Wem
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-1475546663
Bowens Field at a glance
Bowens Field in Shrewsbury is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Voyage 1 Limited. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (June 2022). Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 6 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wem; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe18 of 103 in Shropshire
- Effective8 of 103 in Shropshire
- Caring9 of 103 in Shropshire
- Responsive5 of 103 in Shropshire
- Well-led25 of 103 in Shropshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 14 June 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Shropshire share it.
Earlier inspections
- Oct 2015
- Nov 2018
- Jun 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 14 June 2022
- CQC inspection report 24 November 2018
- CQC inspection report 21 October 2015
Location and local area
- Ward
- Wem
- Council
- Shropshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Shropshire
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Larger rural · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SY4 (17)
Bigger map · Route planner · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 24 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wem, 630 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery Wem & Prees Medical Practice, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Star Shop, 420 m (5 min walk)
- Park 320 m (4 min walk)
- Café The Maltings Cafe, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship St Peter and St Paul, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Library Wem Library, 420 m (5 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from July 2014, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Good and falling to Requires improvement.
No new overall rating has been published for 4 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 14 June 2022.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Bowens Field at £1,170–£1,420 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £61k–£74k.
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 Shropshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
The company behind Bowens Field
Bowens Field is run by Voyage 1 Limited (company 02215899), incorporated in 1988, 26 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.
It trades under the Voyage brand, which covers 320 services run by 13 registered providers.
How it fits locally
There are 5 other care homes within 3 miles, 4 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Roseville House, under 0.5 miles away.
4 of the 13 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wem ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (5 min), a park (4 min), a café (4 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who it can help
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The inspection, summarised
- Right Support Staff focused on people's strengths and promoted what they could do, so people had a fulfilling and meaningful everyday life.
- People had a choice about their living environment and were able to personalise their rooms.
- People were supported to take their medicines by staff who had received medicines training.
- Staff demonstrated a good understanding about how to recognise abuse and how to safeguard people from this.
Inspected 3 March 2022; report published 14 June 2022. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
For Bowens Field, Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good.
Across Shropshire, 18 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%), while 8 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (8%), while 9 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (9%), while 5 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (5%), while 25 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Bowens Field on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
Quick answers about Bowens Field
- Is Bowens Field registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- How recent is Bowens Field's CQC rating?
- 14 June 2022 is when the current rating was published, 4 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What services is Bowens Field registered for?
- CQC lists Bowens Field under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Where is Bowens Field?
- It is at 24 Bowens Field, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5AP.
- Is Bowens Field registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-1475546663 and was rated Requires improvement overall in June 2022.
- How much does care from Bowens Field cost?
- Bowens Field hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Bowens Field rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How many residents can Bowens Field take?
- Bowens Field can take up to 3 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs Bowens Field?
- Voyage 1 Limited is the registered provider for Bowens Field.
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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.