Branwell Manor

Who runs it

Branwell Manor 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.

2 of its services are in Kirklees.

It trades under the Voyage brand, which covers 320 services run by 13 registered providers.

Branwell Manor over the years

Registered in July 2014, it has 12 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2020), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Inspected but not rated.

It has gone 6 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.

4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 11 December 2020.

Around Dewsbury

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Sandhurst Court, under 0.5 miles away.

18 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Dewsbury West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (6 min), a park (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Branwell Manor: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 86 of the 121 other care homes in Kirklees that CQC has rated.

Likely fees

We estimate Branwell Manor at £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £58k–£70k.

Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Kirklees Council after a needs and financial assessment.