Care home · Walton On The Naze
Brenalwood Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Brenalwood Care Home- Address
- Hall Lane, Walton On The Naze, CO14 8HN
- Run by
- Regal Care Trading Ltd (15 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 38 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- August 2012 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- Kanapathipillai Thirumalthasan
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2012 (14 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08126756)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Nov 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-462802977
Introducing Brenalwood Care Home
Brenalwood Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Walton On The Naze, run by Regal Care Trading Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2025). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Walton-on-the-Naze; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Brenalwood Care Home at £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £70k–£86k.
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 Essex Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The five key questions
- Safe62% score290 of 364 in Essex
- Effective71% score326 of 364 in Essex
- Caring75% score340 of 364 in Essex
- Responsive71% score322 of 364 in Essex
- Well-led64% score270 of 364 in Essex
As rated by CQC, published 19 November 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Essex share it.
How it fits locally
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Butterfly's Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
3 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Walton ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a café (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
From the latest CQC inspection
- During this assessment 14 people were using the service, most were living with dementia.
- The service is on a residential street, set over 2 floors.
- The first floor was not in use during this assessment.
- During this assessment we spoke with 3 people who used the service and 6 relatives.
Inspected 27 September 2023; report published 2 November 2023. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Who runs it
Brenalwood Care Home is run by Regal Care Trading Ltd (company 08126756), incorporated in 2012.
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 nursing care.
Regal Care Trading Ltd runs 15 CQC-registered services across 8 council areas; 9 of the 15 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (60%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Essex.
It trades under the Nicholas James and Regal Care Trading Limited brand, which covers 26 services run by 4 registered providers.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from August 2012, so the service has been operating for around 14 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 2 November 2023.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 269 of the 363 other care homes in Essex that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 62%, averaging 69% overall.
Percentage scores by area
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Brenalwood Care Home scores 69%.
Safe 62%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 71%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment2 · Some shortfalls
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care2 · Some shortfalls
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 64%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities2 · Some shortfalls
- Learning, improvement and innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 12 August 2025, published 26 March 2025, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Earlier inspections
- Sep 2016
- Mar 2019
- Nov 2022
- Jan 2023
- Nov 2023
- Mar 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 2 November 2023
- CQC inspection report 14 January 2023
- CQC inspection report 19 November 2022
- CQC inspection report 27 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 17 September 2016
- Inspection report 31 July 2013
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 18 April 2024 by Tendring. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Brenalwood"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Walton
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Clacton
- NHS planning area
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CO14 (8)
Bigger map · How to get there · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Close by
- Bus stop 10 m (1 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Walton-on-the-Naze, 1.5 km (18 min walk)
- GP surgery 960 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy Borno Pharmacy, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop Naze Park Premier, 40 m (1 min walk)
- Café Naze Café & Takeaway, 120 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Walton Baptist Church, 30 m (1 min walk)
- Library Walton Library, 1.0 km (13 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Brenalwood Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
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Questions about Brenalwood Care Home
- Does Brenalwood Care Home support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When was Brenalwood Care Home last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 19 November 2025. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- What is Brenalwood Care Home's address?
- It is at Hall Lane, Walton On The Naze, CO14 8HN.
- Is Brenalwood Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Brenalwood Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-462802977) and was rated Good overall in November 2025.
- What kind of care can Brenalwood Care Home offer?
- Brenalwood Care Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- What are Brenalwood Care Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Brenalwood Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Brenalwood Care Home rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How many residents can Brenalwood Care Home take?
- Brenalwood Care Home is registered for up to 38 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Brenalwood Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Regal Care Trading Ltd.
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