Briar House

What it may cost

We estimate Briar House at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.

Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.

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

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

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

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 236 of the 324 other care homes in Surrey that CQC has rated.

The local picture

There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Poplars, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).

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

It sits in Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (5 min), a park (3 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

How long it has been running

CQC registration dates from December 2022, so the service has been operating for around 3 years under its current registration.

CQC has rated it once overall, as Good, in March 2022.

It has gone 4 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.

The registered provider has changed since the last rating, so it reflects the old provider; the current one has not been inspected here yet.

Who runs it

Briar House is run by Gresham Care Operations Limited (company 14219438), incorporated in 2022.

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 other residential care.

Gresham Care Operations Limited runs 7 CQC-registered services; 6 of the 7 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

All 7 are in Surrey, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

It trades under the Ivolve Group Limited brand, which covers 69 services run by 6 registered providers.