Care home · Warrington
Brookfield
Illustrative photo, not of Brookfield- Address
- 18 Brookfield Road, Lymm, Warrington, WA13 0PZ
- Run by
- Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (165 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 27 (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
- February 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Barchester Healthcare
- Registered manager
- Sarah Nolan
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1993 (33 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02849519)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Sep 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-125862337
An overview of Brookfield
Brookfield in Warrington is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited. It is registered to support older people.
CQC rated it Good overall (September 2026). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Lymm; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
The inspection, summarised
- Brookfield can accommodate a maximum of 27 people.
- This location operates under a dual registration arrangement with Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited and Scarborough Hall Limited.
- Both providers hold registration for the location and share responsibility for service delivery under the dual registration arrangement.
- Amongst the feedback we received, staff were described as, “Good,” “Excellent,” “Very obliging,” “Really patient” and “responsive.” One person added, “The staff are excellent.
Inspected 17 March 2021; report published 26 March 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who runs it
Brookfield is run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited (company 02849519), incorporated in 1993, 17 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 165 CQC-registered services across 73 council areas; 116 of the 129 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (90%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Warrington.
It trades under the Barchester Healthcare brand, which covers 165 services run by 1 registered provider.
Likely fees
We estimate Brookfield 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.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
With savings below £23,250, Warrington Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Detailed scores
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Brookfield scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- 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 treatment3 · Good
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 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- 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 75%
- 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 sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 13 July 2026, published 8 September 2026 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Past CQC ratings
- Mar 2015
- Sep 2015
- Mar 2018
- Mar 2021
- Sep 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 26 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 14 March 2018
- CQC inspection report 24 September 2015
- CQC inspection report 8 March 2015
- Inspection report 9 August 2013
- Inspection report 17 January 2013
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 12 June 2025 by Warrington. 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 "Brookfield Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Lymm South
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tatton
- Integrated care board
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in WA13 (6)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 14 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy Lymm Pharmacy, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Co-op Food, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Park Ridgeway Grundy Park, 280 m (4 min walk)
- Café The Coffee House, Lymm, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Lymm Methodist Church, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Library Lymm Community Library, 300 m (4 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.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Around Warrington
There are 11 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Brookfield, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 24 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Lymm South ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (4 min), a park (4 min), a café (4 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
Brookfield has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 36 of the 51 other care homes in Warrington that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Brookfield over the years
Brookfield has been registered with CQC since February 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 26 March 2021.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score41 of 52 in Warrington
- Effective75% score48 of 52 in Warrington
- Caring75% score49 of 52 in Warrington
- Responsive75% score47 of 52 in Warrington
- Well-led75% score37 of 52 in Warrington
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 8 September 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Warrington share it.
Family reviews
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Warrington, 81% of the 52 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2026) is more recent than 96% of care home ratings in Warrington.
- With 27 beds it is smaller than 56% of care homes in Warrington, where the typical home has 39.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 78% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Warrington lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Warrington. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Brookfield: common questions
- What services is Brookfield registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Brookfield how it would adapt if needs increase.
- What is Brookfield's address?
- It is at 18 Brookfield Road, Lymm, Warrington, WA13 0PZ.
- Is Brookfield regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Brookfield is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-125862337) and was rated Good overall in September 2026.
- Can Brookfield care for someone with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- How recent is Brookfield's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 8 September 2026. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How many residents can Brookfield take?
- Brookfield can take up to 27 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Brookfield?
- CQC lists Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited as the provider responsible for Brookfield.
- How much does care from Brookfield cost?
- No fee list from Brookfield has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is Brookfield 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.
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