Care home · Gerrards Cross
Buckingham House
Typical fee here £1,650–£2,010 a week Estimate
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- Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7DP
- Run by
- Maria Mallaband 12 Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 53 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- August 2014 (12 years)
- Part of
- Maria Mallaband Care Group
- Registered manager
- Courtney Alicia Harry
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2013 (13 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08458849)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Nov 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-1575858963
About Buckingham House
Buckingham House is a CQC-registered nursing home in Gerrards Cross, run by Maria Mallaband 12 Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2024). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Gerrards Cross; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe72% score87 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Effective75% score99 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Caring75% score108 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Responsive75% score102 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Well-led82% score80 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 20 November 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Buckinghamshire share it.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
Costs to expect
We estimate Buckingham House at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Buckinghamshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
There are 17 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Gables, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (7 of the nearest 25).
4 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Gerrards Cross & Denham ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a park (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The company behind Buckingham House
Buckingham House is run by Maria Mallaband 12 Limited (company 08458849), incorporated in 2013, 1 year 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
It trades under the Maria Mallaband Care Group brand, which covers 69 services run by 30 registered providers.
Track record
CQC registration dates from August 2014, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 5 November 2019.
CQC's scores in detail
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Buckingham House scores 76%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 82%
- 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 communities4 · Exceptional
- Learning, improvement and innovation4 · Exceptional
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 17 October 2024, published 20 November 2024, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
How its rating has changed
- Nov 2015
- Apr 2016
- Sep 2016
- Mar 2017
- Nov 2019
- Nov 2024
- Today Rating 1 year old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 5 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 9 March 2017
- CQC inspection report 29 September 2016
- CQC inspection report 12 April 2016
- CQC inspection report 19 November 2015
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 20 July 2026 by Buckinghamshire. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Buckingham House"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Gerrards Cross & Denham
- Council
- Buckinghamshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SL9 (13)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Gerrards Cross, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop Nisa Local, 20 m (1 min walk)
- Park Gerrards Cross Community Association, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Café Fego, 880 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship St James, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Library Gerrards Cross Community Library, 970 m (12 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
The ratings in context
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 79 of the 118 other care homes in Buckinghamshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 82% and its lowest is Safe at 72%, averaging 76% overall.
What inspectors found
- The home is located in the town of Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire.
- The service provides support to older people, some of whom may be living with dementia.
- At the time of this assessment there were 48 people living at the home.
- Comments included “There’s a good feeling”, “I can feel a good atmosphere,” and “Lovely atmosphere.” This was supported by what relatives told us.
Inspected 15 October 2019; report published 5 November 2019; supporting 48 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Quick answers about Buckingham House
- What are Buckingham House's fees?
- Buckingham House's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How is Buckingham House rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Buckingham House: 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 Buckingham House take?
- CQC capacity for Buckingham House: 53 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Buckingham House?
- Buckingham House is run by Maria Mallaband 12 Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Is Buckingham House registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- When did CQC last rate Buckingham House?
- The rating now shown was published on 20 November 2024, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Where is Buckingham House?
- It is at Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross, SL9 7DP.
- Is Buckingham House a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-1575858963 and was rated Good overall in November 2024.
- What kind of care can Buckingham House offer?
- Registration for Buckingham House covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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