Care home · Littlehampton

Camellots Care Home

Rated Requires improvement by CQC Rating published 9 March 2023 Rating 3 years old

Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate

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Address
53 Arundel Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7BY
Run by
Crawfords Homes Limited (2 services)
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Residential care home
Beds
8 (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
December 2010 (15 years)
Registered manager
Julie Muir
Company check
Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04395949)
Last CQC check
9 Mar 2023
Typical fees Estimated
£1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate

Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-121874514

The service in brief

Camellots Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Littlehampton, run by Crawfords Homes Limited. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities and learning disabilities.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (March 2023). Safe, Effective and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Littlehampton; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

What the ratings tell you

For Camellots Care Home, Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.

Across West Sussex, 49 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (15%), while 25 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (8%), while 70 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (22%).

The Safe, Effective and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

What it may cost

We estimate Camellots Care Home 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 what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.

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The local picture

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Brockenhurst, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (7 of the nearest 25); physical disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).

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

It sits in River ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% 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 GP surgery (8 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (2 min), a park (5 min), a café (2 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Inspection findings in brief

  • Right Support: People were mostly supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
  • Staff did not always support people to have a range of opportunities and experiences to learn to be more independent and have greater control over some areas of their own lives.
  • Some people had limited opportunities to build skills and participate in individual activities.
  • Staff carried out daily tasks such as cooking and cleaning without always actively supporting people to take part.

Inspected 10 February 2023; report published 9 March 2023; supporting 9 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

CQC ratings, area by area

  • SafeRequires improvement49 of 317 in West Sussex
  • EffectiveRequires improvement25 of 317 in West Sussex
  • CaringGood294 of 317 in West Sussex
  • ResponsiveGood286 of 317 in West Sussex
  • Well-ledRequires improvement70 of 317 in West Sussex

Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 9 March 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.

How long it has been running

Camellots Care Home has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2023), starting at Good and falling to Requires improvement.

At 3 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 9 March 2023.

Ownership and company checks

Camellots Care Home is run by Crawfords Homes Limited (company 04395949), incorporated in 2002, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.

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 residential care for older and disabled people.

Crawfords Homes Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 1 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (50%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 2 are in West Sussex, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

Registered specialisms

Specialisms as registered with CQC.

Past CQC ratings

  1. Oct 2015 Good
  2. Feb 2018 Good
  3. Mar 2023 Requires improvement
  4. Today Rating 3 years old

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

CQC reports

Food safety inspection

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 10 December 2025 by Arun. 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 "Camellots House"). Open Government Licence.

Where it is

Ward
River
Parliamentary constituency
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
NHS planning area
NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
Area classification
Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in BN17 (19)

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Around the building

  • Bus stop 100 m (1 min walk) · 18 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station Littlehampton, 180 m (2 min walk)
  • GP surgery Fitzalan Medical Center, 640 m (8 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Superdrug, 230 m (3 min walk)
  • Shop Sainsbury's, 160 m (2 min walk)
  • Park Linden Rec, 410 m (5 min walk)
  • Café 180 m (2 min walk)
  • Place of worship St James the Great, 140 m (2 min walk)
  • Library Littlehampton Library, 580 m (7 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.

Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.

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Camellots Care Home in local context

  • Rated Requires improvement. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (March 2023) is more recent than 53% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
  • With 8 beds it is smaller than 87% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
  • Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 77% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (15% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here); Effective (8% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here); Well-led (22% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Compared with every CQC-registered care home in West Sussex. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Questions about Camellots Care Home

Is Camellots Care Home registered for dementia care?
It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
When did CQC last rate Camellots Care Home?
Its current CQC rating dates from 9 March 2023, 3 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
What is Camellots Care Home's address?
It is at 53 Arundel Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7BY.
Is Camellots Care Home registered with CQC?
It is. The CQC register records Camellots Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-121874514 and was rated Requires improvement overall in March 2023.
What type of care does Camellots Care Home provide?
CQC lists Camellots Care Home under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
How much does care from Camellots Care Home cost?
Camellots Care Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
How did Camellots Care Home score on each CQC key question?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
How many residents can Camellots Care Home take?
CQC capacity for Camellots Care Home: 8 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
Who runs Camellots Care Home?
Camellots Care Home is run by Crawfords Homes Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.

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