Care home · Salisbury
Camelot Care Homes Ltd
Illustrative photo, not of Camelot Care Homes Ltd- Address
- 1 Countess Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7DW
- Run by
- Camelot Care Homes Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 57 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2015 (11 years)
- Registered manager
- Violet Gwaze
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04362082)
- Last CQC check
- 28 Jul 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-1890217854
Introducing Camelot Care Homes Ltd
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Camelot Care Homes Ltd is based in Salisbury, run by Camelot Care Homes Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia and physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (July 2024). It is one of 6 CQC-registered care homes in and around Amesbury; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Camelot Care Homes Ltd has been registered with CQC since January 2015, about 11 years.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2018–2024), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 25 April 2023.
Who runs it
Camelot Care Homes Ltd is run by Camelot Care Homes Limited (company 04362082), incorporated in 2002, 12 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 nursing care.
Costs to expect
We estimate Camelot Care Homes Ltd at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Wiltshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
Scores behind the rating
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, Camelot Care Homes Ltd scores 74%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- 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 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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 23 April 2024, published 28 July 2024, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Earlier inspections
- May 2018
- Dec 2018
- Mar 2021
- Dec 2021
- Sep 2022
- Nov 2022
- Apr 2023
- Jul 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 25 April 2023
- CQC inspection report 26 November 2022
- CQC inspection report 5 September 2022
- CQC inspection report 4 December 2021
- CQC inspection report 9 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 18 December 2018
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 9 May 2025 by Wiltshire. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Camelot Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Amesbury West
- Council
- Wiltshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Wiltshire
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban · further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SP4 (10)
View on OpenStreetMap · Directions · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Local amenities
- Bus stop 20 m (1 min walk) · 14 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Barcroft Medical Centre, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Siam Smile Asian Supermarket, 140 m (2 min walk)
- Park 220 m (3 min walk)
- Café Miss Bubble, 140 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ the King, 90 m (1 min walk)
- Library Amesbury Library, 310 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
Choice nearby
There are 5 other care homes within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Amesbury Abbey Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 11 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Amesbury West ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (2 min), a park (3 min), a café (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe72% score126 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Effective75% score139 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Caring75% score142 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Responsive75% score138 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Well-led75% score128 of 151 in Wiltshire
As rated by CQC, published 28 July 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wiltshire share it.
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 127 of the 150 other care homes in Wiltshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 72%, averaging 74% overall.
Inspection findings in brief
- Camelot Care Homes Ltd provides accommodation and nursing care for 57 older people in two adapted buildings.
- We undertook an unannounced on-site assessment on the 29 April 2024 followed by an announced on-site assessment on 30 April 2024 and 7 May 2024.
- Two inspectors, a medicines inspector and an expert by experience completed this assessment.
- They said there were generally enough staff although they had to wait for assistance at times.
Inspected 10 February 2023; report published 25 April 2023; supporting 49 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Family reviews
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How Camelot Care Homes Ltd compares
- Rated Good. Across Wiltshire, 89% of the 151 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2024) is more recent than 62% of care home ratings in Wiltshire.
- With 57 beds it is larger than 78% of care homes in Wiltshire, where the typical home has 21.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 34% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wiltshire lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Wiltshire (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Camelot Care Homes Ltd
- How much does care from Camelot Care Homes Ltd cost?
- Camelot Care Homes Ltd hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Is Camelot Care Homes Ltd rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How big is Camelot Care Homes Ltd?
- Camelot Care Homes Ltd can take up to 57 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Which provider runs Camelot Care Homes Ltd?
- Camelot Care Homes Ltd is run by Camelot Care Homes Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Is Camelot Care Homes Ltd registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- How recent is Camelot Care Homes Ltd's CQC rating?
- 28 July 2024 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Where is Camelot Care Homes Ltd based?
- It is at 1 Countess Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7DW.
- Is Camelot Care Homes Ltd a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-1890217854 and was rated Good overall in July 2024.
- What type of care does Camelot Care Homes Ltd provide?
- Registration for Camelot Care Homes Ltd covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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