Care home · Paignton
Cedar Court
Illustrative photo, not of Cedar Court- Address
- 15-17 Polsham Park, Paignton, TQ3 2AD
- Run by
- Links South West Ltd
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 14 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- February 2014 (12 years)
- Registered manager
- Linda Jane Seeley
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2013 (13 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08724618)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Apr 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-1230527240
Introducing Cedar Court
Cedar Court is a CQC-registered residential care home in Paignton, run by Links South West Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (April 2024), with Well-led rated Outstanding. It is one of 22 CQC-registered care homes in and around Paignton; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Cedar Court at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
With savings below £23,250, Torbay Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Pippins Residential Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (6 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (5 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Roundham with Hyde ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (3 min), a park (2 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (3 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Detailed scores
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Cedar Court scores 81%.
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 80%
- 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 enablement4 · Exceptional
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity4 · Exceptional
- 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 96%
- Shared direction and culture4 · Exceptional
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders4 · Exceptional
- Freedom to speak up4 · Exceptional
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion4 · Exceptional
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities4 · Exceptional
- Learning, improvement and innovation4 · Exceptional
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 28 February 2024, published 9 April 2024 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Earlier inspections
- Jul 2016
- Aug 2017
- Apr 2020
- Apr 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 2 April 2020
- CQC inspection report 9 August 2017
- CQC inspection report 28 July 2016
- Inspection report 16 April 2014
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 25 November 2025 by Torbay. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Cedar Court"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Roundham with Hyde
- Council
- Torbay Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Torbay
- NHS planning area
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban: further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in TQ3 (14)
See the wider area · Get directions · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 220 m (3 min walk) · 43 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Paignton, 540 m (7 min walk)
- GP surgery Corner Place Surgery, 710 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Polsham News, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Park 190 m (2 min walk)
- Café Hyde Park Cafe, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ Church, 190 m (2 min walk)
- Library 630 m (8 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Who runs it
Cedar Court is run by Links South West Ltd (company 08724618), incorporated in 2013.
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 nursing care.
History with CQC
Cedar Court has been registered with CQC since February 2014, about 12 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2024), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 2 April 2020.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score56 of 70 in Torbay
- Effective75% score59 of 70 in Torbay
- Caring80% score66 of 70 in Torbay
- Responsive79% score63 of 70 in Torbay
- Well-led96% score4 of 70 in Torbay
CQC key question ratings, published 9 April 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Torbay share it; for example, 4 of 70 care homes in Torbay rated Outstanding for Well-led.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Torbay, 4 of 70 rated care homes are Outstanding for Well-led (6%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 96% and its lowest is Effective at 75%, averaging 81% overall.
The report's Well-led section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
Inspection findings in brief
- On the day of our off site assessment there were 13 people living at the service.
- This assessment activity began on the 28 February 2024 and ended on 21 March 2024.
- People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement.
Inspected 22 January 2020; report published 2 April 2020; supporting 13 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
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Cedar Court against its area
- Rated Good. Across Torbay, 80% of the 70 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2024) is more recent than 69% of care home ratings in Torbay.
- With 14 beds it is smaller than 80% of care homes in Torbay, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2014: it has been registered longer than 41% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Torbay lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Torbay as at Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
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Questions about Cedar Court
- How recent is Cedar Court's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 9 April 2024, 2 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Is Cedar Court registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- Is Cedar Court regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Cedar Court as a care home, location ID 1-1230527240 and was rated Good overall in April 2024.
- Where is Cedar Court?
- It is at 15-17 Polsham Park, Paignton, TQ3 2AD.
- What services is Cedar Court registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Cedar Court how it would adapt if needs increase.
- How did Cedar Court score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Cedar Court: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Outstanding. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does Cedar Court charge?
- No fee list from Cedar Court has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Who is the registered provider for Cedar Court?
- CQC lists Links South West Ltd as the provider responsible for Cedar Court.
- How many residents can Cedar Court take?
- CQC registers Cedar Court for 14 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.