Care home · Seaford
Clifden House Dementia Care Centre
Typical fee here £1,460–£1,780 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Clifden House Dementia Care Centre- Address
- 80-88, Claremont Road, Seaford, BN25 2QD
- Run by
- Histogrange Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 59 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on clifdenhouse.co.uk)
- Couples
- Couples welcome (as stated on clifdenhouse.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- May 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Samantha Jane Nicholson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1985 (41 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01884909)
- Last CQC check
- 28 Aug 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). 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
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-22156135222
An overview of Clifden House Dementia Care Centre
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Clifden House Dementia Care Centre is based in Seaford, run by Histogrange Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2025). It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Seaford; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Inspection findings in brief
- There were 45 people living at the home on the day of inspection.
- Some people had specialist needs associated with dementia.
- This was a responsive inspection based on the length of time since the last inspection.
- Visitors felt welcomed, and they could see their loved ones when they wanted to.
Supporting 45 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ownership and company checks
Clifden House Dementia Care Centre is run by Histogrange Limited (company 01884909), incorporated in 1985, 40 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.
Around Seaford
There are 19 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Beachlands Residential Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
5 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Seaford West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (10 min), a shop (3 min), a café (2 min), a bus stop (3 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Likely fees
We estimate Clifden House Dementia Care Centre at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from East Sussex Council after a needs and financial assessment.
CQC's scores in detail
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, Clifden House Dementia Care Centre 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 10 June 2025, published 28 August 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
How its rating has changed
- May 2015
- Aug 2016
- Jul 2017
- Mar 2020
- Jan 2021
- Sep 2022
- Aug 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 May 2026 by Lewes. 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 "Clifden House"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Seaford West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN25 (18)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 240 m (3 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Bishopstone, 670 m (8 min walk)
- GP surgery Seaford Podiatry, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Morrisons Pharmacy, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Costcutter, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Park Beach Garden, 870 m (11 min walk)
- Café Skipper Shack, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Seaford Baptist Church, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Library Seaford 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Clifden House Dementia Care Centre over the years
CQC registration dates from May 2025, so the service has been operating for around 1 year under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score229 of 261 in East Sussex
- Effective75% score247 of 261 in East Sussex
- Caring75% score253 of 261 in East Sussex
- Responsive75% score238 of 261 in East Sussex
- Well-led75% score173 of 261 in East Sussex
As rated by CQC, published 28 August 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in East Sussex share it.
What the ratings tell you
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Clifden House Dementia Care Centre: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 172 of the 260 other care homes in East Sussex 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.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Clifden House Dementia Care Centre on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
Clifden House Dementia Care Centre in local context
- Rated Good. Across East Sussex, 85% of the 261 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2025) is more recent than 78% of care home ratings in East Sussex.
- With 59 beds it is larger than 85% of care homes in East Sussex, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2025: it has been registered longer than 10% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in East Sussex lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in East Sussex; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Clifden House Dementia Care Centre
- How much does Clifden House Dementia Care Centre charge?
- No fee list from Clifden House Dementia Care Centre has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How is Clifden House Dementia Care Centre rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How many residents can Clifden House Dementia Care Centre take?
- CQC capacity for Clifden House Dementia Care Centre: 59 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Which provider runs Clifden House Dementia Care Centre?
- Histogrange Ltd is the registered provider for Clifden House Dementia Care Centre.
- Can Clifden House Dementia Care Centre care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- When was Clifden House Dementia Care Centre last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 28 August 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Where is Clifden House Dementia Care Centre based?
- It is at 80-88, Claremont Road, Seaford, BN25 2QD.
- Is Clifden House Dementia Care Centre a registered provider?
- Clifden House Dementia Care Centre is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-22156135222) and was rated Good overall in August 2025.
- What type of care does Clifden House Dementia Care Centre provide?
- Clifden House Dementia Care Centre is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
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