Care home · Felixstowe
Cotman House
Illustrative photo, not of Cotman House- Address
- Garfield Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7PU
- Run by
- Caring Homes (TFP) Group Ltd (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 62 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2015 (10 years)
- Part of
- Caring Homes
- Registered manager
- Kirsty Allen
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2015 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09742920)
- Last CQC check
- 5 Apr 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only (Caring Homes publish prices a little above their area average), from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-2337591100
The service in brief
Cotman House in Felixstowe is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Caring Homes (TFP) Group Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (April 2022). It is one of 15 CQC-registered care homes in and around Felixstowe; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe132 of 169 in Suffolk
- Effective149 of 169 in Suffolk
- Caring142 of 169 in Suffolk
- Responsive134 of 169 in Suffolk
- Well-led108 of 169 in Suffolk
CQC key question ratings, published 5 April 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Suffolk share it.
Who runs it
Cotman House is run by Caring Homes (tfp) Group Ltd (company 09742920), incorporated in 2015.
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.
Caring Homes (TFP) Group Ltd runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Caring Homes brand, which covers 13 services run by 12 registered providers.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2017
- Jan 2020
- Jan 2021
- Apr 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 5 April 2022
- CQC inspection report 19 January 2021
- CQC inspection report 11 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 30 June 2017
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 22 January 2026 by East Suffolk. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Cotman House"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Eastern Felixstowe
- Council
- Suffolk County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in IP11 (15)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 40 m (1 min walk) · 24 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Felixstowe, 880 m (11 min walk)
- GP surgery Howard House Surgery, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 710 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Nithin Express, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Park 600 m (8 min walk)
- Café Gulliver's Wife, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship St John The Baptist Church, 190 m (2 min walk)
- Library Felixstowe Library, 630 m (8 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
What it may cost
We estimate Cotman House at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region (Caring Homes publish prices a little above their area average). Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Suffolk Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Cotman House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 107 of the 168 other care homes in Suffolk that CQC has rated.
The local picture
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Coniston House, under 0.5 miles away.
10 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Eastern Felixstowe ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (3 min), a park (8 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Systems were in place designed to keep people safe from abuse and harm.
- Lessons were learned when incidents had happened to reduce future occurrence.
- There were systems to monitor the safety of the environment to reduce risks to people and staff.
- Infection control processes and procedure reduced the risks of cross contamination.
Inspected 7 March 2022; report published 5 April 2022; supporting 62 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from December 2015, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2022), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 4 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
Reports on record: 4, with the most recent dated 5 April 2022.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Suffolk, 80% of the 169 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 21 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2022) is more recent than 33% of care home ratings in Suffolk.
- With 62 beds it is larger than 80% of care homes in Suffolk, where the typical home has 40.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 45% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Suffolk lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Suffolk, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Cotman House
- When did CQC last rate Cotman House?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 5 April 2022, 4 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Is Cotman House registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- What type of care does Cotman House provide?
- CQC lists Cotman House under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Cotman House registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-2337591100 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in April 2022.
- Where is Cotman House based?
- It is at Garfield Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7PU.
- Is Cotman House rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What are Cotman House's fees?
- Cotman House has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Who runs Cotman House?
- Cotman House is run by Caring Homes (TFP) Group Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many beds does Cotman House have?
- CQC capacity for Cotman House: 62 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
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