Care home · Bedworth
Cow Lees Care Home
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- Astley Lane, Bedworth, CV12 0NF
- Run by
- Cow Lees Care Home Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 73 (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
- April 2013 (13 years)
- Registered manager
- Rebekah Mcdougal-Thay
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2013 (13 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08394379)
- Last CQC check
- 17 Jul 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: 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 1-689353685
About this home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Cow Lees Care Home is based in Bedworth, run by Cow Lees Care Home Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (July 2025). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 16 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bedworth; 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe34 of 158 in Warwickshire
- Effective147 of 158 in Warwickshire
- Caring148 of 158 in Warwickshire
- Responsive145 of 158 in Warwickshire
- Well-led47 of 158 in Warwickshire
From CQC's latest report, published 17 July 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Warwickshire share it.
Ratings over time
- Jun 2015
- Jul 2017
- Feb 2020
- Jul 2022
- Jul 2023
- Jul 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 21 July 2023
- CQC inspection report 20 July 2022
- CQC inspection report 26 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 14 July 2017
- CQC inspection report 9 June 2015
- Inspection report 7 January 2014
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 18 September 2025 by North Warwickshire. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Cow Lees Care Home Ltd"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Fillongley
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CV12 (9)
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Local amenities
- Café 720 m (9 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Reading Cow Lees Care Home's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Warwickshire, 34 of 158 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (22%), while 47 of 158 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (30%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Care and support are provided across 3 separate buildings on one site.
- One of the buildings specialises in providing care for people who may express increased distress or agitation due to their cognitive disability.
- The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulations in relation to consent, safe care and treatment and good governance.
- People and relatives said medicines were given at the right times.
Inspected 15 June 2023; report published 21 July 2023; supporting 70 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
Cow Lees Care Home over the years
CQC registration dates from April 2013, so the service has been operating for around 13 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Good and falling to Requires Improvement.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 21 July 2023.
Around Bedworth
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 Richmond Village Coventry, 1.1 miles away.
8 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Fillongley ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB.
The registered provider
Cow Lees Care Home is run by Cow Lees Care Home Ltd (company 08394379), incorporated in 2013.
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.
Likely fees
We estimate Cow Lees Care Home at £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £72k–£88k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
With savings below £23,250, Warwickshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
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How Cow Lees Care Home compares
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Warwickshire, 80% of the 158 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2025) is more recent than 64% of care home ratings in Warwickshire.
- With 73 beds it is larger than 88% of care homes in Warwickshire, where the typical home has 34.
- Registered with CQC in 2013: it has been registered longer than 41% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Warwickshire lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Warwickshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (30% of care homes in Warwickshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Warwickshire (Oct 2026).
Nearest care homes
Guides for families
Bedworth: care homes inspected recently
- FairfieldOct 2025
- Chamberlaine CourtNov 2024
- Evergreen Manor Care HomeSep 2025
Questions about Cow Lees Care Home
- How big is Cow Lees Care Home?
- Cow Lees Care Home is registered for up to 73 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who runs Cow Lees Care Home?
- Cow Lees Care Home Ltd is the registered provider for Cow Lees Care Home.
- What are Cow Lees Care Home's fees?
- Cow Lees Care Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Cow Lees Care Home rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What type of care does Cow Lees Care Home provide?
- Cow Lees Care Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Cow Lees Care Home?
- It is at Astley Lane, Bedworth, CV12 0NF.
- Is Cow Lees Care Home a registered provider?
- Cow Lees Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-689353685) and was rated Requires improvement overall in July 2025.
- Can Cow Lees Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- When was Cow Lees Care Home last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 17 July 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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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.