Care home · New Romney

Creedy House

Rated Requires improvement by CQC Rating published 12 March 2025 Rating 1 year old
A carer helping a resident in a wheelchair in a nursing home Illustrative photo, not of Creedy House
Address
Nether Avenue, Littlestone on Sea, New Romney, TN28 8NB
Run by
Creedy Number 1 Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Nursing home
Beds
44 (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
November 2010 (15 years)
Registered manager
Nesta Tracey Hollyer Alina Beju
Company check
Active, trading since 2007 (19 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06351389)
Last CQC check
12 Mar 2025
Typical fees Estimated
£1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-136419379

About this home

Creedy House is a CQC-registered nursing home in New Romney, run by Creedy Number 1 Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (March 2025). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 15 CQC-registered care homes in and around New Romney; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

How CQC rated each area

  • SafeRequires improvement89 of 455 in Kent
  • EffectiveGood400 of 455 in Kent
  • CaringGood406 of 455 in Kent
  • ResponsiveGood395 of 455 in Kent
  • Well-ledRequires improvement107 of 455 in Kent

Source: CQC, published 12 March 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kent share it.

The registered provider

Creedy House is run by Creedy Number 1 Limited (company 06351389), incorporated in 2007, 3 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is nursing care.

It trades under the 1st Choice Care Homes brand, which covers 5 services run by 5 registered providers.

Track record

CQC registration dates from November 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Requires Improvement.

CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 19 December 2020.

Needs it is registered to meet

Specialisms as registered with CQC.

Reading Creedy House's CQC ratings

Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.

Across Kent, 89 of 455 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (20%), while 107 of 455 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).

The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

Costs to expect

We estimate Creedy House at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.

For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.

With savings below £23,250, Kent Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.

Past CQC ratings

  1. Jan 2015 Good
  2. Sep 2016 Inadequate
  3. Mar 2017 Requires improvement
  4. May 2018 Requires improvement
  5. Dec 2018 Requires improvement
  6. Dec 2019 Good
  7. Dec 2020 Inspected but not rated
  8. Mar 2025 Requires Improvement
  9. Today Rating 1 year old

The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.

CQC documents

Food safety inspection

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 June 2025 by Folkestone and Hythe. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.

From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Creedy House Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.

The neighbourhood

Ward
New Romney
Parliamentary constituency
Folkestone and Hythe
Integrated care board
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Setting
Larger rural: nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in TN28 (12)

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Within walking distance

  • Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 7 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station New Romney, 540 m (7 min walk)
  • GP surgery Church Lane Surgery, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Allied Pharmacy, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
  • Shop Spar, 760 m (10 min walk)
  • Park 400 m (5 min walk)
  • Café Littlestone Meeting Hub, 410 m (5 min walk)
  • Library New Romney, 1.4 km (17 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.

Choice nearby

There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Lindau Residential Home, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: dementia (6 of the nearest 25).

3 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in New Romney ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (10 min), a park (5 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

The inspection, summarised

  • The service provides support to older people, some of whom lived with dementia and people with a physical disability.
  • There were 2 people with learning disabilities also living at the service.
  • An assessment has been undertaken of a service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability but is not registered as a specialist service.
  • Comments included, “I feel secure”; “I like the people the staff.

Inspected 26 November 2020; report published 19 December 2020; supporting 39 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

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Creedy House against its area

  • Rated Requires improvement. Across Kent, 79% of the 454 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 18 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (March 2025) is more recent than 76% of care home ratings in Kent.
  • With 44 beds it is larger than 72% of care homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24.
  • Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
  • It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Kent lists 3.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Kent are also rated below Good here); Well-led (26% of care homes in Kent are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Kent. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Quick answers about Creedy House

Is Creedy House registered with CQC?
Creedy House is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-136419379) and was rated Requires improvement overall in March 2025.
What is Creedy House's address?
It is at Nether Avenue, Littlestone on Sea, New Romney, TN28 8NB.
What kind of care can Creedy House offer?
Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Creedy House how it would adapt if needs increase.
When did CQC last rate Creedy House?
Its current CQC rating dates from 12 March 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
Does Creedy House support people with dementia?
Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
Which provider runs Creedy House?
Creedy Number 1 Limited is the registered provider for Creedy House.
How big is Creedy House?
CQC registers Creedy House for 44 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
Is Creedy House rated well for safety?
CQC rates five key questions. For Creedy House: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
How much does care from Creedy House cost?
Creedy House's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.

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