Care home · Liverpool
Cumberland Gate
Illustrative photo, not of Cumberland Gate- Address
- 44 Cumberland Gate, Netherton, Liverpool, L30 7PZ
- Run by
- Autism Initiatives (UK) (12 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 3 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- February 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Autism Initiatives UK
- Registered manager
- Simon Michael Thomas
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1989 (37 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02436777)
- Last CQC check
- 11 May 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-121516635
The service in brief
Cumberland Gate is a CQC-registered residential care home in Liverpool, run by Autism Initiatives (UK). Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (May 2019). It is one of 11 CQC-registered care homes in and around Aintree; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Earlier inspections
- Oct 2016
- May 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 11 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 27 October 2016
- Inspection report 21 November 2013
- Inspection report 30 January 2013
Finding it
- Ward
- Netherton North
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bootle
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 100 m (1 min walk) · 14 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Old Roan, 600 m (8 min walk)
- Pharmacy Asda, 690 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Spar, 650 m (8 min walk)
- Park 330 m (4 min walk)
- Café Costa, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship St Oswald's Church, 720 m (9 min walk)
- Library 1.3 km (16 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
From the latest CQC inspection
- People's experience of using this service: The service applied the principles of Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance.
- These ensure that people who use the service can live as full a life as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes that include control, choice and independence.
- The outcomes for people using the service reflected the principles and values of Registering the Right Support in the promotion of choice and control, independence and inclusion.
- People's support focused on them having as many opportunities as possible for them to gain new skills and become more independent.
Inspected 24 April 2019; report published 11 May 2019. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The company behind Cumberland Gate
Cumberland Gate is run by Autism Initiatives (uk) (company 02436777), incorporated in 1989, 21 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 8 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people and other social work without accommodation.
Autism Initiatives (UK) runs 12 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 12 of the 12 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
9 of its services are in Sefton.
It trades under the Autism Initiatives UK brand, which covers 12 services run by 1 registered provider.
Costs to expect
We estimate Cumberland Gate at £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£69k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Sefton Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Sefton New Directions Limited - Aintree Lane, 0.6 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (6 of the nearest 25).
21 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Netherton North ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (8 min), a park (4 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe83 of 107 in Sefton
- Effective92 of 107 in Sefton
- Caring95 of 107 in Sefton
- Responsive91 of 107 in Sefton
- Well-led79 of 107 in Sefton
From CQC's latest report, published 11 May 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sefton share it.
Track record
Registered in February 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 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.
4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 11 May 2019.
The ratings in context
Cumberland Gate has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 78 of the 106 other care homes in Sefton that CQC has rated.
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Cumberland Gate against its area
- Rated Good. Across Sefton, 79% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 24% of care home ratings in Sefton.
- With 3 beds it is smaller than 92% of care homes in Sefton, where the typical home has 27.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 60% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sefton lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Sefton (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Cumberland Gate
- Is Cumberland Gate registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- How recent is Cumberland Gate's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 11 May 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- What kind of care can Cumberland Gate offer?
- Cumberland Gate is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Cumberland Gate based?
- It is at 44 Cumberland Gate, Netherton, Liverpool, L30 7PZ.
- Is Cumberland Gate registered with CQC?
- Cumberland Gate is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-121516635) and was rated Good overall in May 2019.
- How much does care from Cumberland Gate cost?
- Cumberland Gate's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Cumberland Gate rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Cumberland Gate: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How big is Cumberland Gate?
- CQC registers Cumberland Gate for 3 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Cumberland Gate?
- CQC lists Autism Initiatives (UK) as the provider responsible for Cumberland Gate.
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