Care home · Birmingham
Dimmingsdale Bank
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- 21 Dimmingsdale Bank, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1ST
- Run by
- Trident Reach The People Charity (9 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1129187)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 7 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- October 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Louise Joyce Beaven
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (17 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06761385)
- Last CQC check
- 6 Jan 2018
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,170–£1,420 a week for residential care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Halesowen: Care homes in Halesowen (12) · Best rated care homes in Halesowen · Care homes for physical disability care in Halesowen · Care homes for learning disability care in Halesowen
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-329034137
Dimmingsdale Bank at a glance
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Dimmingsdale Bank is based in Birmingham, run by Trident Reach The People Charity. Its registered specialisms include physical disabilities and learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2018). It is one of 12 CQC-registered care homes in and around Halesowen; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Registered in October 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 8 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.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 6 January 2018.
The five key questions
- Safe189 of 253 in Birmingham
- Effective220 of 252 in Birmingham
- Caring232 of 252 in Birmingham
- Responsive225 of 252 in Birmingham
- Well-led156 of 252 in Birmingham
As rated by CQC, published 6 January 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Birmingham share it.
Costs to expect
We estimate Dimmingsdale Bank at £1,170–£1,420 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £61k–£74k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Birmingham Council for a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Caterpillar House, 0.7 miles away.
Every one of the 22 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Quinton 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 Birmingham and Solihull ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (1 min), a park (8 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The company behind Dimmingsdale Bank
Dimmingsdale Bank is run by Trident Reach The People Charity (company 06761385), incorporated in 2008, 2 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 10 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, other residential care, social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care) and other social work without accommodation.
Trident Reach The People Charity runs 9 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 8 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (89%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
6 of its services are in Birmingham.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2015
- Sep 2016
- Apr 2017
- Jan 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 6 January 2018
- CQC inspection report 20 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 27 September 2016
- CQC inspection report 27 April 2015
- Inspection report 17 June 2014
- Inspection report 13 June 2013
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 4 November 2019 by Birmingham. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Dimmingsdale Bank Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Quinton
- Council
- Birmingham City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in B32 (6)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 170 m (2 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Ridgacre House Surgery, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rajj Chemist, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Shop 120 m (1 min walk)
- Park Woodgate Valley Country Park, 650 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship 620 m (8 min walk)
- Library Quinton Library, 1.2 km (16 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).
Inspection findings in brief
- Dimmingsdale Bank provides accommodation with personal care for adults with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder or mental health needs.
- At the last inspection, the service was rated 'Good'.
- People we spoke with told us that they felt safe in the home.
- Assessments identified how staff were to support people from any risk of harm presented by their conditions.
Inspected 24 November 2017; report published 6 January 2018. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The ratings in context
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 155 of the 251 other care homes in Birmingham that CQC has rated.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Dimmingsdale Bank on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
Dimmingsdale Bank in local context
- Rated Good. Across Birmingham, 77% of the 252 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2018) is more recent than 0% of care home ratings in Birmingham.
- With 7 beds it is smaller than 66% of care homes in Birmingham, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 53% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Birmingham lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Birmingham, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Dimmingsdale Bank questions answered
- How many residents can Dimmingsdale Bank take?
- CQC registers Dimmingsdale Bank for 7 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs Dimmingsdale Bank?
- Trident Reach The People Charity is the registered provider for Dimmingsdale Bank.
- How much does care from Dimmingsdale Bank cost?
- We don't have published prices from Dimmingsdale Bank yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How is Dimmingsdale Bank 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 sections most worth your time.
- What is Dimmingsdale Bank's address?
- It is at 21 Dimmingsdale Bank, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1ST.
- Is Dimmingsdale Bank a registered provider?
- Dimmingsdale Bank is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-329034137) and was rated Good overall in January 2018.
- What type of care does Dimmingsdale Bank provide?
- Dimmingsdale Bank is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Can Dimmingsdale Bank care for someone with dementia?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
- When was Dimmingsdale Bank last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 6 January 2018, 8 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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