Care home · Colyton

Elmwood Residential Home Limited

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 2 April 2026 Rated in the last 12 months
A young man in a wheelchair with a friend by the sea Illustrative photo, not of Elmwood Residential Home Limited
Address
Swan Hill Road, Colyford, Colyton, EX24 6QJ
Run by
Elmwood Residential Home Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Residential care home
Beds
38 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
No, residential care only (CQC registration)
Dementia
Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
Garden
Garden for residents (as stated on elmwoodonline.co.uk)
En-suite rooms
En-suite rooms available (as stated on elmwoodonline.co.uk)
Couples
Couples welcome (as stated on elmwoodonline.co.uk)
Registered with CQC
December 2010 (15 years)
Registered manager
Hayley-Anne Wakeling
Company check
Active, trading since 1982 (44 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01665156)
Last CQC check
2 Apr 2026
Typical fees Estimated
£1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-106260202

An overview of Elmwood Residential Home Limited

Elmwood Residential Home Limited in Colyton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists physical disabilities among its specialisms.

CQC rated it Good overall (April 2026). It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Seaton; 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

The company behind Elmwood Residential Home Limited

Elmwood Residential Home Limited is run by Elmwood Residential Home Limited (company 01665156), incorporated in 1982, 28 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.

How the scores break down

CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Elmwood Residential Home Limited scores 60%.

Safe Good 75%
  • Learning culture3 · Good
  • Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
  • Safeguarding3 · Good
  • Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
  • Safe environments3 · Good
  • Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
  • Infection prevention and control3 · Good
  • Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective Good 75%
  • Assessing needs3 · Good
  • Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
  • How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
  • Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
  • Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
  • Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring Good 0%
  • Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
  • Treating people as individuals3 · Good
  • Independence, choice and control2 · Some shortfalls
  • Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
  • Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive Good 75%
  • Person-centred Care3 · Good
  • Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
  • Providing Information3 · Good
  • Listening to and involving people3 · Good
  • Equity in access3 · Good
  • Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
  • Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led Good 75%
  • Shared direction and culture3 · Good
  • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
  • Freedom to speak up3 · Good
  • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
  • Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
  • Partnerships and communities3 · Good
  • Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good

Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 28 January 2026, published 2 September 2024 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.

How its rating has changed

  1. May 2015 Requires improvement
  2. Sep 2016 Requires improvement
  3. Mar 2017 Requires improvement
  4. Feb 2018 Requires improvement
  5. Nov 2018 Good
  6. Feb 2022 Inspected but not rated
  7. Jan 2023 Requires improvement
  8. Sep 2024 Good
  9. Today Rated in the last 12 months

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.

Inspection reports to read

Food safety inspection

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 1 April 2025 by East Devon. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.

From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Elmwood Residential Home Ltd"). Open Government Licence.

Finding it

Ward
Coly Valley
Parliamentary constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth
NHS planning area
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
Setting
Smaller rural: further from a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 20% least deprived areas in England

Larger map · How to get there · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)

Within walking distance

  • Bus stop 120 m (1 min walk) · 2 stops within 600 m
  • Shop D Pritchrd, 60 m (1 min walk)
  • Park 1.0 km (13 min walk)
  • Café Amy's Café, 300 m (4 min walk)
  • Place of worship Chapel of St Michael, 90 m (1 min walk)

Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.

Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Elmwood Residential Home Limited at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.

Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.

Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Devon Council for a free care needs assessment.

How it fits locally

There are 11 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Thornfield Care Home, 0.8 miles away.

3 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Coly Valley ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (further from a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Registered specialisms

Registration details from CQC.

The ratings in context

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Elmwood Residential Home Limited: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 230 of the 286 other care homes in Devon that CQC has rated.

Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Caring at 0%, averaging 60% overall.

What CQC's inspectors reported

  • Elmwood Residential Home is registered to provide accommodation with personal care for up to 38 people with physical disabilities, long term medical conditions or memory loss.
  • At the time of this assessment, they were supporting 35 people.
  • The provider was previously in breach of 4 legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, consent, person centred care and good governance.
  • One relative shared, “They are absolutely wonderful here…they pop in all the time.

Inspected 13 December 2022; report published 28 January 2023. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

History with CQC

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

CQC has published 9 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.

The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 28 January 2023.

Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led

  • SafeGood75% score252 of 287 in Devon
  • EffectiveGood75% score260 of 287 in Devon
  • CaringGood0% score248 of 287 in Devon
  • ResponsiveGood75% score249 of 287 in Devon
  • Well-ledGood75% score231 of 287 in Devon

As rated by CQC, published 2 April 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Devon share it.

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Elmwood Residential Home Limited in local context

  • Rated Good. Across Devon, 90% of the 287 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 21 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (April 2026) is more recent than 92% of care home ratings in Devon.
  • With 38 beds it is larger than 78% of care homes in Devon, where the typical home has 25.
  • Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 82% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Devon lists 3.

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

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Frequently asked about Elmwood Residential Home Limited

Is Elmwood Residential Home Limited rated well for safety?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
Can Elmwood Residential Home Limited care for someone with dementia?
No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
Is Elmwood Residential Home Limited registered with CQC?
Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-106260202 and was rated Good overall in April 2026.
When did CQC last rate Elmwood Residential Home Limited?
CQC published the current rating on 2 April 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
How big is Elmwood Residential Home Limited?
Elmwood Residential Home Limited is registered for up to 38 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
How much does care from Elmwood Residential Home Limited cost?
No fee list from Elmwood Residential Home Limited has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
What is Elmwood Residential Home Limited's address?
It is at Swan Hill Road, Colyford, Colyton, EX24 6QJ.
What services is Elmwood Residential Home Limited registered for?
Registration for Elmwood Residential Home Limited covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.

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