Care home · Mansfield
Fernleaf Residential Home
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- 26 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, NG19 7AD
- Run by
- VARS Care Limited
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 21 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2015 (11 years)
- Registered manager
- Craig Anthony Attwood
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2014 (12 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09194671)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Dec 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-1903838525
Fernleaf Residential Home at a glance
Fernleaf Residential Home in Mansfield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by VARS Care Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (December 2023). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 22 CQC-registered care homes in and around Mansfield; 17 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Costs to expect
We estimate Fernleaf Residential Home at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Nottinghamshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The inspection, summarised
- Medicines and infection risks were not always managed safely.
- Internal quality assurance processes were not always effective in monitoring the service which meant improvements were not always made.
- People who used the service were protected from the risk of abuse, harm and neglect by suitably trained staff who knew them well.
- There were enough competent staff on shift to ensure people were safe and received good quality care.
Inspected 10 November 2023; report published 8 December 2023; supporting 21 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Mansfield Manor Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
5 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in West Bank ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (1 min), a park (5 min), a café (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe41 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Effective216 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Caring225 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Responsive221 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Well-led45 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 8 December 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Nottinghamshire share it.
Reading Fernleaf Residential Home's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Nottinghamshire, 41 of 257 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (16%), while 45 of 257 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (18%).
The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Track record
Registered in January 2015, it has 11 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Requires improvement.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 8 December 2023.
Earlier inspections
- Feb 2016
- May 2018
- Dec 2020
- Feb 2022
- Dec 2023
- Today Rating 2 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 8 December 2023
- CQC inspection report 8 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 22 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 13 February 2016
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 8 July 2025 by Mansfield. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Fernleaf Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- West Bank
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mansfield
- NHS planning area
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NG19 (16)
Bigger map · How to get there · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Local amenities
- Bus stop 70 m (1 min walk) · 29 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Mansfield, 810 m (10 min walk)
- GP surgery Acorn Medical Practice, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Tesco Pharmacy, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Extra, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Park 370 m (5 min walk)
- Café Tesco Café, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Library Mansfield Central Library, 450 m (6 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
The registered provider
Fernleaf Residential Home is run by Vars Care Limited (company 09194671), incorporated in 2014.
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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
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Fernleaf Residential Home in local context
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Nottinghamshire, 84% of the 257 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 24 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2023) is more recent than 61% of care home ratings in Nottinghamshire.
- With 21 beds it is smaller than 55% of care homes in Nottinghamshire, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 51% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Nottinghamshire lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (17% of care homes in Nottinghamshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (19% of care homes in Nottinghamshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Nottinghamshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Fernleaf Residential Home: common questions
- Where is Fernleaf Residential Home based?
- It is at 26 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, NG19 7AD.
- Is Fernleaf Residential Home registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-1903838525 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Requires improvement overall in December 2023.
- What kind of care can Fernleaf Residential Home offer?
- CQC lists Fernleaf Residential Home under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Can Fernleaf Residential Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When was Fernleaf Residential Home last inspected?
- 8 December 2023 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- How many beds does Fernleaf Residential Home have?
- Fernleaf Residential Home has 21 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who is the registered provider for Fernleaf Residential Home?
- The registered provider is VARS Care Limited, according to CQC.
- How much does Fernleaf Residential Home charge?
- We don't have published prices from Fernleaf Residential Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How is Fernleaf Residential Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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