Care home · Clacton On Sea

Five Stacks Residential Care Centre

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 17 May 2019 Rating 7 years old

Typical fee here £1,350–£1,650 a week Estimate

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Address
209 Point Clear Road, St Osyth, Clacton On Sea, CO16 8JD
Run by
Five Stacks Residential Home Limited
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Residential care home
Beds
30 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
No, residential care only (CQC registration)
Dementia
Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
Registered with CQC
April 2016 (10 years)
Registered manager
Michelle Ellis
Company check
Active, trading since 2005 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05576720)
Last CQC check
26 Mar 2022
Typical fees Estimated
£1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate

Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-2293351622

About this home

Five Stacks Residential Care Centre is a CQC-registered residential care home in Clacton On Sea, run by Five Stacks Residential Home Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (May 2019). It is one of 12 CQC-registered care homes in and around Brightlingsea; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

What inspectors found

  • Five Stacks Residential Care Centre is an adapted building which provides accommodation and personal care for up to 30 older people including those living with dementia.
  • This service includes a self-contained wing specifically for providing short break care for up to seven adults with a learning disability (LD).
  • The service's monthly newsletter, emailed to people's families, kept them updated on what was happening in the service, and included photographs of social events people have been joining in with.
  • Systems were in place to minimise the risk / detect COVID-19 coming into the service.

Inspected 9 February 2022; report published 26 March 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Around Clacton On Sea

There are 5 other care homes within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is 165 Point Clear Road, under 0.5 miles away.

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

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

It sits in St Osyth ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.

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

CQC ratings, area by area

  • SafeGood291 of 365 in Essex
  • EffectiveGood327 of 365 in Essex
  • CaringGood341 of 365 in Essex
  • ResponsiveGood323 of 365 in Essex
  • Well-ledGood271 of 365 in Essex

Source: CQC, published 17 May 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Essex share it.

Likely fees

We estimate Five Stacks Residential Care Centre at £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £70k–£86k.

Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Essex Council after a needs and financial assessment.

Five Stacks Residential Care Centre over the years

Five Stacks Residential Care Centre has been registered with CQC since April 2016, about 10 years.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Inspected but not rated.

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.

There are 4 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 26 March 2022.

Who the service is registered for

Taken from its CQC registration.

Ownership and company checks

Five Stacks Residential Care Centre is run by Five Stacks Residential Home Limited (company 05576720), incorporated in 2005, 10 years before this service registered with CQC.

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.

Past CQC ratings

  1. Jul 2017 Requires improvement
  2. Apr 2018 Requires improvement
  3. May 2019 Good
  4. Mar 2022 Inspected but not rated
  5. Today Rating 7 years old

CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

CQC documents

Council food inspection

5/5

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 26 April 2025 by Tendring. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.

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

Area and map

Ward
St Osyth
Parliamentary constituency
Clacton
NHS area (integrated care board)
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
Urban or rural
Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in CO16 (10)

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Within walking distance

  • Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
  • Shop Nisa Local, 290 m (4 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).

What the ratings tell you

Five Stacks Residential Care Centre 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 270 of the 364 other care homes in Essex that CQC has rated.

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Compared with other care homes locally

  • Rated Good. Across Essex, 84% of the 364 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 27% of care home ratings in Essex.
  • With 30 beds it is larger than 58% of care homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22.
  • Registered with CQC in 2016: it has been registered longer than 36% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Essex lists 3.

Based on the CQC register for Essex as at Oct 2026.

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Five Stacks Residential Care Centre: common questions

How much does Five Stacks Residential Care Centre charge?
Five Stacks Residential Care Centre has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
Is Five Stacks Residential Care Centre rated well for safety?
By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
How many residents can Five Stacks Residential Care Centre take?
Five Stacks Residential Care Centre has 30 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
Which provider runs Five Stacks Residential Care Centre?
The registered provider is Five Stacks Residential Home Limited, according to CQC.
Can Five Stacks Residential Care Centre care for someone with dementia?
Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
When did CQC last rate Five Stacks Residential Care Centre?
Its current CQC rating dates from 17 May 2019, 7 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
What kind of care can Five Stacks Residential Care Centre offer?
Registration for Five Stacks Residential Care Centre covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
What is Five Stacks Residential Care Centre's address?
It is at 209 Point Clear Road, St Osyth, Clacton On Sea, CO16 8JD.
Is Five Stacks Residential Care Centre a registered provider?
It is. The CQC register records Five Stacks Residential Care Centre as a care home, location ID 1-2293351622 and was rated Good overall in May 2019.

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