Forest Haven

Costs to expect

We estimate Forest Haven at £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £75k–£93k.

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

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

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Three Willows Residential Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).

10 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Chingford Green ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East London ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (9 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

What the ratings tell you

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 39 of the 43 other care homes in Waltham Forest that CQC has rated.

Track record

CQC registration dates from June 2013, so the service has been operating for around 13 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

The rating is 3 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.

4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 9 June 2023.

Ownership and company checks

Forest Haven is run by Clearwater Care (hackney) Limited (company 05084728), incorporated in 2004, 9 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 other residential care.

Clearwater Care (Hackney) Limited runs 5 CQC-registered services across 5 council areas; 4 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (80%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Salutem Bid Co Ltd brand, which covers 72 services run by 8 registered providers.