Care home · Bury St Edmunds
Fornham House Residential Home
Illustrative photo, not of Fornham House Residential Home- Address
- Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1SR
- Run by
- Healthcare Homes Group Limited (29 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 88 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Healthcare Homes
- Registered manager
- Stuart Charles Coleman
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2005 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05507277)
- Last CQC check
- 19 May 2026
- 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
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-121919754
An overview of Fornham House Residential Home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Fornham House Residential Home is based in Bury St Edmunds, run by Healthcare Homes Group Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2026). It is one of 15 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bury St Edmunds; 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Choice nearby
There are 16 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Pines, under 0.5 miles away.
2 of the 16 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in The Fornhams & Great Barton ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a café (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe69% score132 of 169 in Suffolk
- Effective75% score149 of 169 in Suffolk
- Caring80% score142 of 169 in Suffolk
- Responsive79% score134 of 169 in Suffolk
- Well-led82% score108 of 169 in Suffolk
CQC key question ratings, published 19 May 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Suffolk share it.
Percentage scores by area
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Fornham House Residential Home scores 77%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 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 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement4 · Exceptional
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care4 · Exceptional
- 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 82%
- Shared direction and culture4 · Exceptional
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders4 · Exceptional
- 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 17 March 2026, published 19 May 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Earlier inspections
- Jun 2015
- Mar 2016
- Dec 2016
- Dec 2018
- May 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 5 December 2018
- CQC inspection report 15 December 2016
- CQC inspection report 25 March 2016
- CQC inspection report 30 June 2015
- Inspection report 28 November 2014
- Inspection report 24 May 2013
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 18 March 2026 by West Suffolk. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Fornham House"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- The Fornhams & Great Barton
- Council
- Suffolk County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Smaller rural; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in IP31 (5)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 110 m (1 min walk) · 2 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Bury St Edmunds, 2.0 km
- Shop Lake Avenue Convenience Store, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Park 950 m (12 min walk)
- Café Tikkatonic, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship St Martins Church, 190 m (2 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
What the ratings tell you
Fornham House Residential Home 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 107 of the 168 other care homes in Suffolk that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Well-led at 82% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 77% overall.
Costs to expect
We estimate Fornham House Residential Home 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 what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Suffolk Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Fornham House Residential Home provides accommodation and personal care for up to 88 older people, including people living with dementia.
- The service had effective systems in place to assess, plan and review people’s care.
- Risk assessments were completed and regularly reviewed, and staff worked in partnership with health and social care professionals to ensure people received appropriate and timely support.
- People living at Fornham House Residential Home consistently described positive experiences of care that was kind, respectful and centred around what mattered to them.
Inspected 7 November 2018; report published 5 December 2018; supporting 77 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Track record
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 5 December 2018.
Ownership and company checks
Fornham House Residential Home is run by Healthcare Homes Group Limited (company 05507277), incorporated in 2005, 5 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 nursing care.
Healthcare Homes Group Limited runs 29 CQC-registered services across 6 council areas; 25 of the 29 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
11 of its services are in Suffolk.
It trades under the Healthcare Homes brand, which covers 54 services run by 8 registered providers.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
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Fornham House Residential Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across Suffolk, 80% of the 169 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 21 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2026) is more recent than 90% of care home ratings in Suffolk.
- With 88 beds it is larger than 97% of care homes in Suffolk, where the typical home has 40.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 81% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Suffolk lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Suffolk, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Other care homes near Bury St Edmunds with recent ratings
- Manson HouseOct 2026
- The PinesJul 2025
What families ask about Fornham House Residential Home
- How much does care from Fornham House Residential Home cost?
- Fornham House Residential Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How did Fornham House Residential Home score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Fornham House Residential Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How many residents can Fornham House Residential Home take?
- Fornham House Residential Home can take up to 88 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs Fornham House Residential Home?
- Healthcare Homes Group Limited is the registered provider for Fornham House Residential Home.
- Is Fornham House Residential Home registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Fornham House Residential Home last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 19 May 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What kind of care can Fornham House Residential Home offer?
- CQC lists Fornham House Residential Home under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Where is Fornham House Residential Home based?
- It is at Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1SR.
- Is Fornham House Residential Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-121919754 and was rated Good overall in May 2026.
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