Care home · Carshalton
Gable Lodge
Illustrative photo, not of Gable Lodge- Address
- 66 Beddington Gardens, Carshalton, SM5 3HQ
- Run by
- Chandrakantha Prathapan
- Type of provider
- Independent (partnership)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 9 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Chandrakantha Prathapan
- Last CQC check
- 26 Mar 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Sutton: Care homes in Sutton (67) · Best rated care homes in Sutton · Care homes for elderly care in Sutton
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-110261278
About this home
Gable Lodge in Carshalton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Chandrakantha Prathapan. It is registered to support older people.
CQC rated it Good overall (March 2025). It is one of 67 CQC-registered care homes in and around Sutton; 61 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What inspectors found
- The service had made improvements and were no longer in breach of regulations.
- Information about people’s needs and risks to their safety had improved.
- Governance systems were now more effective but records related to the management of the service would benefit from being better organised and more easily accessible.
- One person told us, “It is lovely here.” Another person said, “As long as I can see the window and have a nice chair I love it.” People and relatives said the home was open, welcoming and homely.
Inspected 16 November 2022; report published 9 December 2022; supporting 5 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
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 48 of the 63 other care homes in Sutton that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 68%, averaging 71% overall.
CQC's scores in detail
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Gable Lodge scores 71%.
Safe 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 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 70%
- 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 enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive 68%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- Providing Information2 · Some shortfalls
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 68%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 18 February 2025, published 26 March 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Ratings over time
- Mar 2015
- May 2015
- Feb 2017
- Oct 2019
- May 2021
- Dec 2022
- Mar 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2022
- CQC inspection report 15 May 2021
- CQC inspection report 3 October 2019
- CQC inspection report 2 February 2017
- CQC inspection report 29 May 2015
- CQC inspection report 31 March 2015
Finding it
- Ward
- Wallington South
- Council
- London Borough of Sutton · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- NHS planning area
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SM5 (10)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 210 m (3 min walk) · 21 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wallington, 550 m (7 min walk)
- GP surgery Jubilee Health Centre, 500 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Kamsons Pharmacy, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Sainsbury's Local, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Park Stanley Park, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Café Wallington Library Garden Cafe, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Wallington United Reformed Church, 350 m (4 min walk)
- Library Wallington Library, 480 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.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
What it may cost
We estimate Gable Lodge 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 what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Sutton Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 25 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Hemmet House, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wallington South ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South West London ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (6 min), a park (5 min), a café (6 min), a bus stop (3 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The company behind Gable Lodge
Gable Lodge is the only service its provider, Chandrakantha Prathapan, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score61 of 64 in Sutton
- Effective75% score60 of 64 in Sutton
- Caring70% score61 of 64 in Sutton
- Responsive68% score63 of 64 in Sutton
- Well-led68% score49 of 64 in Sutton
As rated by CQC, published 26 March 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sutton share it.
How long it has been running
Gable Lodge has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 9 December 2022.
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Where Gable Lodge stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Sutton, 95% of the 64 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2025) is more recent than 64% of care home ratings in Sutton.
- With 9 beds it is larger than 52% of care homes in Sutton, where the typical home has 8.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 81% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sutton lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Sutton, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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- The Regard Partnership Limited - Grove RoadAug 2026
Gable Lodge: common questions
- What services is Gable Lodge registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Gable Lodge how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Gable Lodge regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-110261278 and was rated Good overall in March 2025.
- What is Gable Lodge's address?
- It is at 66 Beddington Gardens, Carshalton, SM5 3HQ.
- When was Gable Lodge last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 26 March 2025, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can Gable Lodge care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Who runs Gable Lodge?
- Gable Lodge is run by Chandrakantha Prathapan, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many residents can Gable Lodge take?
- Gable Lodge has 9 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Is Gable Lodge rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Gable Lodge: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does Gable Lodge charge?
- Gable Lodge's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,615 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
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