Care home · Leicester
George Hythe House
Illustrative photo, not of George Hythe House- Address
- 1 Croft Road, Leicester, LE4 1HA
- Run by
- S5 Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 43 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Vicky Louise Lyons
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12223131)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Mar 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-8372188795
About George Hythe House
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, George Hythe House is based in Leicester, run by S5 Care Ltd. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (March 2025). It is one of 6 CQC-registered care homes in and around Birstall; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
Scores behind the rating
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, George Hythe House scores 75%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 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 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- 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 75%
- 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 sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 3 October 2024, published 19 March 2025, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Aug 2015
- Nov 2016
- Jan 2018
- Mar 2021
- Jan 2022
- May 2022
- Mar 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 25 May 2022
- CQC inspection report 12 January 2022
- CQC inspection report 6 March 2021
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 30 May 2025 by Leicester City. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "George Hythe House"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Beaumont Leys
- Council
- Leicester City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leicester West
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LE4 (16)
Larger map · Route planner · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Local amenities
- Bus stop 70 m (1 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Leicester North, 1.5 km (19 min walk)
- GP surgery 1.4 km (17 min walk)
- Pharmacy Superdrug, 1.4 km (18 min walk)
- Shop Beaumont Stores, 670 m (8 min walk)
- Park Bennion Pools Nature Area, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Café Skrannies, 930 m (12 min walk)
- Library Beaumont Leys Library, 1.3 km (17 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).
The inspection, summarised
- This assessment took place between 8 October 2024 and 5 December 2024.
- We completed this assessment due to concerns we had received in relation to the safety of people using the service.
- We investigated these concerns but found no related risk.
- We received mixed feedback from people and their relatives about the care and facilities at George Hythe House.
Inspected 19 April 2022; report published 25 May 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The company behind George Hythe House
George Hythe House is run by S5 Care Ltd (company 12223131), incorporated in 2019.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Costs to expect
We estimate George Hythe House 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 whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Leicester Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe69% score71 of 93 in Leicester
- Effective75% score81 of 93 in Leicester
- Caring80% score85 of 93 in Leicester
- Responsive75% score85 of 93 in Leicester
- Well-led75% score64 of 93 in Leicester
As rated by CQC, published 19 March 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Leicester share it.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Diamond House, 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Beaumont Leys ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (8 min), a park (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Track record
George Hythe House has been registered with CQC since July 2020, about 6 years.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 3, with the most recent dated 25 May 2022.
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 63 of the 92 other care homes in Leicester that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 75% overall.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed George Hythe House on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Frequently asked about George Hythe House
- How many residents can George Hythe House take?
- George Hythe House can take up to 43 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs George Hythe House?
- CQC lists S5 Care Ltd as the provider responsible for George Hythe House.
- How much does George Hythe House charge?
- George Hythe House hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How did George Hythe House score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For George Hythe House: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- Where is George Hythe House based?
- It is at 1 Croft Road, Leicester, LE4 1HA.
- Is George Hythe House registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-8372188795 and was rated Good overall in March 2025.
- What type of care does George Hythe House provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask George Hythe House how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Does George Hythe House support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When was George Hythe House last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 19 March 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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