Care home · Loughborough
Highbury Residential Home
Illustrative photo, not of Highbury Residential Home- Address
- 38 Mountsorrel Lane, Sileby, Loughborough, LE12 7NF
- Run by
- Hawthorne Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home, Supported living
- Beds
- 27 (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 2016 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- Doina Maria Hrisca
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09945894)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Jul 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Sileby: Care homes in Sileby (3) · Care homes for learning disability care in Sileby
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-2756308170
An overview of Highbury Residential Home
Highbury Residential Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Loughborough, run by Hawthorne Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (July 2025). It is one of 3 CQC-registered care homes in and around Sileby; 1 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Likely fees
We estimate Highbury Residential Home 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Leicestershire Council for a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
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 115 of the 150 other care homes in Leicestershire 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.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe69% score122 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Effective71% score132 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Caring80% score137 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Responsive79% score134 of 151 in Leicestershire
- Well-led75% score116 of 151 in Leicestershire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 3 July 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Leicestershire share it.
Around Loughborough
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is King Street - Care Home Physical Disabilities, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (6 of the nearest 25).
6 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Sileby & Seagrave ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least 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 pharmacy (7 min), a shop (2 min), a park (8 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Highbury Residential Home over the years
CQC registration dates from July 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2017–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 30 November 2022.
Who runs it
Highbury Residential Home is run by Hawthorne Care Limited (company 09945894), incorporated in 2016.
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.
Inspection findings in brief
- The provider had a good learning culture and people could raise concerns.
- The facilities and equipment met people’s needs, were clean and well-maintained and any risks mitigated.
- There were enough staff with the right skills, qualifications and experience.
- Comments included, “I get the feeling, nothing is too much trouble, you get everything you need living here”. “I can’t fault it.
Inspected 29 September 2022; report published 30 November 2022; supporting 22 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Highbury Residential Home scores 75%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding2 · Some shortfalls
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 71%
- 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 treatment2 · Some shortfalls
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 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 outcomes4 · Exceptional
- 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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 8 May 2025, published 3 July 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Rating history
- Sep 2017
- May 2020
- Aug 2021
- Dec 2021
- Feb 2022
- Nov 2022
- Jul 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 30 November 2022
- CQC inspection report 18 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 15 December 2021
- CQC inspection report 6 August 2021
- CQC inspection report 8 May 2020
- CQC inspection report 8 September 2017
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 18 June 2025 by Charnwood. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Highbury Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Sileby & Seagrave
- Parliamentary constituency
- Loughborough
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LE12 (23)
Bigger map · Directions · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 15 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Sileby, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 540 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 200 m (2 min walk)
- Park Sileby Memorial Park, 670 m (8 min walk)
- Café The BREWery, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship St Mary's Church, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Library Sileby Library, 320 m (4 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.
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Questions about Highbury Residential Home
- What is Highbury Residential Home's address?
- It is at 38 Mountsorrel Lane, Sileby, Loughborough, LE12 7NF.
- Is Highbury Residential Home a registered provider?
- Highbury Residential Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-2756308170) and was rated Good overall in July 2025.
- What type of care does Highbury Residential Home provide?
- Highbury Residential Home is registered for residential homes, supported living. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Can Highbury Residential Home 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 Highbury Residential Home?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 3 July 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- How many residents can Highbury Residential Home take?
- Highbury Residential Home can take up to 27 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Highbury Residential Home?
- Hawthorne Care Limited is the registered provider for Highbury Residential Home.
- How much does care from Highbury Residential Home cost?
- We don't have published prices from Highbury Residential Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How is Highbury Residential Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
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