Care home · Colchester
Horkesley Manor
Illustrative photo, not of Horkesley Manor- Address
- Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4ET
- Run by
- Stow Healthcare Group Limited (8 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 73 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- October 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Michael Paul Parris
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (10 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10174827)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Sep 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-13725020178
Introducing Horkesley Manor
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Horkesley Manor is based in Colchester, run by Stow Healthcare Group Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (September 2022). Safe, Effective and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 46 CQC-registered care homes in and around Colchester; 34 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
Ownership and company checks
Horkesley Manor is run by Stow Healthcare Group Limited (company 10174827), incorporated in 2016, 6 years before this service registered with CQC.
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 other residential care.
Stow Healthcare Group Limited runs 8 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 7 of the 8 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (88%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Essex.
How its rating has changed
- May 2015
- Oct 2016
- Nov 2017
- Sep 2018
- Oct 2019
- Nov 2020
- Sep 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 8 July 2026 by Colchester. 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 "Horkesley Manor Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Rural North
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CO6 (15)
See the wider area · Plan a journey · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Close by
- Bus stop 210 m (3 min walk) · 9 stops within 600 m
- Shop M&S Simply Food, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Place of worship St John, Great Horkesley, 350 m (4 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Around Colchester
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Kacee Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
11 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Rural North ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car; the nearest bus stop is under 0.5 miles away.
Likely fees
We estimate Horkesley Manor at £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£96k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
Essex Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Horkesley Manor over the years
CQC registration dates from October 2022, so the service has been operating for around 4 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Requires improvement.
It has gone 4 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.
Across Essex, 67 of 364 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (18%), while 35 of 364 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (10%), while 76 of 364 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (21%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe67 of 364 in Essex
- Effective35 of 364 in Essex
- Caring340 of 364 in Essex
- Responsive322 of 364 in Essex
- Well-led76 of 364 in Essex
As rated by CQC, published 30 September 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Essex share it.
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Where Horkesley Manor stands locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Essex, 84% of the 363 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2022) is more recent than 53% of care home ratings in Essex.
- With 73 beds it is larger than 89% of care homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 19% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Essex lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (20% of care homes in Essex are also rated below Good here); Effective (10% of care homes in Essex are also rated below Good here); Well-led (23% of care homes in Essex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Essex, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Horkesley Manor: common questions
- How big is Horkesley Manor?
- Horkesley Manor can take up to 73 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Horkesley Manor?
- Stow Healthcare Group Limited is the registered provider for Horkesley Manor.
- What are Horkesley Manor's fees?
- No fee list from Horkesley Manor has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is Horkesley Manor rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Horkesley Manor: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What type of care does Horkesley Manor provide?
- Horkesley Manor is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Where is Horkesley Manor?
- It is at Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4ET.
- Is Horkesley Manor regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-13725020178 and was rated Requires improvement overall in September 2022.
- Does Horkesley Manor support people with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- How recent is Horkesley Manor's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 30 September 2022, 4 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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