Care home · Paignton
Kingsmount Residential Home
Illustrative photo, not of Kingsmount Residential Home- Address
- 30 Kingshurst Drive, Paignton, TQ3 2LT
- Run by
- GrayAreas Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 32 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on kingsmount.co.uk)
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on kingsmount.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Brennan Wilson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04427026)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Jul 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 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
More in Paignton: Care homes in Paignton (22) · Best rated care homes in Paignton · Care homes for dementia care in Paignton · Care homes for elderly care in Paignton
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-123405642
The service in brief
Kingsmount Residential Home in Paignton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by GrayAreas Limited. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2024). It is one of 22 CQC-registered care homes in and around Paignton; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score56 of 70 in Torbay
- Effective75% score59 of 70 in Torbay
- Caring70% score66 of 70 in Torbay
- Responsive71% score63 of 70 in Torbay
- Well-led75% score51 of 70 in Torbay
As rated by CQC, published 9 July 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Torbay share it.
Percentage scores by area
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, Kingsmount Residential Home scores 73%.
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 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 16 May 2024, published 9 July 2024, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2016
- Feb 2019
- Mar 2020
- Jul 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 17 March 2020
- CQC inspection report 20 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 28 June 2016
- Inspection report 28 January 2014
- Inspection report 11 December 2012
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 10 October 2025 by Torbay. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Kingsmount Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Preston
- Council
- Torbay Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Torbay
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban (further from a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in TQ3 (14)
Larger map · Get directions · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 31 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Paignton, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- GP surgery Pembroke House Surgery, 830 m (10 min walk)
- Pharmacy Well Pharmacy, 820 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Hursts, 360 m (5 min walk)
- Park 720 m (9 min walk)
- Café Custom Coffee Co, 600 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship Sacred Heart and St. Teresa, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Library 1.1 km (13 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.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Kingsmount 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 50 of the 69 other care homes in Torbay that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Caring at 70%, averaging 73% overall.
Inspection findings in brief
- At the time of this assessment, there were 28 people living at the service.
- This off site assessment activity began on the 16 May 2024 and ended on 5 June 2024.
- At our last inspection the service was rated good.
- People, relatives, staff and external health and social care professionals were all asked for their views of the quality of the service provided.
Inspected 3 February 2020; report published 17 March 2020; supporting 28 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
What it may cost
We estimate Kingsmount Residential Home at £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
With savings below £23,250, Torbay Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Little Oldway, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Preston ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a park (9 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who runs it
Kingsmount Residential Home is run by Grayareas Limited (company 04427026), incorporated in 2002, 8 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
GrayAreas Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Torbay, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2024), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 17 March 2020.
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How Kingsmount Residential Home compares
- Rated Good. Across Torbay, 80% of the 70 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2024) is more recent than 74% of care home ratings in Torbay.
- With 32 beds it is larger than 68% of care homes in Torbay, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 86% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Torbay lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Torbay; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Kingsmount Residential Home questions answered
- Can Kingsmount Residential Home care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When was Kingsmount Residential Home last inspected?
- 9 July 2024 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What type of care does Kingsmount Residential Home provide?
- Kingsmount Residential Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Kingsmount Residential Home based?
- It is at 30 Kingshurst Drive, Paignton, TQ3 2LT.
- Is Kingsmount Residential Home registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-123405642 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in July 2024.
- What are Kingsmount Residential Home's fees?
- No fee list from Kingsmount Residential Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How did Kingsmount Residential Home score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Kingsmount Residential Home: 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 many residents can Kingsmount Residential Home take?
- Kingsmount Residential Home can take up to 32 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs Kingsmount Residential Home?
- Kingsmount Residential Home is run by GrayAreas Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
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