Care home · Wellingborough
Kingswood House
Illustrative photo, not of Kingswood House- Address
- Hollington Road, Raunds, Wellingborough, NN9 6NH
- Run by
- St. Jude Care Homes Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 26 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Emma Pilmore
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2024 (2 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 15516246)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Jul 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-22145056495
About Kingswood House
Kingswood House is a CQC-registered residential care home in Wellingborough, run by St. Jude Care Homes Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (July 2026). Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Raunds; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How it fits locally
There are 8 other care homes within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Ferns, under 0.5 miles away.
3 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Raunds ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (9 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Kingswood 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.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Northamptonshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from September 2025, so the service has been operating for around 1 year under its current registration.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Requires Improvement.
The registered provider
Kingswood House is run by St. Jude Care Homes Ltd (company 15516246), incorporated in 2024, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is medical nursing home activities, nursing care, residential care for older and disabled people and other residential care.
Ratings over time
- Jun 2015
- Sep 2015
- Jun 2017
- Feb 2020
- Nov 2020
- Jul 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 16 May 2025 by North Northamptonshire. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Kingswood House Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Raunds
- Parliamentary constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NN9 (10)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 110 m (1 min walk) · 10 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Marshalls Road Surgery, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Lloyds Pharmacy, 880 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Spar, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Park 720 m (9 min walk)
- Café Cookies Bakers & Confectioners Ltd, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Raunds Methodist Church, 90 m (1 min walk)
- Library Raunds Library, 360 m (4 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
What inspectors found
- We identified 3 breaches of regulation relating to people receiving safe care and treatment and governance of the service. We spoke with people who used the service and relatives, and staff including the registered manager, staff and the provider.
- We made observations using the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI) to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us.
- The environment was not adapted for people living with dementia to move around safely and appropriate signage.
- People and relatives said they felt safe and well cared for.
In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
Reading Kingswood House's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good.
Across North Northamptonshire, 17 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%), while 13 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (13%), while 7 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (7%), while 9 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (9%), while 24 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
The Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe17 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Effective13 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Caring7 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Responsive9 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
- Well-led24 of 102 in North Northamptonshire
From CQC's latest report, published 2 July 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Northamptonshire share it.
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Kingswood House in local context
- Rated Requires improvement. Across North Northamptonshire, 82% of the 102 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 89% of care home ratings in North Northamptonshire.
- With 26 beds it is larger than 50% of care homes in North Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2025: it has been registered longer than 12% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Northamptonshire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (18% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Effective (13% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Caring (7% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Responsive (9% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (25% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Based on the CQC register for North Northamptonshire as at Oct 2026.
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Kingswood House: common questions
- How recent is Kingswood House's CQC rating?
- 2 July 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Kingswood House registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Is Kingswood House registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Kingswood House as a care home, location ID 1-22145056495 and was rated Requires improvement overall in July 2026.
- What is Kingswood House's address?
- It is at Hollington Road, Raunds, Wellingborough, NN9 6NH.
- What services is Kingswood House registered for?
- CQC lists Kingswood House under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- How did Kingswood House score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are Kingswood House's fees?
- Kingswood House's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Which provider runs Kingswood House?
- CQC lists St. Jude Care Homes Ltd as the provider responsible for Kingswood House.
- How many residents can Kingswood House take?
- CQC registers Kingswood House for 26 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
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