Care home · Leicester
Lester Hall Apartments
Illustrative photo, not of Lester Hall Apartments- Address
- 15 Elms Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, LE2 3JD
- Run by
- Lester Hall Apartments Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home, Rehabilitation (illness/injury), Rehabilitation (substance abuse)
- Beds
- 33 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Leon Paul Foster
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1998 (28 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03644571)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Dec 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential 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
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-112029735
An overview of Lester Hall Apartments
Lester Hall Apartments is a CQC-registered residential care home in Leicester, run by Lester Hall Apartments Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, sight or hearing loss, drug or alcohol problems and eating disorders.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2022). Effective and Caring were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 29 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wigston; 19 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Inspection findings in brief
- Since the last inspection the provider had made improvements and the service was now able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of Right support, right care, right culture.
- Right Support; People received individualised care and support.
- Guidance and support for staff of how to support people with their routines, preferences and health conditions had improved.
- People received consistency and continuity from staff who knew them well and were competent and skilled.
Inspected 7 December 2022; report published 20 December 2022; supporting 33 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The registered provider
Lester Hall Apartments is run by Lester Hall Apartments Limited (company 03644571), incorporated in 1998, 12 years 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 other residential care.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe71 of 93 in Leicester
- Effective12 of 93 in Leicester
- Caring6 of 93 in Leicester
- Responsive85 of 93 in Leicester
- Well-led64 of 93 in Leicester
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 20 December 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Leicester share it.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Lester Hall Apartments 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 what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
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.
Earlier inspections
- Aug 2018
- Nov 2019
- Oct 2020
- Feb 2021
- Mar 2021
- Nov 2021
- Aug 2022
- Dec 2022
- Today Rating 3 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 20 December 2022
- CQC inspection report 3 August 2022
- CQC inspection report 4 November 2021
- CQC inspection report 17 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 5 February 2021
- CQC inspection report 17 October 2020
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 17 March 2026 by Leicester City. 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 "Lester Hall Apartments"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Knighton
- Council
- Leicester City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leicester South
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LE2 (52)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 310 m (4 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Dentique, 560 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Stoneycroft Chemists, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Shop Londis, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park Church Lane Gardens, 630 m (8 min walk)
- Café Karen Blair Cakes, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Place of worship St Guthlac, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Library Knighton Library, 1.2 km (15 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
How it fits locally
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 Harley Grange Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Knighton 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 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a shop (4 min), a park (8 min), a café (10 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Reading Lester Hall Apartments's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Effective and Caring are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Leicester, 12 of 93 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (13%), while 6 of 93 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (6%).
The Effective and Caring findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
History with CQC
Lester Hall Apartments has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2018–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
The rating is 3 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 20 December 2022.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Lester Hall Apartments on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
How Lester Hall Apartments compares
- Rated Good. Across Leicester, 81% of the 93 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2022) is more recent than 38% of care home ratings in Leicester.
- With 33 beds it is larger than 65% of care homes in Leicester, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 68% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 9 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Leicester lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Effective (13% of care homes in Leicester are also rated below Good here); Caring (6% of care homes in Leicester are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Leicester (Oct 2026).
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Lester Hall Apartments questions answered
- What type of care does Lester Hall Apartments provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes, rehabilitation (illness/injury), rehabilitation (substance abuse). Ask Lester Hall Apartments how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Where is Lester Hall Apartments based?
- It is at 15 Elms Road, Stoneygate, Leicester, LE2 3JD.
- Is Lester Hall Apartments registered with CQC?
- Yes. Lester Hall Apartments is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-112029735) and was rated Good overall in December 2022.
- Does Lester Hall Apartments support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When did CQC last rate Lester Hall Apartments?
- The rating now shown was published on 20 December 2022, 3 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How many beds does Lester Hall Apartments have?
- CQC registers Lester Hall Apartments for 33 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Lester Hall Apartments?
- The registered provider is Lester Hall Apartments Limited, according to CQC.
- How much does Lester Hall Apartments charge?
- We don't have published prices from Lester Hall Apartments yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How did Lester Hall Apartments score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
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