Care home · Taunton
Little Oaks Residential Care Home
Typical fee here £1,300–£1,590 a week Estimate
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- 20 - 22 Bridgwater Road, Taunton, TA1 2DS
- Run by
- Mrs Parminder Degun (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (owner-run)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 8 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Marie Teresa Milton
- Last CQC check
- 18 Mar 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. 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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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-121878401
Little Oaks Residential Care Home at a glance
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Little Oaks Residential Care Home is based in Taunton, run by Mrs Parminder Degun. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (March 2025). It is one of 43 CQC-registered care homes in and around Taunton; 38 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Bridge House (Somerset), under 0.5 miles away.
5 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Taunton East ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Somerset ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (2 min), a park (4 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The registered provider
Mrs Parminder Degun 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 Somerset, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
What it may cost
We estimate Little Oaks Residential Care Home at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Somerset Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
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 (2016–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 4 June 2019.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score160 of 184 in Somerset
- Effective75% score169 of 184 in Somerset
- Caring75% score169 of 184 in Somerset
- Responsive71% score163 of 184 in Somerset
- Well-led71% score154 of 184 in Somerset
Source: CQC, published 18 March 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Somerset share it.
CQC's scores in detail
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Little Oaks Residential Care 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 75%
- 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 enablement3 · Good
Responsive 71%
- 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 outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future2 · Some shortfalls
Well-led 71%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 21 January 2025, published 18 March 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Rating history
- Jan 2016
- Nov 2016
- Jun 2019
- Mar 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 4 June 2019
- CQC inspection report 18 November 2016
- CQC inspection report 14 January 2016
- Inspection report 1 January 2014
- Inspection report 5 January 2013
- Inspection report 31 May 2011
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Taunton East
- Council
- Somerset Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in TA1 (31)
Bigger map · Directions · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Local amenities
- Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 17 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Blackbrook Medical Centre, 710 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Jhoots Pharmacy, 730 m (9 min walk)
- Shop Apple Tree Stores, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Park 330 m (4 min walk)
- Café Costa, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship All Saints, 360 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.
Reading Little Oaks Residential Care Home's CQC ratings
Little Oaks Residential Care 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 153 of the 183 other care homes in Somerset that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 71%, averaging 73% overall.
From the latest CQC inspection
- This assessment was carried out between 5 and 17 February.
- The service specialised in the care of people with a learning disability and autistic people.
- Risk assessments were carried out to enable people to take part in activities of their choosing with minimum risk to themselves and others.
- One relative told us, “I can’t imagine a better place.” One person said, “It’s nice here.
Inspected 21 May 2019; report published 4 June 2019; supporting 6 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
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Little Oaks Residential Care Home in local context
- Rated Good. Across Somerset, 89% of the 184 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2025) is more recent than 76% of care home ratings in Somerset.
- With 8 beds it is smaller than 81% of care homes in Somerset, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 73% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Somerset lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Somerset (Oct 2026).
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Other care homes near Taunton with recent ratings
- Ashleigh HouseApr 2025
- Westleigh HouseMay 2025
- Lavender CourtFeb 2025
Little Oaks Residential Care Home questions answered
- Who is the registered provider for Little Oaks Residential Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Mrs Parminder Degun.
- How many beds does Little Oaks Residential Care Home have?
- CQC registers Little Oaks Residential Care Home for 8 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Is Little Oaks Residential Care Home rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does care from Little Oaks Residential Care Home cost?
- Little Oaks Residential Care Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- What type of care does Little Oaks Residential Care Home provide?
- Registration for Little Oaks Residential Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Little Oaks Residential Care Home a registered provider?
- Little Oaks Residential Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-121878401) and was rated Good overall in March 2025.
- Where is Little Oaks Residential Care Home based?
- It is at 20 - 22 Bridgwater Road, Taunton, TA1 2DS.
- When did CQC last rate Little Oaks Residential Care Home?
- The rating now shown was published on 18 March 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Little Oaks Residential Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
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