Longford

The registered provider

Longford is run by Peak 15 Ltd (company 06258845), incorporated in 2007, 3 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 human health activities, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, residential care for older and disabled people and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

Peak 15 Ltd runs 9 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 7 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (78%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

7 of its services are in Surrey.

What it may cost

We estimate Longford at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.

Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.

Surrey Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.

The local picture

There are 15 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Smallbrook Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.

21 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Horley Central & South ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (5 min), a park (6 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Reading Longford's CQC ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Longford: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 236 of the 324 other care homes in Surrey that CQC has rated.

How long it has been running

Registered in November 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 19 December 2019.