Care home · Southport
Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited
Typical fee here £1,130–£1,380 a week Estimate
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- 36 Lancaster Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 2LE
- Run by
- Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 517478)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 29 (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
- Esther Barr
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1986 (40 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01992759)
- Last CQC check
- 25 Feb 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-115922914
The service in brief
Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited is a CQC-registered residential care home in Southport. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (February 2025). It is one of 70 CQC-registered care homes in and around Southport; 52 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 25 February 2020.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
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), Sefton Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The five key questions
- Safe72% score83 of 107 in Sefton
- Effective75% score92 of 107 in Sefton
- Caring75% score95 of 107 in Sefton
- Responsive75% score91 of 107 in Sefton
- Well-led71% score79 of 107 in Sefton
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 25 February 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sefton share it.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is The Glade Residential Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
3 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Duke's ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (10 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What inspectors found
- There were enough staff with the right skills, qualifications and experience.
- Managers mostly investigated incidents thoroughly, however it was not always clear what action had been taken.
- We have since been updated that this has been addressed.
- They ask me if I want things doing, they are very respectful.” Also “The staff help me to do things that I struggle with like walking.
Inspected 5 February 2020; report published 25 February 2020. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited 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 78 of the 106 other care homes in Sefton 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 74% overall.
Scores behind the rating
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, Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited scores 74%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 75%
- 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 future3 · Good
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
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 17 December 2024, published 25 February 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
How its rating has changed
- Jul 2016
- Feb 2019
- Feb 2020
- Feb 2025
- Today Rating 1 year 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 25 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 14 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 6 July 2016
- Inspection report 9 April 2014
- Inspection report 7 January 2014
- Inspection report 22 March 2013
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 22 January 2026 by Sefton. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Northern Counties Eventide Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Duke's
- Parliamentary constituency
- Southport
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PR8 (39)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 210 m (3 min walk) · 18 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Birkdale, 810 m (10 min walk)
- GP surgery Grange Surgery, 880 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 900 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Morrisons Daily, 780 m (10 min walk)
- Park Victoria Park, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Café Cafe Bar N'ista, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Place of worship Birkdale United Reformed Church, 650 m (8 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Who runs it
Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited is run by Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited (company 01992759), incorporated in 1986, 24 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Sefton, 79% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2025) is more recent than 87% of care home ratings in Sefton.
- With 29 beds it is larger than 51% of care homes in Sefton, where the typical home has 27.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 82% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sefton lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Sefton as at Oct 2026.
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Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited: common questions
- How big is Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited?
- Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited has 29 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- What are Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited's fees?
- No fee list from Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- What is Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited's address?
- It is at 36 Lancaster Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 2LE.
- What kind of care can Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited offer?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited how it would adapt if needs increase.
- How is Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- Does Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- Is Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-115922914 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in February 2025.
- When did CQC last rate Northern Counties Eventide Home Limited?
- CQC published the current rating on 25 February 2025, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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