Care home · Bourne
OSJCT Digby Court
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- Christopher's Lane, Bourne, PE10 9AZ
- Run by
- The Orders Of St. John Care Trust (55 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1048355)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 36 (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
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Orders of St John Care Trust
- Registered manager
- Michaela Louise Clewlow
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1995 (31 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03073089)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Mar 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care. 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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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-122145098
OSJCT Digby Court at a glance
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, OSJCT Digby Court is based in Bourne, run by The Orders Of St. John Care Trust. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (April 2019). It is one of 6 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bourne; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind OSJCT Digby Court
OSJCT Digby Court is run by The Orders Of St. John Care Trust (company 03073089), incorporated in 1995, 15 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 12 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care and residential care for older and disabled people.
The Orders Of St. John Care Trust runs 55 CQC-registered services across 7 council areas; 51 of the 54 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (94%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
8 of its services are in Lincolnshire.
It trades under the Orders of St John Care Trust brand, which covers 58 services run by 3 registered providers.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe193 of 262 in Lincolnshire
- Effective228 of 262 in Lincolnshire
- Caring234 of 262 in Lincolnshire
- Responsive230 of 262 in Lincolnshire
- Well-led176 of 262 in Lincolnshire
CQC key question ratings, published 5 April 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Lincolnshire share it.
Track record
OSJCT Digby Court has been registered with CQC since November 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Inspected but not rated.
At 7 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.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 16 March 2022.
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
The ratings in context
OSJCT Digby Court 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 175 of the 261 other care homes in Lincolnshire that CQC has rated.
Choice nearby
There are 5 other care homes within 3 miles, 3 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Harrington House, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 6 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Bourne West 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 Lincolnshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Rating history
- Jul 2015
- Oct 2017
- Apr 2019
- Mar 2022
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 16 March 2022
- CQC inspection report 5 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 17 October 2017
- CQC inspection report 8 July 2015
- Inspection report 7 January 2014
- Inspection report 19 December 2012
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 10 August 2026 by South Kesteven. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Digby Court Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Bourne West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Grantham and Bourne
- Integrated care board
- NHS Lincolnshire 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 PE10 (7)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 190 m (2 min walk) · 18 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Bourne Galletly Medical Practice, 280 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Park 170 m (2 min walk)
- Café Costa, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship St. Gilbert's, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Library Bourne Library, 520 m (6 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Costs to expect
We estimate OSJCT Digby Court at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Lincolnshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
Inspection findings in brief
- The home is registered to provide care for 35 people.
- The provider had a sign outside the home advising that they were open to visitor.
- Systems were in place to test people living at the home, staff and visitors.
- Professional visitors had their vaccination status checked. 3 OSJCT Digby Court Inspection report 16 March 2022 The five questions we ask about services and what we found We always ask the following five questions of services.
Inspected 22 February 2022; report published 16 March 2022; supporting 35 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Lincolnshire, 77% of the 262 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 17 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2019) is more recent than 6% of care home ratings in Lincolnshire.
- With 36 beds it is larger than 60% of care homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Lincolnshire lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Lincolnshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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What families ask about OSJCT Digby Court
- Who runs OSJCT Digby Court?
- On CQC's register the provider is The Orders Of St. John Care Trust.
- How big is OSJCT Digby Court?
- OSJCT Digby Court has 36 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How is OSJCT Digby Court rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For OSJCT Digby Court: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does OSJCT Digby Court charge?
- OSJCT Digby Court'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). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- What kind of care can OSJCT Digby Court offer?
- OSJCT Digby Court is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is OSJCT Digby Court registered with CQC?
- Yes. OSJCT Digby Court is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-122145098) and was rated Good overall in April 2019.
- Where is OSJCT Digby Court?
- It is at Christopher's Lane, Bourne, PE10 9AZ.
- When was OSJCT Digby Court last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 5 April 2019, 7 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can OSJCT Digby Court care for someone with dementia?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
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