Care home · Leicester
Oval House
Illustrative photo, not of Oval House- Address
- Gooding Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1JS
- Run by
- Prime Life Limited (55 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 24 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Prime Life Limited
- Registered manager
- Roxanne Elizabeth Dewick
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1993 (33 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02779611)
- Last CQC check
- 27 May 2021
- 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
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-131820132
About Oval House
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Oval House is based in Leicester, run by Prime Life Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in mental health conditions and drug or alcohol problems.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2021). Responsive was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 56 CQC-registered care homes in and around Leicester; 41 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
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 (2016–2021), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 5 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 27 May 2021.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Island Place, under 0.5 miles away.
12 of the 20 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most 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 shop (1 min), a park (3 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Rating history
- Jan 2016
- Apr 2017
- Aug 2018
- May 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 27 May 2021
- CQC inspection report 4 August 2018
- CQC inspection report 28 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 26 January 2016
- Inspection report 23 October 2014
- Inspection report 8 January 2014
Finding it
- Ward
- Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
- Council
- Leicester City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leicester West
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LE3 (31)
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Close by
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 9 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Merridale Medical Centre, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Merridale Pharmacy, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop K K Stores, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Park Braunstone Park, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Café Royce's Rolls, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Library The Brite Centre, 620 m (8 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
What it may cost
We estimate Oval House 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 Leicester Council for a free care needs assessment.
The company behind Oval House
Oval House is run by Prime Life Limited (company 02779611), incorporated in 1993, 18 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Prime Life Limited runs 56 CQC-registered services across 15 council areas; 45 of the 55 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (82%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
8 of its services are in Leicester.
It trades under the Prime Life Limited brand, which covers 59 services run by 5 registered providers.
The inspection, summarised
- Family members told us their relatives were safe at the service, which they attributed to the kind and caring approach of all staff.
- They told us staff had a good understanding of their relative's needs and spoke of staff's patience and support in caring for those living with dementia.
- Family members told us they were kept informed as to the health and welfare of their relatives, and some were involved in the reviewing of their relative's care plan.
- People's needs were risk assessed and kept under review.
Inspected 26 April 2021; report published 27 May 2021. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe71 of 93 in Leicester
- Effective81 of 93 in Leicester
- Caring85 of 93 in Leicester
- Responsive6 of 93 in Leicester
- Well-led64 of 93 in Leicester
CQC key question ratings, published 27 May 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Leicester share it.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Responsive is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Leicester, 6 of 93 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (6%).
If you are considering it, read the Responsive section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
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Oval House in local context
- Rated Good. Across Leicester, 81% of the 93 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2021) is more recent than 27% of care home ratings in Leicester.
- With 24 beds it is larger than 50% of care homes in Leicester, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 71% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Leicester lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Responsive (6% of care homes in Leicester are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Leicester; CQC register, Oct 2026.
Also nearby
Guides for families
Other care homes near Leicester with recent ratings
- Fosse CourtJan 2025
- Abberdale Ltd t/a Abberdale HouseMay 2026
- Agnes HouseAug 2026
Quick answers about Oval House
- How much does care from Oval House cost?
- No fee list from Oval House has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did Oval House score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Oval House: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many beds does Oval House have?
- CQC registers Oval House for 24 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Oval House?
- Oval House is run by Prime Life Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Does Oval House support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- How recent is Oval House's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 27 May 2021, 5 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Where is Oval House based?
- It is at Gooding Avenue, Leicester, LE3 1JS.
- Is Oval House a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-131820132 and was rated Good overall in May 2021.
- What services is Oval House registered for?
- Registration for Oval House covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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