Care home · Tipton
Princess Lodge Limited
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- 11 High Street, Princes End, Tipton, DY4 9HU
- Run by
- Princess Lodge Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 36 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Adam John George Toomer-Smith
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (18 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06655781)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Aug 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-143246288
An overview of Princess Lodge Limited
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Princess Lodge Limited is based in Tipton. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2022). It is one of 14 CQC-registered care homes in and around Tipton; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ownership and company checks
Princess Lodge Limited is run by Princess Lodge Limited (company 06655781), incorporated in 2008, 2 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe59 of 79 in Sandwell
- Effective69 of 79 in Sandwell
- Caring72 of 79 in Sandwell
- Responsive76 of 79 in Sandwell
- Well-led46 of 79 in Sandwell
Source: CQC, published 18 August 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sandwell share it.
Earlier inspections
- Feb 2015
- Oct 2015
- Mar 2016
- Jan 2017
- Oct 2019
- Aug 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 18 August 2022
- CQC inspection report 9 October 2019
- CQC inspection report 25 January 2017
- CQC inspection report 2 March 2016
- CQC inspection report 21 October 2015
- CQC inspection report 3 February 2015
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 27 April 2026 by Sandwell. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Princess Lodge Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Princes End
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DY4 (13)
Larger map · Route planner · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Close by
- Bus stop 70 m (1 min walk) · 31 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Tipton, 1.2 km (16 min walk)
- GP surgery Swanpool Medical Centre, 600 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Asda, 850 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Costcutter, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Park Parkes Lane Pocket Park, 60 m (1 min walk)
- Café Asda Café, 850 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship 240 m (3 min walk)
- Library Glebefields Library, 680 m (9 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Needs it is registered to meet
Taken from its CQC registration.
What the ratings tell you
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 45 of the 78 other care homes in Sandwell that CQC has rated.
Costs to expect
We estimate Princess Lodge Limited at £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £72k–£88k.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Sandwell Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Parkside Health Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
12 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Princes End 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 Black Country ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a shop (3 min), a park (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Track record
Registered in February 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 3 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
It has gone 4 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 18 August 2022.
Key points from CQC's visit
- We saw that staff were caring and promoted people's dignity.
- Staff had training on how to recognise and report abuse and they knew how to apply it.
- Staff told us how they would recognise pain, distress and discomfort in people who could not verbally communicate.
- People felt safe and staff had good knowledge of safeguarding processes.
Inspected 23 May 2022; report published 18 August 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Sandwell, 73% of the 79 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2022) is more recent than 70% of care home ratings in Sandwell.
- With 36 beds it is larger than 70% of care homes in Sandwell, where the typical home has 10.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 68% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sandwell lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Sandwell, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Questions about Princess Lodge Limited
- How much does care from Princess Lodge Limited cost?
- Princess Lodge Limited hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How many beds does Princess Lodge Limited have?
- CQC capacity for Princess Lodge Limited: 36 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- What kind of care can Princess Lodge Limited offer?
- CQC lists Princess Lodge Limited under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Where is Princess Lodge Limited based?
- It is at 11 High Street, Princes End, Tipton, DY4 9HU.
- Does Princess Lodge Limited support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- How did Princess Lodge Limited score on each CQC key question?
- 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.
- How recent is Princess Lodge Limited's CQC rating?
- 18 August 2022 is when the current rating was published, 4 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Princess Lodge Limited a registered provider?
- Princess Lodge Limited is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-143246288) and was rated Good overall in August 2022.
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