Care home · Macclesfield
Rowans Care Centre
Illustrative photo, not of Rowans Care Centre- Address
- Merriden Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3AN
- Run by
- Canterbury Care Homes Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 36 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2005 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05542007)
- Last CQC check
- 6 Feb 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-131428692
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Rowans Care Centre is based in Macclesfield, run by Canterbury Care Homes Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2019). It is one of 20 CQC-registered care homes in and around Macclesfield; 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ownership and company checks
Rowans Care Centre is run by Canterbury Care Homes Limited (company 05542007), incorporated in 2005, 5 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
It trades under the Healthcare Management Solutions brand, which covers 8 services run by 8 registered providers.
Rowans Care Centre over the years
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Inspected but not rated.
It has gone 7 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.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 6 February 2021.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe65 of 97 in Cheshire East
- Effective81 of 97 in Cheshire East
- Caring88 of 97 in Cheshire East
- Responsive83 of 97 in Cheshire East
- Well-led69 of 97 in Cheshire East
From CQC's latest report, published 31 May 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Cheshire East share it.
Likely fees
We estimate Rowans Care Centre at £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £74k–£90k.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Cheshire East Council for a free care needs assessment.
Rating history
- Sep 2015
- Mar 2017
- Sep 2018
- May 2019
- Feb 2021
- Today Rating 7 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 6 February 2021
- CQC inspection report 31 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 8 September 2018
- CQC inspection report 14 March 2017
- CQC inspection report 29 September 2015
- Inspection report 21 October 2014
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 7 September 2026 by Cheshire East. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "The Rowans"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Macclesfield Tytherington
- Council
- Cheshire East Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Macclesfield
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SK10 (16)
View on OpenStreetMap · How to get there · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Around Macclesfield
There are 21 other care homes within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Rowans Care Centre, under 0.5 miles away.
17 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Macclesfield Tytherington ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The provider had made changes to the layout of the home to accommodate the needs of people during the COVID19 pandemic and provide safe and effective care.
- A five-bed isolation unit had been created to enable the safe and effective admission of people from hospital and the community.
- New residents were admitted to isolation unit where they would remain until there 14-day isolation was completed.
- At such time special arrangements were made, sensitive to the needs of the person and their visitors to ensure the safety and well being of all concerned.
Inspected 21 January 2021; report published 6 February 2021; supporting 25 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
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 68 of the 96 other care homes in Cheshire East that CQC has rated.
Family reviews
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Rowans Care Centre in local context
- Rated Good. Across Cheshire East, 77% of the 97 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 23% of care home ratings in Cheshire East.
- With 36 beds it is smaller than 69% of care homes in Cheshire East, where the typical home has 48.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 73% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Cheshire East lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Cheshire East; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Rowans Care Centre: common questions
- How did Rowans Care Centre score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What are Rowans Care Centre's fees?
- No fee list from Rowans Care Centre has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Who runs Rowans Care Centre?
- Rowans Care Centre is run by Canterbury Care Homes Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many beds does Rowans Care Centre have?
- CQC registers Rowans Care Centre for 36 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How recent is Rowans Care Centre's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 31 May 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is Rowans Care Centre registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- What services is Rowans Care Centre registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Rowans Care Centre how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Rowans Care Centre regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Rowans Care Centre as a care home, location ID 1-131428692 and was rated Good overall in May 2019.
- Where is Rowans Care Centre based?
- It is at Merriden Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3AN.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.