Care home · Barnsley
Royal Court Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Royal Court Care Home- Address
- 22 Royal Court, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9RP
- Run by
- Healthmade Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 44 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on royal-court.net)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Louise Elizabeth Walton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1994 (31 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03001640)
- Last CQC check
- 23 Sep 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Hoyland: Care homes in Hoyland (4) · Care homes for dementia care in Hoyland · Care homes for elderly care in Hoyland · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Hoyland
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-120260880
Royal Court Care Home at a glance
Royal Court Care Home in Barnsley is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Healthmade Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia and physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (September 2024). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Hoyland; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who they support
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score52 of 66 in Barnsley
- Effective75% score59 of 66 in Barnsley
- Caring75% score55 of 66 in Barnsley
- Responsive75% score56 of 66 in Barnsley
- Well-led75% score47 of 66 in Barnsley
As rated by CQC, published 23 September 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Barnsley share it.
The registered provider
Royal Court Care Home is run by Healthmade Limited (company 03001640), incorporated in 1994, 16 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.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 9 overall ratings for it (2017–2024), starting at Requires improvement and falling to Good.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 19 January 2022.
What it may cost
We estimate Royal Court Care Home at £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
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Reading Royal Court Care Home's CQC ratings
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 46 of the 65 other care homes in Barnsley that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
The local picture
There are 23 other care homes within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Hoyland Hall Residential Home, 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
11 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hoyland Milton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (4 min), a park (5 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (5 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Percentage scores by area
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Royal Court Care Home scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- 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 75%
- 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 sustainability3 · Good
- 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 19 July 2024, published 22 May 2024 (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
- Mar 2017
- Jul 2018
- Sep 2019
- Dec 2020
- Mar 2021
- Jul 2021
- Jan 2022
- May 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 19 January 2022
- CQC inspection report 10 July 2021
- CQC inspection report 2 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 5 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 19 September 2019
- CQC inspection report 27 July 2018
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 21 July 2025 by Barnsley. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Royal Court Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Hoyland Milton
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barnsley South
- Integrated care board
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
See the wider area · How to get there · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Close by
- Bus stop 70 m (1 min walk) · 19 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Elsecar, 370 m (5 min walk)
- GP surgery Walderslade Surgery, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Cohens Chemist, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Hoyland Mini Market, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Park The Forge Recreation Ground, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Café The Yorkshire Coffee Roasters, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Hoyland Christian Fellowship, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Library Hoyland Library, 430 m (5 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
What inspectors found
- Previously we were concerned about people’s safety, relating to managing risks, medicines and infection, prevention and control.
- We were also concerned about a lack of person centred care and ineffective governance.
- During this assessment, we found that significant improvements had been made.
- People and relatives told us the service had improved, particularly how the service was managed, activities in place, food choices and the environmental changes.
Inspected 12 January 2022; report published 19 January 2022. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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Royal Court Care Home: common questions
- What services is Royal Court Care Home registered for?
- Registration for Royal Court Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Royal Court Care Home a registered provider?
- Yes. Royal Court Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-120260880) and was rated Good overall in September 2024.
- Where is Royal Court Care Home based?
- It is at 22 Royal Court, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9RP.
- When was Royal Court Care Home last inspected?
- 23 September 2024 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Can Royal Court Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Who is the registered provider for Royal Court Care Home?
- Healthmade Limited is the registered provider for Royal Court Care Home.
- How many residents can Royal Court Care Home take?
- CQC capacity for Royal Court Care Home: 44 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Is Royal Court Care Home rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What are Royal Court Care Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Royal Court Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,230 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
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