Care home · Stroud
Ruskin Mill College
Illustrative photo, not of Ruskin Mill College- Address
- The Fisheries, Horsley, Stroud, GL6 0PL
- Run by
- Ruskin Mill Trust Limited (3 services)
- Service
- Residential care home, Shared lives, Education disability services
- Beds
- 45 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- August 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Mark Anthony Thompson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2010 (16 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07252866)
- Last CQC check
- 23 Oct 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-9252838046
About Ruskin Mill College
Ruskin Mill College is a CQC-registered residential care home in Stroud, run by Ruskin Mill Trust Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65 and children, including people living with learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (October 2021), with Responsive rated Outstanding. It is one of 11 CQC-registered care homes in and around Nailsworth; 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe165 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Effective175 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Caring167 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Responsive20 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Well-led148 of 190 in Gloucestershire
From CQC's latest report, published 23 October 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Gloucestershire share it; for example, 20 of 190 care homes in Gloucestershire rated Outstanding for Responsive.
The registered provider
Ruskin Mill College is run by Ruskin Mill Trust Limited (company 07252866), incorporated in 2010, 10 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 9 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
The inspection, summarised
- The service was outstandingly responsive to people's individual belief's, preferences and needs.
- Therapeutic care was delivered in line with their Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) method, and we found that staff worked creatively to incorporate people's individual needs with their therapeutic programme.
- This supported people to achieve support in a way that met their individual needs and promoted their equality.
- Staff understood the needs of people and treated them with dignity and kindness to ensure their individual preferences were met.
Inspected 15 September 2021; report published 23 October 2021; supporting 45 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Choice nearby
There are 10 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Old Dairy, 0.6 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (5 of the nearest 25); children (2 of the nearest 25).
11 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Nailsworth ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a café (6 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Costs to expect
We estimate Ruskin Mill College at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
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Track record
Registered in August 2020, it has 6 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2017–2021), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The rating is 5 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
2 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 23 October 2021.
Who it can help
Taken from its CQC registration.
Reading Ruskin Mill College's CQC ratings
Area by area, Responsive is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Gloucestershire, 20 of 190 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (11%).
The report's Responsive section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
Earlier inspections
- Feb 2017
- Aug 2017
- Dec 2019
- Apr 2021
- Oct 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 23 October 2021
- CQC inspection report 21 April 2021
Finding it
- Ward
- Nailsworth
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stroud
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in GL6 (16)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 160 m (2 min walk) · 13 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Price's Mill Surgery, 850 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Badham Pharmacy, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Shop Horsley Community Shop, 900 m (11 min walk)
- Park King George V Playing Fields, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Café Ruskin Mill Cafe, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Martin, 870 m (11 min walk)
- Library Nailsworth Library, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Family reviews
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How Ruskin Mill College compares
- Rated Good. Across Gloucestershire, 86% of the 190 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2021) is more recent than 48% of care home ratings in Gloucestershire.
- With 45 beds it is larger than 73% of care homes in Gloucestershire, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 21% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Gloucestershire lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Gloucestershire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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Quick answers about Ruskin Mill College
- How many residents can Ruskin Mill College take?
- Ruskin Mill College can take up to 45 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs Ruskin Mill College?
- The registered provider is Ruskin Mill Trust Limited, according to CQC.
- What are Ruskin Mill College's fees?
- No fee list from Ruskin Mill College has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How did Ruskin Mill College score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Ruskin Mill College: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What services is Ruskin Mill College registered for?
- CQC lists Ruskin Mill College under: residential homes, shared lives, education disability services. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Where is Ruskin Mill College?
- It is at The Fisheries, Horsley, Stroud, GL6 0PL.
- Is Ruskin Mill College regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-9252838046 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in October 2021.
- Can Ruskin Mill College care for someone with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- How recent is Ruskin Mill College's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 23 October 2021, 5 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.