Care home · Heanor
Samuel House Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Samuel House Care Home- Address
- Porterwood Drive, Shipley, Heanor, DE75 7WY
- Run by
- Danforth Care No. 1 Limited
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 66 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2025 (1 year)
- Part of
- Welltower
- Registered manager
- Lisa Ann Tungate
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 14351873)
- Last CQC check
- Not listed
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-23485374558
An overview of Samuel House Care Home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Samuel House Care Home is based in Heanor, run by Danforth Care No. 1 Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
There is no published CQC rating yet; newly registered services are usually rated after their first inspection. It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Heanor; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
Samuel House Care Home is run by Danforth Care No. 1 Limited (company 14351873), incorporated in 2022, 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 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 Welltower brand, which covers 529 services run by 37 registered providers.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Samuel House Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (4 of the nearest 25).
It sits in Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse 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 Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a park (3 min) and a café (10 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate Samuel House Care Home at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Derbyshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Where it is
- Ward
- Smalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Amber Valley
- NHS planning area
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DE75 (6)
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Close by
- Shop Roper Convenience Store, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Park Shipley Country Park, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Café Barefeet Lodge Tea Rooms, 770 m (10 min walk)
- Place of worship Marlpool United Reformed Church, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
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Samuel House Care Home in local context
- With 66 beds it is larger than 92% of care homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2025: it has been registered longer than 12% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Derbyshire lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Derbyshire (Oct 2026).
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Questions about Samuel House Care Home
- What type of care does Samuel House Care Home provide?
- Samuel House Care Home is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How much does care from Samuel House Care Home cost?
- We don't have published prices from Samuel House Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Which provider runs Samuel House Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Danforth Care No. 1 Limited.
- How many beds does Samuel House Care Home have?
- CQC registers Samuel House Care Home for 66 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Can Samuel House Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Is Samuel House Care Home registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-23485374558 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home, and has not yet been given an overall rating.
- Where is Samuel House Care Home based?
- It is at Porterwood Drive, Shipley, Heanor, DE75 7WY.
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