Care home · Barnet
Service to the Aged
Illustrative photo, not of Service to the Aged- Address
- 208 Golders Green Road, London, NW11 9AL
- Run by
- Service To The Aged
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 1001916)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 60 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on thesagehome.com)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Margaret Wangui Kimathi
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1991 (35 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02580196)
- Last CQC check
- 28 Aug 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,680–£2,050 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-144389586
The service in brief
Service to the Aged in Barnet is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Service To The Aged. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2024). It is one of 80 CQC-registered care homes in and around Barnet; 66 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the 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 61 of the 75 other care homes in Barnet that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 56%, averaging 67% overall.
Who they support
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe56% score65 of 76 in Barnet
- Effective75% score69 of 75 in Barnet
- Caring70% score72 of 74 in Barnet
- Responsive71% score64 of 73 in Barnet
- Well-led64% score62 of 76 in Barnet
CQC key question ratings, published 28 August 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Barnet share it.
Service to the Aged over the years
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Inadequate; it has gone up 3 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 3 September 2021.
How the scores break down
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Service to the Aged scores 67%.
Safe 56%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions2 · Some shortfalls
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control2 · Some shortfalls
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
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 70%
- 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 enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 64%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up2 · Some shortfalls
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities2 · Some shortfalls
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 15 April 2024, published 28 August 2024 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- May 2015
- Sep 2015
- Dec 2015
- Jun 2017
- Nov 2019
- Sep 2021
- Aug 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 3 September 2021
- CQC inspection report 23 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 21 June 2017
- CQC inspection report 11 December 2015
- CQC inspection report 10 September 2015
- CQC inspection report 20 May 2015
Area and map
- Ward
- Golders Green
- Council
- London Borough of Barnet · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NW11 (7)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 16 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Brent Cross West, 1.7 km
- GP surgery The Practice @ 188, 30 m (1 min walk)
- Pharmacy Victoria Pharmacy, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Dukla Czech & Slovak Groceries, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Park Princes Park, 580 m (7 min walk)
- Café Beit Cafe, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Beth Hamedrash Knesset Yehezkel, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Library Golders Green Library, 300 m (4 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Who runs it
Service to the Aged is run by Service To The Aged (company 02580196), incorporated in 1991, 19 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other social work without accommodation.
Around Barnet
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Jack Gardner House, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Golders Green 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 West and North London ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (1 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (4 min), a park (7 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The inspection, summarised
- Service to the Aged is a registered care home that provides personal and nursing care to people of the Jewish faith, some of whom may be living with dementia.
- At the time of our on site assessment 58 people were being supported in the home.
- The provider completed an action plan to show what they would do and by when to improve.
- People and their relatives told us the home was safe.
Inspected 21 July 2021; report published 3 September 2021. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Likely fees
We estimate Service to the Aged at £1,680–£2,050 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £87k–£107k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
With savings below £23,250, Barnet Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Family reviews
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How Service to the Aged compares
- Rated Good. Across Barnet, 87% of the 76 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2024) is more recent than 75% of care home ratings in Barnet.
- With 60 beds it is larger than 75% of care homes in Barnet, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 64% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Barnet lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Barnet. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Service to the Aged
- How big is Service to the Aged?
- CQC registers Service to the Aged for 60 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Service to the Aged?
- CQC lists Service To The Aged as the provider responsible for Service to the Aged.
- How much does care from Service to the Aged cost?
- Service to the Aged has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,615 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Service to the Aged rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- Where is Service to the Aged?
- It is at 208 Golders Green Road, London, NW11 9AL.
- Is Service to the Aged regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Service to the Aged is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-144389586) and was rated Good overall in August 2024.
- What type of care does Service to the Aged provide?
- CQC lists Service to the Aged under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Service to the Aged registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Service to the Aged last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 28 August 2024, 2 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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