Care home · Barnsley
Shaftsbury House
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- 53 Mount Vernon Road, Barnsley, S70 4DJ
- Run by
- Sun Healthcare Limited (6 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 11 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Emma Louise Birch
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04220821)
- Last CQC check
- 30 Oct 2020
- 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
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-141188444
An overview of Shaftsbury House
Shaftsbury House in Barnsley is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Sun Healthcare Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2019), with Responsive rated Outstanding. It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Worsbrough; 7 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2020), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
7 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
5 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 30 October 2020.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Area by area, Responsive is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Barnsley, 5 of 66 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (8%).
Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Responsive section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.
Registered specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
What it may cost
We estimate Shaftsbury House 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.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Barnsley Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Highstone Mews Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (3 of the nearest 25).
17 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Worsbrough ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% 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 (7 min), a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (3 min), a park (3 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The service supports adults who have a learning disability or autistic spectrum disorder.
- We found the following examples of good practice. • At the time of our visit access to the home was restricted for non-essential visitors.
- As a result, visits from relatives and friends were taking place in the back garden.
- A gazebo had been erected to provide shelter and the garden was accessed through a side gate negating the need to enter the building.
Inspected 7 October 2020; report published 30 October 2020. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe52 of 66 in Barnsley
- Effective59 of 66 in Barnsley
- Caring55 of 66 in Barnsley
- Responsive5 of 66 in Barnsley
- Well-led47 of 66 in Barnsley
As rated by CQC, published 23 May 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Barnsley share it; for example, 5 of 66 care homes in Barnsley rated Outstanding for Responsive.
Who runs it
Shaftsbury House is run by Sun Healthcare Limited (company 04220821), incorporated in 2001, 9 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 other residential care.
Sun Healthcare Limited runs 7 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 6 of the 7 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Barnsley.
How its rating has changed
- Oct 2016
- May 2019
- Oct 2020
- Today Rating 7 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 30 October 2020
- CQC inspection report 23 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 19 October 2016
- Inspection report 17 September 2013
- Inspection report 13 October 2012
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 18 September 2025 by Barnsley. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Shaftsbury House"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Worsbrough
- Parliamentary constituency
- Barnsley South
- NHS planning area
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in S70 (16)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 110 m (1 min walk) · 19 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Barnsley Interchange, 1.5 km (19 min walk)
- GP surgery The Kakoty Practice, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Cohens Chemist, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Shop Lifestyle Express, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Park 280 m (3 min walk)
- Café Daisy’s Diner, 690 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship Church of the Nazarene, 360 m (5 min walk)
- Library Worsbrough Library, 1.2 km (15 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Family reviews
There are no reviews of Shaftsbury House yet. If you know the service, your experience could help someone else.
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Where Shaftsbury House stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Barnsley, 82% of the 66 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 14% of care home ratings in Barnsley.
- With 11 beds it is smaller than 73% of care homes in Barnsley, where the typical home has 33.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 69% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Barnsley lists 4.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Barnsley. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Questions about Shaftsbury House
- Where is Shaftsbury House based?
- It is at 53 Mount Vernon Road, Barnsley, S70 4DJ.
- Is Shaftsbury House registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-141188444 and was rated Good overall in May 2019.
- What services is Shaftsbury House registered for?
- CQC lists Shaftsbury House under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Does Shaftsbury House support people with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- When did CQC last rate Shaftsbury House?
- CQC published the current rating on 23 May 2019, 7 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- How many residents can Shaftsbury House take?
- CQC registers Shaftsbury House for 11 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Shaftsbury House?
- Shaftsbury House is run by Sun Healthcare Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What are Shaftsbury House's fees?
- Shaftsbury House hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,230 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How is Shaftsbury House rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
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