Care home · Dartford
Shakti Lodge
Illustrative photo, not of Shakti Lodge- Address
- 208-212 Princes Road, Dartford, DA1 3HR
- Run by
- Shakti Lodge
- Type of provider
- Independent (partnership)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 26 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- August 2019 (7 years)
- Registered manager
- Nicola Michelle Murphy
- Last CQC check
- 4 Jun 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-7331960808
An overview of Shakti Lodge
Shakti Lodge in Dartford is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (June 2021). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 13 CQC-registered care homes in and around Dartford; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe89 of 455 in Kent
- Effective400 of 455 in Kent
- Caring406 of 455 in Kent
- Responsive395 of 455 in Kent
- Well-led107 of 455 in Kent
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 4 June 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kent share it.
From the latest CQC inspection
- At the last inspection, we found that there were insufficient quality assurance processes and shortfalls in recording information.
- The provider had quality assurance processes in place to monitor the quality of care.
- These systems identified if there were any shortfalls within the service and what actions had been taken to resolve the issues.
- However, actions taken were not always consistently implemented and therefore some issues remained unresolved.
Inspected 27 April 2021; report published 4 June 2021; supporting 26 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Kent, 89 of 455 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (20%), while 107 of 455 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Shakti Lodge at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Kent Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is West Hill Care Home, 0.7 miles away.
14 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Heath ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (3 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ratings over time
- Jul 2016
- Feb 2017
- Oct 2019
- Jun 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 4 June 2021
- CQC inspection report 25 October 2019
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 17 June 2025 by Dartford. 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 "Shakti Lodge"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Heath
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dartford
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DA1 (7)
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Close by
- Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 14 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Crayford, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
- GP surgery Dartford West Health Centre, 940 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy M.D. Moore, 560 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Marseans, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Café Pausa, 700 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ Church, 610 m (8 min walk)
- Library 300 m (4 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from August 2019, so the service has been operating for around 7 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2021), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires improvement.
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.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 4 June 2021.
The company behind Shakti Lodge
Shakti Lodge is the only service its provider, Shakti Lodge, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.
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Shakti Lodge against its area
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Kent, 79% of the 454 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 18 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2021) is more recent than 42% of care home ratings in Kent.
- With 26 beds it is larger than 51% of care homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2019: it has been registered longer than 25% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Kent lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Kent are also rated below Good here); Well-led (26% of care homes in Kent are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Based on the CQC register for Kent as at Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Other care homes near Dartford with recent ratings
- The Bridge Care HomeMay 2026
- Broad Oak Manor Care HomeAug 2026
Questions about Shakti Lodge
- Where is Shakti Lodge based?
- It is at 208-212 Princes Road, Dartford, DA1 3HR.
- What kind of care can Shakti Lodge offer?
- CQC lists Shakti Lodge under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- How big is Shakti Lodge?
- Shakti Lodge has 26 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- What are Shakti Lodge's fees?
- No fee list from Shakti Lodge has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Shakti Lodge a registered provider?
- Shakti Lodge is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-7331960808) and was rated Requires improvement overall in June 2021.
- How recent is Shakti Lodge's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 4 June 2021, 5 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Shakti Lodge rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Shakti Lodge: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- Is Shakti Lodge registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.