Care home · Chippenham
Somerhill Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Somerhill Care Home- Address
- Little Somerford, Chippenham, SN15 5BH
- Run by
- Cedar Care Homes Limited (12 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 41 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- June 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Linda Joyce Brown
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1998 (28 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03585946)
- Last CQC check
- 13 Dec 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. 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 1-12830668007
About Somerhill Care Home
Somerhill Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Chippenham, run by Cedar Care Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (December 2023). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 3 CQC-registered care homes in and around Malmesbury; 2 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Wiltshire, 24 of 151 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (16%), while 19 of 151 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (13%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Around Chippenham
There are 2 other care homes within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is OSJCT Athelstan House, 1.8 miles away.
4 of the 7 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Brinkworth ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car; the nearest bus stop is under 0.5 miles away.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe24 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Effective139 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Caring142 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Responsive138 of 151 in Wiltshire
- Well-led19 of 151 in Wiltshire
Source: CQC, published 13 December 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wiltshire share it.
Likely fees
We estimate Somerhill Care Home at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.
Where a resident needs nursing, the NHS pays part of the fee straight to the home as NHS-funded nursing care, regardless of who pays the rest.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Wiltshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Somerhill Care Home over the years
Somerhill Care Home has been registered with CQC since June 2022, about 4 years.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2023), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Requires improvement.
CQC lists 2 reports for this location, the latest dated 13 December 2023.
Ownership and company checks
Somerhill Care Home is run by Cedar Care Homes Limited (company 03585946), incorporated in 1998, 24 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 nursing care.
Cedar Care Homes Limited runs 12 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 9 of the 10 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (90%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
How its rating has changed
- Dec 2015
- Dec 2017
- Jun 2018
- Apr 2019
- Aug 2021
- Nov 2022
- Dec 2023
- Today Rating 2 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 13 December 2023
- CQC inspection report 3 November 2022
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 27 November 2025 by Wiltshire. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Somerhill Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Brinkworth
- Council
- Wiltshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Cotswolds
- Integrated care board
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SN15 (15)
View on OpenStreetMap · Route planner · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the building
- Bus stop 520 m (7 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
- Park Little Somerford (Millennium Green), 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Place of worship St John the Baptist, 960 m (12 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).
What inspectors found
- The service is registered to support people with dementia, older people, younger adults and people with physical disabilities.
- People's experience of the service and what we found: Some people raised concerns about the staffing levels within the service.
- For example, we were told people could not always be supported with personal care when they wanted.
- We saw one occasion where a concern was raised from people and relatives, and we found sufficient action was not taken to ensure people's care needs could be met with regards to their dignity and respect.
Inspected 16 October 2023; report published 13 December 2023; supporting 40 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who it can help
As listed with the regulator.
Family reviews
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Where Somerhill Care Home stands locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Wiltshire, 89% of the 151 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2023) is more recent than 58% of care home ratings in Wiltshire.
- With 41 beds it is larger than 62% of care homes in Wiltshire, where the typical home has 21.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 15% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wiltshire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (17% of care homes in Wiltshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (13% of care homes in Wiltshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Wiltshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Recently rated care homes near Malmesbury
- Stainsbridge HouseFeb 2025
- OSJCT Athelstan HouseAug 2025
Somerhill Care Home: common questions
- How many residents can Somerhill Care Home take?
- CQC registers Somerhill Care Home for 41 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs Somerhill Care Home?
- Somerhill Care Home is run by Cedar Care Homes Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What are Somerhill Care Home's fees?
- Somerhill Care Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is Somerhill Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What is Somerhill Care Home's address?
- It is at Little Somerford, Chippenham, SN15 5BH.
- Is Somerhill Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Somerhill Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-12830668007 and was rated Requires improvement overall in December 2023.
- What services is Somerhill Care Home registered for?
- Registration for Somerhill Care Home covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Somerhill Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When did CQC last rate Somerhill Care Home?
- The rating now shown was published on 13 December 2023, 2 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
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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.