Care home · Bolton
Somerset House
Illustrative photo, not of Somerset House- Address
- 17 Somerset Road, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 4NE
- Run by
- Perpetual (Bolton) Limited (4 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 6 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Clare Helen Sutton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1997 (29 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03364879)
- Last CQC check
- 6 May 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-121903915
About Somerset House
Somerset House in Bolton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Perpetual (Bolton) Limited. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2026). It is one of 31 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bolton; 23 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ownership and company checks
Somerset House is run by Perpetual (bolton) Limited (company 03364879), incorporated in 1997, 13 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Perpetual (Bolton) Limited runs 4 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 4 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Bolton.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score44 of 55 in Bolton
- Effective75% score49 of 55 in Bolton
- Caring75% score52 of 55 in Bolton
- Responsive75% score49 of 55 in Bolton
- Well-led75% score43 of 55 in Bolton
As rated by CQC, published 6 May 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Bolton share it.
Somerset House over the years
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
5 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 28 April 2018.
Around Bolton
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 Shrewsbury Road - Max Potential, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 23 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Smithills 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 Greater Manchester ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (7 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
CQC's scores in detail
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Somerset House scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
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 75%
- 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 enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- 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 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 29 January 2026, published 6 May 2026, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
How its rating has changed
- Mar 2016
- Apr 2018
- May 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 28 April 2018
- CQC inspection report 10 March 2016
- Inspection report 22 November 2013
- Inspection report 12 January 2013
- Inspection report 21 November 2011
Map and area details
- Ward
- Smithills
- Council
- Bolton Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bolton West
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BL1 (17)
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Close by
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 23 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Cornerstone Surgery, 820 m (10 min walk)
- Pharmacy Noble & Peacock Pharmacy, 900 m (11 min walk)
- Shop K&S. Grocers & Off Licence, 540 m (7 min walk)
- Park Queen's Park, 960 m (12 min walk)
- Café The Coffee Shop @ Heaton, 660 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship Grace Church, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Library Heaton Library and Children's Centre, 620 m (8 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
The inspection, summarised
- Somerset House is a small residential care home for 6 people with assessed mental health needs.
- The home is a large converted house with single rooms; bedrooms and bathrooms are situated on the first and second floors.
- There is a lounge, kitchen and dining room on the ground floor.
- We received positive feedback from people and their relatives regarding the quality of care provided.
Inspected 7 March 2018; report published 28 April 2018. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Likely fees
We estimate Somerset House at £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
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.
With savings below £23,250, Bolton Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
What the ratings tell you
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Somerset House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 42 of the 54 other care homes in Bolton that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Bolton, 84% of the 55 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2026) is more recent than 91% of care home ratings in Bolton.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 79% of care homes in Bolton, where the typical home has 27.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 77% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Bolton lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Bolton as at Oct 2026.
Nearest care homes
Guides for families
Bolton: care homes inspected recently
- Shrewsbury Road - Max PotentialMar 2026
- Astley GrangeMar 2026
- Spennymoor Care Home LimitedAug 2026
Somerset House: common questions
- How many beds does Somerset House have?
- Somerset House can take up to 6 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Somerset House?
- On CQC's register the provider is Perpetual (Bolton) Limited.
- How much does care from Somerset House cost?
- Somerset House hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is Somerset House 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.
- What services is Somerset House registered for?
- Somerset House is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Where is Somerset House?
- It is at 17 Somerset Road, Heaton, Bolton, BL1 4NE.
- Is Somerset House registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-121903915 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in May 2026.
- Does Somerset House support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- How recent is Somerset House's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 6 May 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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