Care home · Wallasey
St Martins Residential Home
Typical fee here £1,080–£1,330 a week Estimate
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- 63 St Martin's Lane, Wallasey, CH44 1BG
- Run by
- Assistwide Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 16 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Phillip James Hunt
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1992 (34 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02734589)
- Last CQC check
- 3 May 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Wallasey: Care homes in Wallasey (27) · Best rated care homes in Wallasey · Care homes for mental health care in Wallasey
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-136773460
An overview of St Martins Residential Home
St Martins Residential Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Wallasey, run by Assistwide Limited. Its registered specialisms include mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (May 2023). Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 27 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wallasey; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How it fits locally
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 St George's Care Homes, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Liscard 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 Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a park (6 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ownership and company checks
St Martins Residential Home is run by Assistwide Limited (company 02734589), incorporated in 1992, 18 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.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate St Martins Residential Home at £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£69k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Wirral Council after a needs and financial assessment.
History with CQC
St Martins Residential Home has been registered with CQC since November 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Requires improvement and staying Requires improvement every time.
The rating is 3 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.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 3 May 2023.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
What the ratings tell you
Looking at the five areas: Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good; 1 other area is Good.
Across Wirral, 31 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (30%), while 13 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (13%), while 12 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (12%), while 28 of 102 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (27%).
The Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
What inspectors found
- Risks in relation to people's care had not been effectively assessed and medicines were not always managed safely.
- There was a lack of understanding around the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and, it's application.
- The provider did not show the appropriate knowledge around their responsibilities in relation to finance and consent.
- The systems in place to monitor the quality and safety of the service were not always used effectively to identify and mitigate risks.
Inspected 9 March 2023; report published 3 May 2023; supporting 16 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe31 of 102 in Wirral
- Effective13 of 102 in Wirral
- Caring90 of 102 in Wirral
- Responsive12 of 102 in Wirral
- Well-led28 of 102 in Wirral
As rated by CQC, published 3 May 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wirral share it.
Earlier inspections
- Jan 2016
- Feb 2017
- Aug 2018
- Jul 2019
- May 2021
- May 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 3 May 2023
- CQC inspection report 20 May 2021
- CQC inspection report 30 July 2019
- CQC inspection report 1 August 2018
- CQC inspection report 22 February 2017
- CQC inspection report 5 January 2016
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 16 June 2026 by Wirral. 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 "St Martins Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Liscard
- Council
- Wirral Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wallasey
- Integrated care board
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CH44 (10)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 20 m (1 min walk) · 42 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy Asda, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Shop Wine Cellat, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Park Central Park, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Café Central Park Cafe, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ Church, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Library Wallasey Central 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
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St Martins Residential Home against its area
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Wirral, 71% of the 102 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2023) is more recent than 49% of care home ratings in Wirral.
- With 16 beds it is smaller than 63% of care homes in Wirral, where the typical home has 29.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 94% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wirral lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (36% of care homes in Wirral are also rated below Good here); Effective (15% of care homes in Wirral are also rated below Good here); Responsive (13% of care homes in Wirral are also rated below Good here); Well-led (31% of care homes in Wirral are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Wirral, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about St Martins Residential Home
- Which provider runs St Martins Residential Home?
- CQC lists Assistwide Limited as the provider responsible for St Martins Residential Home.
- How big is St Martins Residential Home?
- CQC registers St Martins Residential Home for 16 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Is St Martins Residential Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For St Martins Residential Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What are St Martins Residential Home's fees?
- No fee list from St Martins Residential Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- What kind of care can St Martins Residential Home offer?
- St Martins Residential Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is St Martins Residential Home a registered provider?
- St Martins Residential Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-136773460) and was rated Requires improvement overall in May 2023.
- Where is St Martins Residential Home based?
- It is at 63 St Martin's Lane, Wallasey, CH44 1BG.
- When did CQC last rate St Martins Residential Home?
- The latest rating is dated 3 May 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can St Martins Residential Home care for someone with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
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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.