Care home · Fareham
Stokewood
Illustrative photo, not of Stokewood- Address
- 204 Hunts Pond Road, Titchfield Common, Fareham, PO14 4PJ
- Run by
- Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited (68 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 9 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- October 2016 (10 years)
- Part of
- Choice Care Group
- Registered manager
- Michaela Newby
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1992 (34 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02704854)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Jan 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-2881562653
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Stokewood is based in Fareham, run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited. Its registered specialisms include mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2026). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Titchfield Common; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score368 of 446 in Hampshire
- Effective75% score398 of 446 in Hampshire
- Caring75% score411 of 446 in Hampshire
- Responsive75% score394 of 446 in Hampshire
- Well-led75% score332 of 446 in Hampshire
Source: CQC, published 9 January 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Hampshire share it.
The company behind Stokewood
Stokewood is run by Community Homes Of Intensive Care And Education Limited (company 02704854), incorporated in 1992, 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 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited runs 68 CQC-registered services across 17 council areas; 63 of the 68 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (93%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
23 of its services are in Hampshire.
It trades under the Choice Care Group brand, which covers 77 services run by 4 registered providers.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Costs to expect
We estimate Stokewood at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
With savings below £23,250, Hampshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Titchfield Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (7 of the nearest 25).
4 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Titchfield Common 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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (2 min), a park (2 min), a café (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Stokewood: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 331 of the 445 other care homes in Hampshire 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.
Track record
CQC registration dates from October 2016, so the service has been operating for around 10 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2018–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The service is a mental health support service providing care to adults of all ages experiencing mental health challenges.
- Staff delivered safe, effective, and person-centred mental health support for people living in the home.
- Care systems were well organised, with regular reviews and prompt updates when people’s needs changed.
- They said they felt protected because staff were vigilant and proactive about risks such as self-harm, medicine, and isolation.
Inspected 28 March 2018; report published 24 July 2018. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
CQC's scores in detail
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Stokewood 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
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 4 December 2025, published 9 January 2026, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Ratings over time
- Jul 2018
- Jan 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 24 July 2018
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Titchfield Common
- Council
- Hampshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hamble Valley
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 PO14 (16)
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Close by
- Bus stop 30 m (1 min walk) · 16 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Swanwick, 1.9 km
- GP surgery Lockswood Surgery, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- Pharmacy Everetts Pharmacy, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
- Shop Morrisons Daily, 190 m (2 min walk)
- Park 190 m (2 min walk)
- Café Health Shack Cafe, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship St John, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Library Lockswood Library, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
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Frequently asked about Stokewood
- What type of care does Stokewood provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Stokewood how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Stokewood registered with CQC?
- Yes. Stokewood is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-2881562653) and was rated Good overall in January 2026.
- Where is Stokewood?
- It is at 204 Hunts Pond Road, Titchfield Common, Fareham, PO14 4PJ.
- When did CQC last rate Stokewood?
- The latest rating is dated 9 January 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Stokewood registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Who runs Stokewood?
- On CQC's register the provider is Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited.
- How many residents can Stokewood take?
- Stokewood has 9 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How is Stokewood rated for safety and leadership?
- 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 are Stokewood's fees?
- Stokewood has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,450 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
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