Care home · Plymouth
Tamar House
Illustrative photo, not of Tamar House- Address
- 11 Brest Road, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 5XN
- Run by
- Abbeyfield Tamar Extra Care Society
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 29 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Abbeyfield Society
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 12182254)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Jul 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-115234457
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Tamar House is based in Plymouth, run by Abbeyfield Tamar Extra Care Society. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia and physical disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (July 2026). Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 48 CQC-registered care homes in and around Plymouth; 36 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who the service is registered for
Registration details from CQC.
History with CQC
Tamar House has been registered with CQC since November 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Requires Improvement.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 10 April 2020.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Down House, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 25 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Moor View ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (5 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Key points from CQC's visit
- The service is registered to provide accommodation to a maximum of 29 people.
- We identified the provider was in breach of 3 legal regulations relating to safe care and treatment, staffing and good governance.
- People experienced kind interactions from staff in day‑to‑day care.
- We spoke with 3 people living at the service, 3 professionals and 8 relatives to help assess and understand how people’s care needs were being met.
Inspected 9 March 2020; report published 10 April 2020. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Tamar House at £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Plymouth Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe15 of 85 in Plymouth
- Effective15 of 85 in Plymouth
- Caring4 of 85 in Plymouth
- Responsive5 of 85 in Plymouth
- Well-led20 of 85 in Plymouth
Source: CQC, published 2 July 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Plymouth share it.
Reading Tamar House's CQC ratings
For Tamar House, Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated below Good.
Across Plymouth, 15 of 85 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (18%), while 15 of 85 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (18%), while 4 of 85 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Caring (5%), while 5 of 85 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Responsive (6%), while 20 of 85 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
The Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Rating history
- Sep 2015
- Aug 2017
- Apr 2020
- Jul 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 10 April 2020
- CQC inspection report 23 August 2017
- CQC inspection report 8 September 2015
- Inspection report 11 June 2014
- Inspection report 21 June 2013
- Inspection report 26 February 2013
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 17 July 2026 by Plymouth City. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Abbeyfield Tamar House"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Moor View
- Council
- Plymouth City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- NHS planning area
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PL6 (11)
View on OpenStreetMap · Get directions · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Close by
- Bus stop 100 m (1 min walk) · 31 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Newmedica, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 280 m (4 min walk)
- Shop M&S Food, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Park 850 m (11 min walk)
- Café Costa Drive Thru, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Hospital Chapel, 450 m (6 min walk)
- Library Crownhill Library, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
The registered provider
Tamar House is run by Abbeyfield Tamar Extra Care Society (company 12182254), incorporated in 2019.
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 nursing care.
It trades under the Abbeyfield Society brand, which covers 49 services run by 23 registered providers.
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Where Tamar House stands locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Plymouth, 79% of the 85 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 94% of care home ratings in Plymouth.
- With 29 beds it is larger than 60% of care homes in Plymouth, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Plymouth lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (20% of care homes in Plymouth are also rated below Good here); Effective (19% of care homes in Plymouth are also rated below Good here); Caring (4% of care homes in Plymouth are also rated below Good here); Responsive (5% of care homes in Plymouth are also rated below Good here); Well-led (25% of care homes in Plymouth are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Plymouth (Oct 2026).
Nearby options
Guides for families
Similar care homes near Plymouth, rated recently
- Caraston HallMar 2026
- Down HouseMar 2025
Tamar House questions answered
- How many beds does Tamar House have?
- CQC capacity for Tamar House: 29 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs Tamar House?
- Abbeyfield Tamar Extra Care Society is the registered provider for Tamar House.
- What are Tamar House's fees?
- Tamar House has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How is Tamar House rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Requires improvement; Responsive: Requires improvement; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What type of care does Tamar House provide?
- CQC lists Tamar House under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- What is Tamar House's address?
- It is at 11 Brest Road, Derriford, Plymouth, PL6 5XN.
- Is Tamar House a registered provider?
- Tamar House is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-115234457) and was rated Requires improvement overall in July 2026.
- Is Tamar House registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When did CQC last rate Tamar House?
- The latest rating is dated 2 July 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
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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.