Care home · Leatherhead
The Beeches
Illustrative photo, not of The Beeches- Address
- Forty Foot Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8RZ
- Run by
- Anchor Hanover Group (131 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 54 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Pets
- Pets welcome (as stated on anchor.org.uk)
- Couples
- Couples welcome (as stated on anchor.org.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Anchor
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Unknown, accounts up to date (Companies House RS007843)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Dec 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-126242229
The Beeches at a glance
The Beeches is a CQC-registered residential care home in Leatherhead, run by Anchor Hanover Group. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2025). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Leatherhead; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The local picture
There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is SeeAbility - Surrey Views, under 0.5 miles away.
3 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Leatherhead South ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (7 min), a park (7 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe72% score268 of 325 in Surrey
- Effective71% score286 of 325 in Surrey
- Caring75% score292 of 325 in Surrey
- Responsive75% score273 of 325 in Surrey
- Well-led75% score237 of 325 in Surrey
CQC key question ratings, published 1 December 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Surrey share it.
Percentage scores by area
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, The Beeches scores 74%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 71%
- 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 outcomes2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 12 September 2025, published 1 December 2025, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Rating history
- Dec 2015
- Apr 2018
- Jun 2019
- Dec 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 14 June 2019
- CQC inspection report 27 April 2018
- CQC inspection report 11 December 2015
- Inspection report 31 October 2014
- Inspection report 20 December 2013
- Inspection report 23 July 2013
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 9 September 2025 by Mole Valley. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "The Beeches"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Leatherhead South
- Council
- Surrey County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Epsom and Ewell
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in KT22 (8)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 11 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Leatherhead, 980 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 650 m (8 min walk)
- Shop Sainsbury's, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Park 600 m (7 min walk)
- Café Sunshine Cafe, 560 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship Our Lady and St Peter RC Church, 500 m (6 min walk)
- Library Leatherhead Library, 750 m (9 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).
What it may cost
We estimate The Beeches at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Surrey Council for a free care needs assessment.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from November 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 14 June 2019.
The company behind The Beeches
The Beeches is run by Anchor Hanover Group (company RS007843).
At Companies House, the company is listed as , its accounts are filed on time and there is no insolvency history.
Anchor Hanover Group runs 131 CQC-registered services across 57 council areas; 110 of the 129 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (85%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
13 of its services are in Surrey.
It trades under the Anchor brand, which covers 131 services run by 1 registered provider.
The inspection, summarised
- The last inspection of the service was on 30 April 2019 when we rated the service Requires Improvement.
- The provider was in breach of legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and person-centred care.
- Improvements were found at this assessment, and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations.
- People told us they felt safe at the home and said staff were available when they needed them.
Inspected 30 April 2019; report published 14 June 2019. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for The Beeches: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 236 of the 324 other care homes in Surrey that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Effective at 71%, averaging 74% overall.
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Where The Beeches stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Surrey, 82% of the 322 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 15 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2025) is more recent than 81% of care home ratings in Surrey.
- With 54 beds it is larger than 66% of care homes in Surrey, where the typical home has 35.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 89% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Surrey lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Surrey as at Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about The Beeches
- What are The Beeches's fees?
- The Beeches hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is The Beeches rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many residents can The Beeches take?
- CQC capacity for The Beeches: 54 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs The Beeches?
- On CQC's register the provider is Anchor Hanover Group.
- Is The Beeches 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 was The Beeches last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 1 December 2025; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What type of care does The Beeches provide?
- CQC lists The Beeches under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- What is The Beeches's address?
- It is at Forty Foot Road, Leatherhead, KT22 8RZ.
- Is The Beeches registered with CQC?
- Yes. The Beeches is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-126242229) and was rated Good overall in December 2025.
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