Care home · Lincoln
The Grove Care Centre
Illustrative photo, not of The Grove Care Centre- Address
- 14 Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UW
- Run by
- St Philips Care Limited (20 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 30 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- St Philips Care
- Registered manager
- Karen Aslin
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1996 (29 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03298131)
- Last CQC check
- 15 Apr 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-129132349
An overview of The Grove Care Centre
The Grove Care Centre is a CQC-registered residential care home in Lincoln, run by St Philips Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (April 2025). It is one of 31 CQC-registered care homes in and around Lincoln; 21 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
The ratings in context
The Grove Care Centre has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 177 of the 265 other care homes in Lincolnshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Caring at 70%, averaging 74% overall.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score196 of 266 in Lincolnshire
- Effective75% score231 of 266 in Lincolnshire
- Caring70% score237 of 266 in Lincolnshire
- Responsive75% score233 of 266 in Lincolnshire
- Well-led75% score178 of 266 in Lincolnshire
Source: CQC, published 15 April 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Lincolnshire share it.
The Grove Care Centre over the years
The Grove Care Centre has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
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 24 July 2018.
The company behind The Grove Care Centre
The Grove Care Centre is run by St Philips Care Limited (company 03298131), incorporated in 1996, 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 other human health activities.
St Philips Care Limited runs 20 CQC-registered services across 10 council areas; 17 of the 20 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (85%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
6 of its services are in Lincolnshire.
It trades under the St Philips Care brand, which covers 20 services run by 1 registered provider.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- People were supported by enough staff who had the right skills, qualifications and experience.
- The provider had recruitment procedures in place, however, gaps in staff employment history had not been explored or explained.
- People were supported to access care, treatment and support when they needed to in a way that worked for them.
- A relative told us, “We are very happy with the home and have absolutely no safety concerns.
Inspected 31 May 2018; report published 24 July 2018. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Around Lincoln
There are 16 other care homes within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is White Gables Care Home, 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Skellingthorpe & Eagle ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Lincolnshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (2 min), a park (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, The Grove Care Centre scores 74%.
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 70%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control2 · Some shortfalls
- 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
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 3 March 2025, published 15 April 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- Feb 2015
- Apr 2017
- Jul 2018
- Apr 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 24 July 2018
- CQC inspection report 11 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 4 February 2015
- Inspection report 29 August 2013
- Inspection report 1 February 2013
- Inspection report 26 November 2011
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 15 May 2026 by North Kesteven. 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 "The Grove Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Skellingthorpe & Eagle
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lincoln
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LN6 (23)
Larger map · How to get there · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Close by
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 11 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy Lincolnshire Co-op Pharmacy, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Lincolnshire Co-op, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Park The Monson, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Skellingthorpe Methodist Church, 140 m (2 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Likely fees
We estimate The Grove Care Centre at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Lincolnshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed The Grove Care Centre on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Lincolnshire, 77% of the 266 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 17 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2025) is more recent than 71% of care home ratings in Lincolnshire.
- With 30 beds it is larger than 49% of care homes in Lincolnshire, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 86% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Lincolnshire lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Lincolnshire as at Oct 2026.
Nearest care homes
Guides for families
Other care homes near Lincoln with recent ratings
- OSJCT Hartsholme HouseDec 2024
- OSJCT Boultham Park HouseSep 2026
- Eccleshare CourtJul 2026
The Grove Care Centre: common questions
- When did CQC last rate The Grove Care Centre?
- The rating now shown was published on 15 April 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Is The Grove Care Centre registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- What type of care does The Grove Care Centre provide?
- The Grove Care Centre is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Is The Grove Care Centre registered with CQC?
- Yes. The Grove Care Centre is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-129132349) and was rated Good overall in April 2025.
- What is The Grove Care Centre's address?
- It is at 14 Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UW.
- Is The Grove Care Centre rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What are The Grove Care Centre's fees?
- We don't have published prices from The Grove Care Centre yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Who runs The Grove Care Centre?
- The Grove Care Centre is run by St Philips Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many residents can The Grove Care Centre take?
- The Grove Care Centre is registered for up to 30 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
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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.