Care home · Yeovil
The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited
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- 33 Preston Road, Yeovil, BA21 3AE
- Run by
- The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 47 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Joanna Elizabeth McLaughlin
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2004 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05298702)
- Last CQC check
- 10 Feb 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-121751465
Introducing The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited is based in Yeovil. It is registered to support older people.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2017), with Caring rated Outstanding. It is one of 16 CQC-registered care homes in and around Yeovil; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ownership and company checks
The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited is run by The Knoll Nursing Home (yeovil) Limited (company 05298702), incorporated in 2004, 6 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Inspection findings in brief
- The Knoll Care Home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to 34 older people.
- The home is a converted Victorian house with purpose built extensions; it has two floors with communal spaces such as lounges and a dining room on the ground floor.
- There is a garden and courtyard area for people to spend time outside.
- The provider had a small outbreak of Coronavirus within in the home in December 2020.
Inspected 28 January 2021; report published 10 February 2021. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
History with CQC
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
No new overall rating has been published for 8 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 10 February 2021.
What the ratings tell you
Looking at the five areas: Caring is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Somerset, 12 of 186 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (6%).
Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Caring section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe162 of 186 in Somerset
- Effective171 of 186 in Somerset
- Caring12 of 186 in Somerset
- Responsive164 of 186 in Somerset
- Well-led156 of 186 in Somerset
CQC key question ratings, published 14 November 2017. Under each rating: how many care homes in Somerset share it; for example, 12 of 186 care homes in Somerset rated Outstanding for Caring.
Ratings over time
- Jul 2015
- Nov 2017
- Feb 2021
- Today Rating 8 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 10 February 2021
- CQC inspection report 14 November 2017
- CQC inspection report 31 July 2015
- Inspection report 12 March 2014
- Inspection report 25 July 2013
- Inspection report 4 October 2012
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 14 May 2025 by Somerset. 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 Knoll Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Yeovil South
- Council
- Somerset Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Yeovil
- Integrated care board
- NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BA21 (9)
View on OpenStreetMap · How to get there · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 370 m (5 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Ryalls Park Medical Centre, 700 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Tesco Pharmacy, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Montague Convenience Stores, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Park Sydney Gardens, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Café Tesco Cafe, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship St Andrew, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Library Yeovil Library, 790 m (10 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
How it fits locally
There are 15 other care homes within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Grovelands, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 22 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Yeovil South ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Somerset ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (5 min), a park (3 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (5 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Somerset Council for a free care needs assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited on The Care Panel so far.
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Where The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Somerset, 89% of the 186 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2017) is more recent than 1% of care home ratings in Somerset.
- With 47 beds it is larger than 72% of care homes in Somerset, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 66% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Somerset lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Somerset. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Also nearby
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- GrovelandsSep 2025
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The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited questions answered
- How is The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- Is The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- Is The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited a registered provider?
- The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-121751465) and was rated Good overall in November 2017.
- When was The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited last inspected?
- 14 November 2017 is when the current rating was published, 8 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- How big is The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited?
- CQC capacity for The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited: 47 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- What are The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited's fees?
- The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited's prices aren't on our site yet. 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.
- What is The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited's address?
- It is at 33 Preston Road, Yeovil, BA21 3AE.
- What type of care does The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited provide?
- CQC lists The Knoll Nursing Home (Yeovil) Limited under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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