Care home · Manchester
The Royal Elms Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of The Royal Elms Care Home- Address
- 23 Windsor Road, Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1QQ
- Run by
- Rajanikanth Selvanandan (4 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 26 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Ruth Elizabeth Shore
- Last CQC check
- 30 Oct 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-134565173
An overview of The Royal Elms Care Home
The Royal Elms Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Manchester, run by Rajanikanth Selvanandan. It is registered to support older people.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (October 2024). It is one of 6 CQC-registered care homes in and around Droylsden; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe66% score52 of 70 in Manchester
- Effective75% score61 of 70 in Manchester
- Caring75% score65 of 70 in Manchester
- Responsive75% score64 of 70 in Manchester
- Well-led71% score54 of 70 in Manchester
CQC key question ratings, published 30 October 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Manchester share it.
The company behind The Royal Elms Care Home
Rajanikanth Selvanandan runs 4 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (75%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
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, The Royal Elms Care Home scores 72%.
Safe 66%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding2 · Some shortfalls
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 71%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 2 August 2024, published 30 October 2024, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Dec 2015
- Apr 2017
- Jun 2018
- Dec 2020
- Jul 2021
- Oct 2024
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 7 July 2021
- CQC inspection report 8 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 15 June 2018
- CQC inspection report 22 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2015
- Inspection report 20 September 2014
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 7 May 2026 by Manchester. 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 "Royal Elms Rest Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Miles Platting & Newton Heath
- Council
- Manchester City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Manchester Central
- NHS planning area
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in M40 (12)
Bigger map · Plan a journey · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 17 stops within 600 m
- Shop 960 m (12 min walk)
- Park Brookdale Park, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship The Holy Family, 650 m (8 min walk)
- Library Newton Heath Library, 1.4 km (17 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).
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for The Royal Elms Care Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 53 of the 69 other care homes in Manchester that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 66%, averaging 72% overall.
History with CQC
The Royal Elms Care Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 7 July 2021.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate The Royal Elms Care Home at £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£69k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Manchester Council for a free care needs assessment.
Key points from CQC's visit
- The assessment took place between 5 August 16 August 2024.
- We had received concerns about medicines, the cleanliness and management of the home.
- We did not find evidence to support the concerns raised.
- They said the staff were kind and caring, knew their needs well and supported them to stay safe.
Inspected 24 June 2021; report published 7 July 2021. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Doves Nest Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
2 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Miles Platting & Newton Heath ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Greater Manchester ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a park (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed The Royal Elms Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
The Royal Elms Care Home questions answered
- How is The Royal Elms Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: 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 Royal Elms Care Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from The Royal Elms Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Who is the registered provider for The Royal Elms Care Home?
- CQC lists Rajanikanth Selvanandan as the provider responsible for The Royal Elms Care Home.
- How many beds does The Royal Elms Care Home have?
- CQC registers The Royal Elms Care Home for 26 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How recent is The Royal Elms Care Home's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 30 October 2024, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Does The Royal Elms Care Home support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- What kind of care can The Royal Elms Care Home offer?
- The Royal Elms Care Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is The Royal Elms Care Home registered with CQC?
- Yes. The Royal Elms Care Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-134565173) and was rated Good overall in October 2024.
- What is The Royal Elms Care Home's address?
- It is at 23 Windsor Road, Newton Heath, Manchester, M40 1QQ.
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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.