Care home · Huddersfield
Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited
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- 1 Thorpe House Court, Huddersfield, HD5 8FB
- Run by
- Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 26 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- April 2021 (5 years)
- Registered manager
- Kate Grenfell
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2004 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05319583)
- Last CQC check
- 24 Jun 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-10770600876
Introducing Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited
Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited in Huddersfield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2023). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Lepton; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
Registered in April 2021, it has 5 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 3 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.
Rating history
- Nov 2016
- Jun 2019
- Jun 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 24 June 2023
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 February 2026 by Kirklees. 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 "Thorpe House Specialist Adult Health Unit"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Almondbury
- Council
- Kirklees Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Huddersfield
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in HD5 (8)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 280 m (4 min walk) · 11 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery The Almondbury Surgery, 910 m (11 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 630 m (8 min walk)
- Shop Aldonley Stores, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Park Pony Park, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Café 470 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship St Michael & St Helen, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Library Almondbury Library, 590 m (7 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
What it may cost
We estimate Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited at £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Where a resident needs nursing, the NHS pays part of the fee straight to the home as NHS-funded nursing care, regardless of who pays the rest.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Kirklees Council for a free care needs assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 87 of the 122 other care homes in Kirklees that CQC has rated.
The local picture
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 Ferndale Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (7 of the nearest 25).
11 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Almondbury ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (6 min), a park (1 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe94 of 123 in Kirklees
- Effective107 of 123 in Kirklees
- Caring108 of 123 in Kirklees
- Responsive98 of 123 in Kirklees
- Well-led88 of 123 in Kirklees
Source: CQC, published 24 June 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kirklees share it.
From the latest CQC inspection
- The provider had assessed and appropriately managed risks to people's health and wellbeing.
- People's needs were assessed prior to moving into Thorpe House.
- Staff had access to information regarding people's needs.
- People were encouraged to make decisions and share views about their care.
Inspected 24 May 2023; report published 24 June 2023; supporting 26 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who runs it
Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited is run by Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited (company 05319583), incorporated in 2004, 16 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
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How Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited compares
- Rated Good. Across Kirklees, 79% of the 123 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2023) is more recent than 59% of care home ratings in Kirklees.
- With 26 beds it is larger than 52% of care homes in Kirklees, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 17% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Kirklees lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Kirklees; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Questions about Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited
- How many beds does Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited have?
- Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited is registered for up to 26 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- How much does Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited charge?
- No fee list from Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,115 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- What is Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited's address?
- It is at 1 Thorpe House Court, Huddersfield, HD5 8FB.
- What type of care does Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited provide?
- Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- How did Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- Is Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited registered for dementia care?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
- Is Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-10770600876 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in June 2023.
- When was Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 24 June 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
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