Care home · Bournemouth
Wallfield
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- 29 Castlemain Avenue, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5EJ
- Run by
- Tricuro Ltd (5 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 14 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- July 2015 (11 years)
- Registered manager
- Nicola Cooper
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2015 (11 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 09536732)
- Last CQC check
- 14 Jul 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential 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
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-2057655445
Introducing Wallfield
Wallfield in Bournemouth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Tricuro Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2025). It is one of 62 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bournemouth; 59 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Wallfield's CQC ratings
Wallfield 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 116 of the 128 other care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
How the scores break down
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, Wallfield scores 75%.
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 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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 30 May 2025, published 13 March 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Rating history
- Jun 2016
- Jul 2018
- Mar 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 11 July 2018
- CQC inspection report 10 June 2016
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 18 June 2026 by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. 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 "Wallfield Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- West Southbourne
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bournemouth East
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BH6 (20)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 120 m (1 min walk) · 28 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Pokesdown, 890 m (11 min walk)
- GP surgery Southbourne Surgery, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Shop More the Merrier Food & Wine, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Park Kings Park, 720 m (9 min walk)
- Café Harry's Coffee House, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship All Saints, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Library Pokesdown & Southbourne Library, 510 m (6 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.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score123 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Effective75% score119 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Caring75% score121 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Responsive75% score117 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Well-led75% score117 of 129 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
CQC key question ratings, published 14 July 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole share it.
Key points from CQC's visit
- The service was no longer in breach of regulations in relation to good governance and safe care and treatment.
- The service had made the necessary improvements, and the overall rating has now changed to good.
- Staff knew people well and understood people’s individual needs.
Inspected 30 May 2018; report published 11 July 2018; supporting 13 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How long it has been running
Wallfield has been registered with CQC since July 2015, about 11 years.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Reports on record: 2, with the most recent dated 11 July 2018.
The registered provider
Wallfield is run by Tricuro Ltd (company 09536732), incorporated in 2015.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, residential care for older and disabled people, social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care) and other social work without accommodation.
Tricuro Ltd runs 5 CQC-registered services; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
All 5 are in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Beaufort View, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in West Southbourne 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 Dorset ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (9 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate Wallfield at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Wallfield on The Care Panel so far.
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Where Wallfield stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 96% of the 129 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 8 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2025) is more recent than 71% of care home ratings in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- With 14 beds it is smaller than 68% of care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 46% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Wallfield
- How big is Wallfield?
- CQC registers Wallfield for 14 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Wallfield?
- On CQC's register the provider is Tricuro Ltd.
- How much does Wallfield charge?
- Wallfield hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Wallfield 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.
- Where is Wallfield based?
- It is at 29 Castlemain Avenue, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5EJ.
- Is Wallfield a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-2057655445 and was rated Good overall in July 2025.
- What services is Wallfield registered for?
- Wallfield is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Does Wallfield support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- How recent is Wallfield's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 14 July 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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