Care home · Wandsworth
Wandsworth Common Care Home
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- 94 North Side Wandsworth Common, London, SW18 2QU
- Run by
- Willowbrook Healthcare Limited (43 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 97 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- June 2023 (3 years)
- Part of
- Avery
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (18 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06655208)
- Last CQC check
- 15 Jul 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,680–£2,050 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-15519796566
Wandsworth Common Care Home at a glance
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Wandsworth Common Care Home is based in Wandsworth, run by Willowbrook Healthcare Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (July 2025). It is one of 26 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wandsworth; 24 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The registered provider
Wandsworth Common Care Home is run by Willowbrook Healthcare Limited (company 06655208), incorporated in 2008, 14 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Willowbrook Healthcare Limited runs 43 CQC-registered services across 23 council areas; 34 of the 39 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (87%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Wandsworth.
It trades under the Avery brand, which covers 101 services run by 40 registered providers.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score24 of 26 in Wandsworth
- Effective79% score23 of 26 in Wandsworth
- Caring80% score23 of 26 in Wandsworth
- Responsive75% score23 of 26 in Wandsworth
- Well-led75% score23 of 26 in Wandsworth
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 15 July 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wandsworth share it.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Scores behind the rating
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, Wandsworth Common Care Home scores 77%.
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 79%
- 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 outcomes4 · Exceptional
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- 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
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 20 May 2025, published 15 July 2025, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 7 July 2026 by Wandsworth. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Wandsworth Common Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Wandsworth Town
- Parliamentary constituency
- Putney
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SW18 (5)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 25 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wandsworth Town, 490 m (6 min walk)
- GP surgery St John's Hill Surgery - Begg Practice, 280 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy East Hill Pharmacy, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Co-op Food, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Park 210 m (3 min walk)
- Café Huguenots Rendezvous, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, 30 m (1 min walk)
- Library Wandsworth Town Library, 690 m (9 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Reading Wandsworth Common Care Home's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Wandsworth Common Care Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 22 of the 25 other care homes in Wandsworth that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 77% overall.
What it may cost
We estimate Wandsworth Common Care Home at £1,680–£2,050 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £87k–£107k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Wandsworth Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
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 Wandsworth Common Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
6 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wandsworth Town ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South West London ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (2 min), a park (3 min), a café (1 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How long it has been running
Wandsworth Common Care Home has been registered with CQC since June 2023, about 3 years.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (July 2025).
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Wandsworth Common Care Home is a service that provides nursing and personal care to older people.
- They routinely monitored people’s care to continuously improve it.
- This ensured outcomes were positive and consistent.
- People said they were happy living there and described the culture within the care home as open, friendly and welcoming.
Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Where Wandsworth Common Care Home stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Wandsworth, 92% of the 26 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2025) is more recent than 77% of care home ratings in Wandsworth.
- With 97 beds it is larger than 85% of care homes in Wandsworth, where the typical home has 50.
- Registered with CQC in 2023, it is one of the newest care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wandsworth lists 4.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Wandsworth. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
Wandsworth: care homes inspected recently
- SignHealth Longley RoadJan 2026
- Wandsworth Common Care HomeJul 2025
- Huguenot PlaceDec 2024
Quick answers about Wandsworth Common Care Home
- Is Wandsworth Common Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When did CQC last rate Wandsworth Common Care Home?
- 15 July 2025 is when the current rating was published, 1 year ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What services is Wandsworth Common Care Home registered for?
- Wandsworth Common Care Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Wandsworth Common Care Home?
- It is at 94 North Side Wandsworth Common, London, SW18 2QU.
- Is Wandsworth Common Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-15519796566 and was rated Good overall in July 2025.
- How much does Wandsworth Common Care Home charge?
- Wandsworth Common Care Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,456 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Wandsworth Common Care Home rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How many residents can Wandsworth Common Care Home take?
- CQC registers Wandsworth Common Care Home for 97 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs Wandsworth Common Care Home?
- Wandsworth Common Care Home is run by Willowbrook Healthcare Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
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