Care home · Stockton-on-Tees
Wellburn House
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- Wellburn Road, Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7PP
- Run by
- Akari Care Limited (28 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 90 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- November 2011 (14 years)
- Part of
- Akari Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Louise Jane Connell
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07737949)
- Last CQC check
- 4 Apr 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,100–£1,350 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Introducing Wellburn House
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Wellburn House is based in Stockton-on-Tees, run by Akari Care Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (April 2025). It is one of 35 CQC-registered care homes in and around Stockton-on-Tees; 31 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The registered provider
Wellburn House is run by Akari Care Limited (company 07737949), incorporated in 2011.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Akari Care Limited runs 28 CQC-registered services across 11 council areas; 27 of the 28 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (96%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Stockton-on-Tees.
It trades under the Akari Care Limited brand, which covers 28 services run by 1 registered provider.
Scores behind the rating
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Wellburn House scores 76%.
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 79%
- Person-centred Care4 · Exceptional
- 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 30 January 2025, published 4 April 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Ratings over time
- Feb 2016
- Jun 2016
- Dec 2016
- Nov 2017
- Oct 2018
- Feb 2019
- Mar 2021
- Apr 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 4 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 5 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 9 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 4 November 2017
- CQC inspection report 15 December 2016
- CQC inspection report 16 June 2016
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 26 January 2026 by Stockton On Tees. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Wellburn House"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Fairfield
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockton West
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in TS19 (10)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 320 m (4 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy Fairfield Pharmacy, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Family Shopper, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Park 710 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship St Patrick RC Church, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Library Fairfield Library, 830 m (10 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score44 of 49 in Stockton-on-Tees
- Effective75% score46 of 49 in Stockton-on-Tees
- Caring75% score46 of 49 in Stockton-on-Tees
- Responsive79% score43 of 49 in Stockton-on-Tees
- Well-led75% score43 of 49 in Stockton-on-Tees
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 4 April 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Stockton-on-Tees share it.
Track record
CQC registration dates from November 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), 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 4 March 2021.
Reading Wellburn House's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Wellburn House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 42 of the 48 other care homes in Stockton-on-Tees that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Responsive at 79% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 76% overall.
The inspection, summarised
- Risks to people were assessed and monitored to help keep people safe.
- Staffing levels were monitored to ensure people received effective and timely care.
- The provider’s recruitment processes minimised the risk of unsuitable staff being employed.
- One person told us, “The staff are amazing, always around when you need them.
Inspected 15 February 2021; report published 4 March 2021. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Choice nearby
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 Fairfields, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25).
8 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Fairfield ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (9 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Costs to expect
We estimate Wellburn House at £1,100–£1,350 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £57k–£70k.
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 Stockton-on-Tees Council for a free care needs assessment.
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How Wellburn House compares
- Rated Good. Across Stockton-on-Tees, 92% of the 49 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2025) is more recent than 69% of care home ratings in Stockton-on-Tees.
- With 90 beds it is larger than 95% of care homes in Stockton-on-Tees, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 51% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Stockton-on-Tees lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Stockton-on-Tees (Oct 2026).
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Quick answers about Wellburn House
- Is Wellburn House regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Wellburn House is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-327616973) and was rated Good overall in April 2025.
- Where is Wellburn House?
- It is at Wellburn Road, Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7PP.
- What type of care does Wellburn House provide?
- Wellburn House is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- When did CQC last rate Wellburn House?
- The rating now shown was published on 4 April 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Can Wellburn House care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- Which provider runs Wellburn House?
- CQC lists Akari Care Limited as the provider responsible for Wellburn House.
- How many beds does Wellburn House have?
- Wellburn House has 90 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Is Wellburn House rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does Wellburn House charge?
- Wellburn House's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,185 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
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