Care home · Wellingborough
Wendleberrie House
Illustrative photo, not of Wendleberrie House- Address
- 3 The Avenue, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET
- Run by
- Wendleberrie Care Ltd
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 15 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- September 2012 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- Kieron Featherstone
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2012 (14 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08150287)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-473572013
Wendleberrie House at a glance
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Wendleberrie House is based in Wellingborough, run by Wendleberrie Care Ltd. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2026). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 19 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wellingborough; 16 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Wendleberrie House's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across North Northamptonshire, 25 of 104 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 61%, averaging 67% overall.
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Registered specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
The registered provider
Wendleberrie House is run by Wendleberrie Care Ltd (company 08150287), incorporated in 2012.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from September 2012, so the service has been operating for around 14 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 9 April 2021.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Wendleberrie House at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Northamptonshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How the scores break down
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Wendleberrie House scores 67%.
Safe 66%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 67%
- Assessing needs2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 treatment2 · Some shortfalls
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 68%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future2 · Some shortfalls
Well-led 61%
- Shared direction and culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders2 · Some shortfalls
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 3 June 2026, published 18 August 2026, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
How its rating has changed
- Mar 2016
- Apr 2018
- Feb 2019
- Apr 2021
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 9 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 15 February 2019
- CQC inspection report 5 April 2018
- CQC inspection report 10 March 2016
- Inspection report 1 June 2013
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 4 March 2015 by North Northamptonshire. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Wendleberrie House"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Croyland & Swanspool
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- NHS planning area
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NN8 (19)
Larger map · Route planner · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Local amenities
- Bus stop 120 m (1 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wellingborough, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- GP surgery Albany House Medical Practice, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Cohens Chemist, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Shop Heron Foods, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Park Eastfield Park, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Café Heaven Coffee House, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Zion Christian Church, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Library Wellingborough Library, 490 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
The inspection, summarised
- This was a routine assessment carried out between 11 June and 25 June 2026, including site visits on 11 and 12 June 2026.
- The assessment reviewed how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led the service was.
- During the assessment, we spoke with people using the service, their relatives and staff at different levels.
- People and relatives were positive about the care and support provided at Wendleberrie House.
Inspected 16 March 2021; report published 9 April 2021. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The five key questions
- Safe66% score83 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Effective67% score89 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Caring75% score94 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Responsive68% score88 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Well-led61% score25 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
Source: CQC, published 18 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Northamptonshire share it.
How it fits locally
There are 21 other care homes within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Park House Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
1 of the 25 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Croyland & Swanspool 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 Northamptonshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (2 min), a park (5 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
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Wendleberrie House against its area
- Rated Good. Across North Northamptonshire, 82% of the 104 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 92% of care home ratings in North Northamptonshire.
- With 15 beds it is smaller than 57% of care homes in North Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 48% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Northamptonshire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (25% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in North Northamptonshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Wendleberrie House: common questions
- What are Wendleberrie House's fees?
- Wendleberrie House hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did Wendleberrie House score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is Wendleberrie House?
- CQC capacity for Wendleberrie House: 15 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Which provider runs Wendleberrie House?
- CQC lists Wendleberrie Care Ltd as the provider responsible for Wendleberrie House.
- Can Wendleberrie House care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Wendleberrie House last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 18 August 2026. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- What kind of care can Wendleberrie House offer?
- CQC lists Wendleberrie House under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- What is Wendleberrie House's address?
- It is at 3 The Avenue, Wellingborough, NN8 4ET.
- Is Wendleberrie House registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-473572013 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.