Care home · Luton
Widecombe Nursing Home
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- 36 Grasmere Road, Luton, LU3 2DT
- Run by
- Niram Investments Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 38 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Gloria Macatangay
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1993 (33 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02829832)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Jan 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered 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 1-112633103
About this home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Widecombe Nursing Home is based in Luton, run by Niram Investments Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Requires improvement overall (January 2026). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 37 CQC-registered care homes in and around Luton; 26 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2015
- Jun 2016
- Jan 2017
- Dec 2017
- Apr 2021
- Aug 2024
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 24 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 5 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 11 January 2017
- CQC inspection report 21 June 2016
- CQC inspection report 17 June 2015
- Inspection report 19 September 2013
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 3 June 2026 by Luton. 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 "Widecombe Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Bramingham
- Council
- Luton Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Luton North
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in LU3 (17)
View on OpenStreetMap · Route planner · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 180 m (2 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Bramingham Park Medical Centre, 520 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Warden Hill Pharmacy, 360 m (5 min walk)
- Shop BP Shop, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Park Grasmere Park, 190 m (2 min walk)
- Café Luton Town Ladies Foods, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship St John's Methodist Church, 220 m (3 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Luton, 8 of 33 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (24%), while 7 of 33 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (21%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe8 of 33 in Luton
- Effective23 of 33 in Luton
- Caring28 of 33 in Luton
- Responsive24 of 33 in Luton
- Well-led7 of 33 in Luton
As rated by CQC, published 20 January 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Luton share it.
History with CQC
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires improvement.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 24 April 2021.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
From the latest CQC inspection
- At the time of inspection there were 28 people receiving care.
- The service supports people living with dementia, people with nursing needs and people with a physical disability.
- At our last inspection the provider was in breach of legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, person-centred care and good governance.
- One person told us, “I have had some wonderful care.”
Inspected 12 April 2021; report published 24 April 2021; supporting 28 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Mulberry House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (3 of the nearest 25).
4 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Bramingham ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (2 min), a park (2 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Widecombe Nursing Home at £1,520–£1,850 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£96k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Luton Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Ownership and company checks
Widecombe Nursing Home is run by Niram Investments Limited (company 02829832), incorporated in 1993, 17 years before this service registered with CQC.
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 nursing care.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Widecombe Nursing Home on The Care Panel so far.
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Where Widecombe Nursing Home stands locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Luton, 73% of the 33 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2026) is more recent than 82% of care home ratings in Luton.
- With 38 beds it is larger than 74% of care homes in Luton, where the typical home has 17.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 71% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Luton lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (27% of care homes in Luton are also rated below Good here); Well-led (30% of care homes in Luton are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Luton (Oct 2026).
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Widecombe Nursing Home questions answered
- How many beds does Widecombe Nursing Home have?
- Widecombe Nursing Home has 38 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Which provider runs Widecombe Nursing Home?
- CQC lists Niram Investments Limited as the provider responsible for Widecombe Nursing Home.
- What are Widecombe Nursing Home's fees?
- No fee list from Widecombe Nursing Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Widecombe Nursing Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Widecombe Nursing Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What services is Widecombe Nursing Home registered for?
- Widecombe Nursing Home is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- What is Widecombe Nursing Home's address?
- It is at 36 Grasmere Road, Luton, LU3 2DT.
- Is Widecombe Nursing Home a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-112633103 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Requires improvement overall in January 2026.
- Can Widecombe Nursing Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- How recent is Widecombe Nursing Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 20 January 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
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