Care home · Islington

Wilton Villas

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 22 May 2021 Rating 5 years old
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Address
Wilton Square, London, N1 3DN
Service
Residential care home
Beds
28 (registered with CQC)
Registered with CQC
January 2011 (15 years)
Registered manager
James Stuart Crockart
Company check
Active, accounts up to date (Companies House IP22546R)
Last CQC check
22 May 2021
Typical fees Estimated
£1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate

CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-112849203

The service in brief

Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Wilton Villas is based in Islington, run by St Martin Of Tours Housing Association Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in mental health conditions.

Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2021). It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Islington; 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Wilton Villas at £1,450–£1,780 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £75k–£93k.

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Ownership and company checks

Wilton Villas is run by St Martin Of Tours Housing Association Limited (company IP22546R).

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time and there is no insolvency history.

St Martin Of Tours Housing Association Limited runs 4 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.

3 of its services are in Islington.

How it fits locally

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 St Martins of Tours Housing - 158-162 New North Road, under 0.5 miles away.

12 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in St Mary's & St James' 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 West and North London ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (2 min), a shop (2 min), a park (1 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Each area CQC checks

  • SafeGood14 of 15 in Islington
  • EffectiveGood14 of 15 in Islington
  • CaringGood13 of 15 in Islington
  • ResponsiveGood14 of 15 in Islington
  • Well-ledGood14 of 15 in Islington

As rated by CQC, published 22 May 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Islington share it.

What inspectors found

  • We saw that risk assessments concerning people's day to day mental health and other support needs were clear and regularly reviewed.
  • There were descriptions of potential risks and information for staff about action to be taken to reduce risks and how to respond if new risks emerged.
  • The service liaised more effectively with community based mental health and social care professionals.
  • People were supported to exercise maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service support this practice.

Inspected 6 May 2021; report published 22 May 2021; supporting 18 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Specialisms

Taken from its CQC registration.

History with CQC

Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2021), starting at Insufficient evidence to rate; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.

No new overall rating has been published for 5 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.

There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 22 May 2021.

What the ratings tell you

CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 13 of the 14 other care homes in Islington that CQC has rated.

Ratings over time

  1. Jun 2015 Insufficient evidence to rate
  2. May 2016 Good
  3. Aug 2018 Good
  4. Dec 2019 Requires improvement
  5. May 2021 Good
  6. Today Rating 5 years old

Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.

CQC reports

Area and map

Ward
St Mary's & St James'
Parliamentary constituency
Islington South and Finsbury
NHS planning area
NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board
Setting
Urban · nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in N1 (7)

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Close by

  • Bus stop 40 m (1 min walk) · 28 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station Essex Road, 570 m (7 min walk)
  • GP surgery Elizabeth Avenue Group Practice, 230 m (3 min walk)
  • Pharmacy North London Health Centre, 160 m (2 min walk)
  • Shop The Co-operative Food, 180 m (2 min walk)
  • Park Wilton Square, 40 m (1 min walk)
  • Café Bobo & Wild, 210 m (3 min walk)
  • Place of worship St James, 380 m (5 min walk)
  • Library South Library, 620 m (8 min walk)

Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.

Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).

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Wilton Villas in local context

  • Rated Good. Across Islington, 100% of the 15 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
  • Its rating (May 2021) is more recent than 47% of care home ratings in Islington.
  • With 28 beds it is smaller than 61% of care homes in Islington, where the typical home has 53.
  • Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 44% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Islington lists 3.

All figures compare it with other care homes in Islington; CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Wilton Villas: common questions

Where is Wilton Villas based?
It is at Wilton Square, London, N1 3DN.
Is Wilton Villas registered with CQC?
It is. The CQC register records Wilton Villas as a care home, location ID 1-112849203 and was rated Good overall in May 2021.
What kind of care can Wilton Villas offer?
CQC lists Wilton Villas under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
Is Wilton Villas registered for dementia care?
Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
When did CQC last rate Wilton Villas?
CQC published the current rating on 22 May 2021, 5 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
How big is Wilton Villas?
Wilton Villas has 28 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
Who runs Wilton Villas?
Wilton Villas is run by St Martin Of Tours Housing Association Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
What are Wilton Villas's fees?
We don't have published prices from Wilton Villas yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,456 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in London). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
How is Wilton Villas rated for safety and leadership?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.

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