Care home · Croydon
Woodside Court
Illustrative photo, not of Woodside Court- Address
- 80 - 82 Birchanger Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 5BG
- Run by
- Cognithan Limited (7 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 10 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- July 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Christina Makoni
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2004 (22 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05244587)
- Last CQC check
- 31 Aug 2022
- 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
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-208974114
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Woodside Court is based in Croydon, run by Cognithan Limited. Its registered specialisms include mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2022). It is one of 129 CQC-registered care homes in and around Croydon; 108 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe104 of 121 in Croydon
- Effective117 of 121 in Croydon
- Caring117 of 121 in Croydon
- Responsive112 of 121 in Croydon
- Well-led102 of 121 in Croydon
CQC key question ratings, published 31 August 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Croydon share it.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Ownership and company checks
Woodside Court is run by Cognithan Limited (company 05244587), incorporated in 2004, 6 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Cognithan Limited runs 7 CQC-registered services across 4 council areas; 5 of the 6 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (83%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Croydon.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is The Manse Residential Care Home, 0.6 miles away.
16 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Woodside ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most 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 (5 min), a shop (5 min), a park (6 min), a café (9 min), a bus stop (3 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The inspection, summarised
- The provider managed risks to the premises with a range of checks such as those relating to fire, electrical, gas and water safety.
- Risks relating to people's care, such as those relating to their mental health, were also assessed and clear guidance was in place for staff to follow to reduce the risks.
- There were enough staff and staff were recruited through procedures to check they were suitable to work with vulnerable people.
- Staff understood how to safeguard people from abuse and neglect.
Inspected 2 August 2022; report published 31 August 2022. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
What it may cost
We estimate Woodside Court 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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How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from July 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2016–2022), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 4 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.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 31 August 2022.
Rating history
- Mar 2016
- Nov 2016
- Apr 2017
- Nov 2019
- Aug 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
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 31 August 2022
- CQC inspection report 21 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 21 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 24 November 2016
- CQC inspection report 15 March 2016
- Inspection report 10 June 2014
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 13 November 2025 by Croydon. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Woodside Court Women's Service"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Woodside
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Croydon East
- NHS planning area
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SE25 (9)
View on OpenStreetMap · Plan a journey · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Local amenities
- Bus stop 220 m (3 min walk) · 16 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Norwood Junction, 580 m (7 min walk)
- GP surgery The Enmore Practice, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Fishers Pharmacy, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Park Woodside Green, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Café YEHA NOHA, 700 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship St. Luke's, 580 m (7 min walk)
- Library South Norwood Library, 720 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
What the ratings tell you
Woodside Court has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 101 of the 120 other care homes in Croydon that CQC has rated.
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Woodside Court against its area
- Rated Good. Across Croydon, 90% of the 121 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2022) is more recent than 41% of care home ratings in Croydon.
- With 10 beds it is smaller than 59% of care homes in Croydon, where the typical home has 14.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 57% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Croydon lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Croydon as at Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Woodside Court
- Who runs Woodside Court?
- CQC lists Cognithan Limited as the provider responsible for Woodside Court.
- How big is Woodside Court?
- Woodside Court has 10 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Is Woodside Court rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Woodside Court: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does care from Woodside Court cost?
- No fee list from Woodside Court has reached 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 Woodside Court a registered provider?
- Yes. Woodside Court is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-208974114) and was rated Good overall in August 2022.
- Where is Woodside Court based?
- It is at 80 - 82 Birchanger Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 5BG.
- What services is Woodside Court registered for?
- Woodside Court is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- How recent is Woodside Court's CQC rating?
- 31 August 2022 is when the current rating was published, 4 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Does Woodside Court support people with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
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