Care home · Hove
Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road
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- 12 Lyndhurst Road, Hove, BN3 6FA
- Run by
- Z & M Care Limited (2 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 7 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Dinarte De Freitas Coelho
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1998 (28 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03532933)
- Last CQC check
- 25 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. 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 1-115946758
Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road at a glance
Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road is a CQC-registered residential care home in Hove, run by Z & M Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (August 2026). It is one of 61 CQC-registered care homes in and around Brighton; 53 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score74 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Effective75% score77 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Caring75% score82 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Responsive75% score77 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
- Well-led75% score68 of 84 in Brighton and Hove
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 25 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Brighton and Hove share it.
The company behind Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road
Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road is run by Z & M Care Limited (company 03532933), incorporated in 1998, 12 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Z & M Care Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Brighton and Hove, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Likely fees
We estimate Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
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 Brighton and Hove Council for a free care needs assessment.
Around Hove
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Z & M Care Limited - 4-10 Lyndhurst Road, under 0.5 miles away.
2 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Goldsmid ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (4 min), a park (4 min), a café (2 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Percentage scores by area
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, Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road scores 75%.
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 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- 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
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 13 July 2026, published 25 August 2026, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Jul 2016
- Mar 2019
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 13 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 23 July 2016
- Inspection report 4 February 2014
- Inspection report 13 April 2013
- Inspection report 24 April 2012
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 February 2026 by Brighton and Hove. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Lyndhurst Care Homes"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Goldsmid
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN3 (51)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 170 m (2 min walk) · 31 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Hove, 1.0 km (13 min walk)
- GP surgery Charter Medical Centre, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Charter Pharmacy, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Wilsons Newsagents, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Park St Ann's Well Gardens, 360 m (4 min walk)
- Café Harrisons of Hove, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship St Mary and St Abraam Church, 200 m (3 min walk)
- Library The Cowley Library, 1.4 km (17 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.
From the latest CQC inspection
- It provides accommodation with personal care and support for up to 7 people.
- Accommodation is provided over 3 floors, and communal areas included a lounge, dining room and kitchen.
- People had their own rooms with access to gardens at the rear of the service.
- One person told us, “Yeah, I’m alright, it’s alright here.
Inspected 22 January 2019; report published 13 March 2019. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road over the years
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 13 March 2019.
The ratings in context
Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road 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 67 of the 83 other care homes in Brighton and Hove that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Family reviews
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How Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road compares
- Rated Good. Across Brighton and Hove, 92% of the 84 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 92% of care home ratings in Brighton and Hove.
- With 7 beds it is smaller than 80% of care homes in Brighton and Hove, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 76% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Brighton and Hove lists 2.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Brighton and Hove; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road
- What kind of care can Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road offer?
- CQC lists Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Where is Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road?
- It is at 12 Lyndhurst Road, Hove, BN3 6FA.
- Is Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road as a care home, location ID 1-115946758 and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- Does Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road support people with dementia?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
- When was Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 25 August 2026. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How big is Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road?
- CQC registers Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road for 7 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road?
- Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road is run by Z & M Care Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road charge?
- We don't have published prices from Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,450 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Z & M Care Limited -12 Lyndhurst Road: 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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