Home care agency · Clacton-on Sea
Bruntsfield House
Illustrative photo, not of Bruntsfield House- Address
- 68-70 Wellesley Road, Clacton-on Sea, CO15 3PL
- Run by
- Florijn Care Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home, Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2014 (12 years)
- Registered manager
- Russell Marc Channer
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2012 (14 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08020476)
- Last CQC check
- 5 Sep 2020
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-1636395156
About Bruntsfield House
Registered with CQC as a home care agency that also provides supported living, Bruntsfield House is based in Clacton-on Sea, run by Florijn Care Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (August 2018). It is one of 26 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Clacton-on-Sea; 18 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Bruntsfield House over the years
CQC registration dates from September 2014, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2020), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
At 8 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
CQC lists 3 reports for this location, the latest dated 5 September 2020.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
Reading Bruntsfield House's CQC ratings
Bruntsfield House 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 233 of the 311 other agencies in Essex that CQC has rated.
Around Clacton-on Sea
There are 10 other agencies within 3 miles, 7 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Tendring Care, under 0.5 miles away.
17 of the 18 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in St James ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe271 of 312 in Essex
- Effective290 of 311 in Essex
- Caring291 of 311 in Essex
- Responsive292 of 311 in Essex
- Well-led234 of 312 in Essex
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 11 August 2018. Under each rating: how many agencies in Essex share it.
Likely fees
We estimate visits from Bruntsfield House at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.
For live-in care, expect around £1,450–£1,770 a week in this region.
With savings below £23,250, Essex Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
From the latest CQC inspection
- People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing and personal care as a single package under a contractual agreement with the local authority, health authority or the individual, if privately funded.
- The service provides care and support to people with high support needs, learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions.
- There were six people living in the residential service and nine people in supported living.
- We found the following examples of good practice: The management team led by example and worked as part of the team to combat Covid 19.
Inspected 19 August 2020; report published 5 September 2020. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The registered provider
Bruntsfield House is run by Florijn Care Limited (company 08020476), incorporated in 2012, 2 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
Florijn Care Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
All 3 are in Essex, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Past CQC ratings
- Apr 2016
- Aug 2018
- Sep 2020
- Today Rating 8 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 5 September 2020
- CQC inspection report 11 August 2018
- CQC inspection report 7 April 2016
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- St James
- Council
- Essex County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Clacton
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in CO15 (10)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. Carers work from this office and visit homes in the surrounding area.
Family reviews
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Where Bruntsfield House stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Essex, 90% of the 310 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2018) is more recent than 5% of agency ratings in Essex.
- Registered with CQC in 2014: it has been registered longer than 84% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 7 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Essex lists 6.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered home care agencies in Essex (Oct 2026).
Other agencies close by
Guides for families
Clacton-on-Sea: home care agencies inspected recently
- Essex and Suffolk Quality Care LtdJun 2025 · 3.4 miles
- Ivy Grace Home Care LTD - Kirby Cross BranchJun 2026 · 3.9 miles
- Aldanat CareSep 2026 · 4.3 miles
Questions about Bruntsfield House
- Is Bruntsfield House registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Bruntsfield House last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 11 August 2018, 8 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Where is Bruntsfield House?
- The agency works from 68-70 Wellesley Road, Clacton-on Sea, CO15 3PL; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- Is Bruntsfield House a registered provider?
- Bruntsfield House is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-1636395156) and was rated Good overall in August 2018.
- What are Bruntsfield House's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Bruntsfield House yet. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Bruntsfield House rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What type of care does Bruntsfield House provide?
- CQC lists Bruntsfield House under: residential homes, homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Which provider runs Bruntsfield House?
- The registered provider is Florijn Care Limited, according to CQC.
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