Care home · Forres, Scotland
Meadowlark
Care Inspectorate
Meadowlark is a care home in Forres, Moray, run by Renaissance Care (No1) Limited. It is registered for 57 people, with 57 single bedrooms.
- Address
- Mannachie Road, Forres, IV36 2JT
- Run by
- Renaissance Care (No1) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private)
- Type of care home
- Older People
- Places
- 57 (57 single rooms)
- Main area of care
- Older people - frailty
- Also cares for
- Hearing impairment, Korsakoffs syndrome, Learning difficulties, Neurological condition (other than dementia), Older people - dementia, Older people - frailty, Palliative and end of life care, Physical disability or illness, Visual impairment
- Council area
- Moray
- Registered
- November 2011
- Last inspection
- 8 September 2025
Care Inspectorate grades
| How well do we support people's wellbeing? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How well is care and support planned? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |
Grades published 26 September 2025. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.
Read the inspection reports on the Care Inspectorate website →
Meadowlark compared with care homes (older people) in Moray
- Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 5 (very good). Of the other 12 care homes (older people) in Moray, 0 have a higher lowest grade and 3 have the same. 83% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 77% of all care homes in Scotland.
- Grade by theme against the Moray average. Wellbeing 5 (area average 4.3); Care planning 5 (area average 4.3); Setting 5 (area average 4.5); Staff team 5 (area average 4.4); Leadership 5 (area average 4.4).
- Last inspection. Inspected 14 months ago; the median for care homes (older people) in Moray is 8 months.
- Size. Registered for 57 people. The median is 42 for care homes (older people) in Moray, and 92% are smaller.
- Staffing. 51.6 staff reported for 57 places, or 0.91 per place. The median for care homes (older people) in Moray is 0.79. Reported staff numbers are a rough guide, not a safe-staffing measure, so ask the service how it staffs each shift.
- Complaints and enforcement. The Care Inspectorate datastore records no upheld complaints and no enforcement notices for this service in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. 33% of the other care homes (older people) in Moray have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
- Registered. On the regulator's register since November 2011 (15.0 years); the median for care homes (older people) in Moray is 23.7 years.
- Same provider. Renaissance Care (No1) Limited also runs 8 other regulated services in Scotland (8 care homes, 0 care at home) across 5 council areas, including Persley Castle (Aberdeen City), Cowdray Club (Aberdeen City), Torry Care Home (Aberdeen City), Jesmond Care Home (Aberdeen City).
- Health board. Moray sits in the NHS Grampian area.
Compared with the other 12 care homes (older people) on this site in Moray. Source: Care Inspectorate datastore. Grades describe the last inspection, not the service today.
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Paying for care in Scotland (2026/27)
- Free personal care for adults assessed as needing it, at any age: in a care home the council pays £260.30 a week towards personal care, plus £117.10 a week for nursing care if needed.
- Care home fees are means-tested: savings above £36,750 mean you pay the rest of the fee yourself; below £22,750 savings are ignored, and £1 a week is counted for every £250 in between.
- Personal care at home (help with washing, dressing, eating) is free once the council assesses the need; other help at home may be charged.
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Service details and grades from the Care Inspectorate datastore, checked November 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is an independent directory and does not provide care.