Care home · Ayr, Scotland
Wallacetown Gardens
Care Inspectorate
Wallacetown Gardens is a care home in Ayr, South Ayrshire, run by Wallacetown Gardens Ltd. It is registered for 20 people, with 20 single bedrooms.
- Address
- Wallacetown Gardens Care Centre, 20 Forbes Drive, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Ayr, KA8 9FG
- Run by
- Wallacetown Gardens Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private)
- Type of care home
- Mental Health Problems
- Places
- 20 (20 single rooms)
- Main area of care
- Mental health problems (other than dementia)
- Council area
- South Ayrshire
- Registered
- November 2021
- Last inspection
- 28 July 2026
Care Inspectorate grades
| How well do we support people's wellbeing? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How well is care and support planned? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |
Grades published 12 August 2026. Scale: 6 excellent, 5 very good, 4 good, 3 adequate, 2 weak, 1 unsatisfactory.
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Wallacetown Gardens compared with care homes in South Ayrshire
- Lowest grade. Its lowest grade is 4 (good). Of the other 32 care homes in South Ayrshire, 5 have a higher lowest grade and 22 have the same. 84% of them are graded 4 (good) or better in every area, against 77% of all care homes in Scotland.
- Grade by theme against the South Ayrshire average. Wellbeing 4 (area average 4.8); Care planning 4 (area average 4.4); Setting 5 (area average 4.5); Staff team 4 (area average 4.5); Leadership 4 (area average 4.4).
- Last inspection. Inspected 4 months ago; the median for care homes in South Ayrshire is 7 months.
- Size. Registered for 20 people. The median is 33 for care homes in South Ayrshire, and 19% are smaller.
- Staffing. 43.1 staff reported for 20 places, or 2.16 per place. The median for care homes in South Ayrshire is 1.00. 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. 25% of the other care homes in South Ayrshire have at least one upheld complaint in the same period.
- Registered. On the regulator's register since November 2021 (5.0 years); the median for care homes in South Ayrshire is 22.5 years.
- Health board. South Ayrshire sits in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area.
Compared with the other 32 care homes on this site in South Ayrshire. 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.