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Beacon HouseSouthend-on-Sea

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Rated:GoodResidential

Beacon House

18 Albion Road, Westcliff On Sea, Essex, SS0 7DR
07496294128
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

12 November 2024

Provider

Care In Style Limited

Beds

5 beds

Rating history

  1. GoodNov 2015
  2. OutstandingDec 2017
  3. GoodMar 2025

Rating dropped from Outstanding to Good in 2025. CQC has rated this home 3 times since 2015.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Care In Style Limited, which runs 6 care homes in England: 1 rated Outstanding, 4 Good and 1 not yet rated.

Average care home fees in the East of England: £1,034 a week for residential care and £1,411 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Beacon House

Beacon House is a residential care home in Southend-on-Sea, supporting people with a learning disability or autism. The details below set out the CQC's most recent findings on the service.

Beacon House is a residential care home in the community, supporting up to five people with a learning disability or autism, with easy access to local parks and shops. At the time of the assessment, four people were living there.

The CQC found the service had improved since its last assessment, with previous breaches relating to safe care, staffing and consent now resolved. People appeared happy, relaxed and comfortable with staff, and feedback from residents, families and health professionals was positive. Overall, the home was rated good.

Source: CQC assessment, 19 March 2025

Specialist Care

Learning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity
5 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · SS0 7DR

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 19 March 2025. Assessment date recorded: 12 November 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 19 March 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Beacon House is a residential care home. They provide support for up to 5 people who may have a learning disability or a diagnosis of autism. At the time of our assessment 4 people were using the service. The accommodation is in the community with good links to nearby parks, shops and other community facilities for people to access. We carried out our on-site assessment on the 12 and 14 February 2025. Off site assessment activity started on the 11 February and finished on 24 February 2025. This assessment was completed to follow up on the last assessment and to see if improvements had been made. The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to safe care and treatment, staffing and need to consent to care and treatment. Improvements were found at this assessment and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations. We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. We found the service was working within these principles.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Read Beacon House's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Beacon House, consider asking...

  1. 1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
  2. 2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
  3. 3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
  4. 4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
  5. 5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Beacon House, look out for...

  1. 1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
  2. 2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
  3. 3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
  4. 4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
  5. 5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Beacon House's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

18 Albion Road, Westcliff On Sea, Essex, SS0 7DR

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CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 12 November 2024

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