Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited

26 Kings Road, Clacton On Sea, Essex, CO15 1AZ

01255423861

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

20 February 2026

Provider

Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited

Beds

21 beds

About Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited

Cavendish Residential Care Homes is a residential care home in Essex, providing support for people including those living with dementia. Details of the most recent CQC inspection are set out below.

Cavendish Residential Care Homes, in Essex, is a residential care home providing support for up to 21 people, including those living with dementia. Following concerns raised about the service, the CQC rated it Requires Improvement overall, identifying three breaches relating to dignity and respect, safe care and treatment, and governance. Inspectors found risks were not always identified promptly, with shortfalls in care planning, infection control, medication and the environment, alongside instances where people were not treated with full dignity.

Management instability had affected oversight, though a new team was in post and focused on improvement. Staff were described by families as kind and caring, and most people said they would recommend the home, but involvement in care planning and access to activities needed significant work.

Source: CQC assessment, 12 May 2026

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peopleYounger 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: 21 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CO15 1AZ

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia.

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: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 12 May 2026. Assessment date recorded: 20 February 2026.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 12 May 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 3 March to 1 April 2026. The service is a residential care home providing support to up to 21 people, including those living with dementia. We carried out this assessment in response to concerns we had received about the service.
We found 3 breaches of regulations relating to dignity and respect, safe care and treatment, and governance.
Risks to people were not identified and mitigated by the provider in a timely way, and there were shortfalls in the care planning and risk assessment processes. We also identified concerns relating to infection control, medication and the environment. Whilst staff engaged positively with people, observations showed people were not always treated with dignity and respect, including as a result of some closed culture indicators which still needed to be fully addressed. There had been management change and instability at the service which had taken the provider’s resources away from the day-to-day running of the care home and impacted on the governance and oversight required to ensure the safety and quality of the service. However, a new management team were in post and committed to making rapid improvements at the location to support good outcomes for people.
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Safe: Requires Improvement
Effective: Requires Improvement
Caring: Requires Improvement
Responsive: Requires Improvement
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited'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 Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited'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.

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