England

David HouseSutton

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Rated:GoodResidential

David House

36 Sandy Lane South, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 9QZ

02086477981

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

26 November 2025

Provider

Care Direct UK Limited

Beds

8 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementApr 2017
Requires ImprovementAug 2017
Requires ImprovementJun 2018
GoodJul 2019
Requires ImprovementFeb 2021
Requires ImprovementApr 2022
GoodJan 2026

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2026. CQC has rated this home 7 times since 2017.

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

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Care Direct UK Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in London: £1,189 a week for residential care and £1,513 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
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 David House

David House is a residential care home in Sutton, providing personal care for a small number of people with mental health support needs. Further details on the CQC's findings appear below.

David House provides personal care for up to 8 people supporting their mental health, some of whom have a learning disability and/or are autistic. At the time of the assessment, 6 people were living there.

The CQC found the home overall Good, with people well cared for and comfortable with staff. However, inspectors found the provider remained in breach of regulations on good governance, with weak audit systems and no registered manager in post, though staff and residents felt well supported by the interim manager.

Source: CQC assessment, 6 January 2026

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesOlder 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.

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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: 8 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · SM6 9QZ

Registered care categories

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

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 6 January 2026. Assessment date recorded: 26 November 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 6 January 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 5 to 11 December 2025
David House is a care home providing personal care to up to 8 people, who require support with their mental health. Some of whom have a learning disability and/or are autistic. At the time of our assessment there were 6 people using the service.
We undertook this assessment to follow up on a breach of regulation identified at our previous assessment. This assessment included all quality statements within the Well-led key question. At this assessment we found the provider continued to be in breach of the legal regulation relating to good governance.
Robust governance systems continued to not be in place to review the quality and safety of care delivery. There was not a regular programme of audit to review key areas of service delivery to ensure these were delivered in line with the provider’s policies and procedures. Where checklists were being used to review areas of service delivery, we saw when improvements were identified as being required, these were not always actioned in a timely manner.
There continued to not be a registered manager in post which impacted on the oversight and leadership of the service. However, staff and people reported feeling well supported by the interim home manager. They felt able to speak openly with them and felt their views and opinions would be listened to. The provider was in the process of recruiting a registered manager.
We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

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 David 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 David House, 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 David House, 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 David 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.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees