Little Gaynes Rest Home

146 Corbets Tey Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2ED

01708220473

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

24 October 2025

Provider

Little Gaynes Rest Home Limited

Beds

20 beds

About Little Gaynes Rest Home

Little Gaynes Rest Home is a residential care home in Havering, providing personal care for older people, including some living with dementia. Full details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Little Gaynes Rest Home is a residential care home in Essex providing personal care for up to 20 older people, some living with dementia. At the time of the assessment, 16 people were using the service, based across two floors of an adapted property.

The CQC rated the home Good overall, an improvement on the previous requires improvement rating. Inspectors found effective systems for assessing needs, monitoring quality and applying the Mental Capacity Act, with staff feeling well supported. Previous concerns about person-centred care, consent and governance had been addressed, with no breaches identified at this assessment.

Source: CQC assessment, 1 December 2025

Specialist Care

Older people

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: 20 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · RM14 2ED

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs.

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 1 December 2025. Assessment date recorded: 24 October 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 1 December 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Dates of assessment: 4 November 2025.
Little Gaynes Rest Home is a residential care home providing the regulated activity of personal care to up to a maximum of 20 people. The service provides support to older people, some of whom are living with dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 16 people using the service. The service is a residential property that has been adapted into a care home, based over two floors.
This assessment was carried out by an inspector. We looked at 13 quality statements. We spoke with people who used the service, their relatives, and staff to seek their views about the service.
This was a planned assessment, and the report only covers our findings in relation to the key questions effective and well-led. For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating.
The last rating for this service was ‘requires improvement’ (published 26 July 2023). This assessment was carried out to follow up on actions we told the provider to take at the last inspection.
The provider was previously in breach of the legal regulation in relation to Person-centre care, Need for consent and Good governance. Improvements were found at this assessment and the provider was no longer in breach of this regulation. There was an effective system in place to fully assess people’s needs. The provider acted in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. They had effective systems to assess, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the service.

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

Read Little Gaynes Rest Home'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 Little Gaynes Rest Home, consider asking...

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

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Little Gaynes Rest Home, look out for...

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

Could the NHS fund Little Gaynes Rest Home'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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