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200+ Checks · Official & Public Sources

Check one care home before your family commits.

Enter the home’s name. We assess 200+ possible signals across inspection history, ownership, finances, staffing, reviews, food hygiene and fee context — then explain what to ask next.

Choose a care home to check — £49

Usually ready within 1 hour. The care home is never notified.

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Best when one home is already the front-runner

Independent for families

No care home can pay to appear safer or stronger.

Usually ready within 1 hour

A practical check before fees and paperwork move any further.

Source-backed, interpreted, or visit only

You can see what the records support and what still needs checking in person.

The home is not notified

Your check stays confidential from the provider.

Use this when one home already looks likely and your family wants a calmer, more thorough final sense-check before committing.

3 Simple Steps

How to check a care home before you sign

If you already have one home in mind, this is how to check a care home properly before fees, paperwork, or a final decision move forward.

  1. 01

    Name the care home

    Search for the CQC-registered care home in England that your family is considering.

    No forms. No medical questionnaire. Just the home’s name.
  2. 02

    We run 200+ checks

    We cross-reference 7 data domains — automatically, against official and public records.

    • •Inspection history, Care Home CQC ratings, and enforcement actions
    • •Ownership, finances, debt signals, and director changes
    • •Care home reviews from families and staff
    • •Staff satisfaction from employee platforms
    • •Food hygiene, neighbourhood context, and transport links
    • •Regional fee benchmarks
    Available records are checked automatically, and important gaps stay visible.
  3. 03

    Read your report

    A secure link arrives by email when the report is ready, usually within 1 hour. Open it on any device. Share it with family members — everyone reads the same report.

    No account to create. No app to install. 90-day access.
Illustrative report preview

See what your report will look like

A Care Home Check report does not just give you a verdict. It shows the source behind each finding and explains what it means for your family. The example data below is illustrative; evidence coverage varies by home.

RCH

Care Home Check Report

Oakfield House, Surrey

Summary
Safety
Reviews
Finance
Staff

Worth a visit

Full evidence coverage

Strongest signal

The current safety record is source-backed, with no enforcement action found.

Main question to clarify

The published starting fee still needs an assessed written quote.

Visit focus

Take the priority questions and record specific evidence, not only reassurance.

Fees & provider records

Published fee and regional benchmark found; the assessed quote may be higher.

5 decision areas reviewed · no material concern found · 10 visit questions prepared

Safety

Source-backed

Reviews

Interpreted

Finance

Interpreted

Staff

Interpreted

Food

Source-backed

Visit Action Pack: priority questions first, followed by a six-point essential checklist.

200+ possible signals assessed · findings explained in one decision brief

Also included in your report

Care & Daily Life

Activities

12 types

Dementia

Specialist

Nursing

24hr

Clinical capabilities, activities programme, conditions supported, and building facilities.

Food & Hygiene

5/5

Hygiene Rating

Very Good

Last Inspection

8 months ago

Sub-scores for hygiene practices, structural compliance, and confidence in management. 5-year inspection timeline included.

Affordability

Published starting fee

£1,280/week

Regional Median

£1,090/week

Fees sit 14% above the local median. Council rate benchmark and self-funder vs council rate comparison included.

Practical Fit

Hospital

4.2 mi

GP

0.8 mi

Deprivation

Low

Transport links, nearest pharmacy, flood zone, and local deprivation index. Built for the family that visits regularly.

Questions for Your Visit

ImportantAsk what changed in Well-led since the last inspection

Why this is here: Well-led declined between the two latest published inspections.

A reassuring answer would mention

Dated actions, named owners and recent audit evidence.

Be cautious if they say

It is resolved but cannot show what changed or how it is checked.

Up to 12 prioritised questions from the findings, plus a six-point essential checklist. Screen, copy and print use the same selected list.

Check one care home — £49

What families cannot get from a quick search

Most services stop at ratings and review snippets. We connect the company, care-home, and review evidence behind them.

Ownership dossier

The company behind the care home

A care home is run by a company. That company files accounts, appoints directors, and takes on debt — all publicly recorded. We match the home to the operating company, trace the ownership trail, and explain what that may mean before your family commits to fees, paperwork, and the move itself.

  • •Who owns and operates the home behind the brand
  • •Director changes, secured charges, and filing delays
  • •Which record details are facts, context, or questions to clarify
  • •Why any of that matters before a difficult decision is harder to unwind

Review pattern analysis

What the review patterns may reveal

Where review evidence is available, we analyse family and staff feedback across public platforms. The report surfaces recurring themes and contradictions that are easy to miss when you only see one site or a single star average.

Which themes keep surfacing across the available reviews
Where praise and complaints point in different directions
Whether sentiment appears to be improving or worsening
What staff feedback suggests about day-to-day reality

A star average cannot tell you whether the same concern keeps appearing before you commit.

Trust & Transparency

Care Home CQC history, reviews, and evidence in one place.

Care Home Check brings together evidence that is usually scattered across separate records. For one home, you can see who runs it, what the published history shows, and what still needs checking in person.

An independent care-home check for families before they commit.

No care home pays to appear safer or stronger. The report shows the evidence, what it may mean, and where a visit still matters.

Inspection History

Quality over time

Provider Finances

Ownership, filings & director checks

Hygiene Record

Food safety scores

Family Reviews

Patterns, not just star ratings

Neighbourhood

Local context

Fee Context

Published fees or local benchmarks

Staff Feedback

Public employee-review signals

See how each type of evidence should be used

The report separates published facts from our interpretation and from questions only the home can answer.

Source-backed

Directly supported by a published source

Interpreted

Our explanation of patterns in the available evidence

Visit only

Cannot be confirmed from public records

Clear pricing

One home. One independent check. £49.

A one-time payment with no subscription, referral commission, or payment from the care home.

Care Home Check

One-off independent report

Check one home before your family commits

£49one-time payment
Choose the home and provide your email. We prepare the independent report and send a secure link when it is ready — usually within 1 hour.
  • One named care home — no medical questionnaire or account required
  • 200+ possible signals assessed across nine decision areas
  • A plain-English recommendation and the reasons behind it
  • Inspection history, ownership, finances, staffing, reviews, food hygiene, local context, and fee evidence
  • Source status and freshness shown for each decision area
  • Prioritised questions generated from the findings for your next call or visit
  • Secure family sharing and 90-day access
Choose a care home to check — £49
30-day refund window if the report does not help. The care home is not notified you ordered it.

The report uses official and public information with different publication dates. Confirm current vacancies, assessed fees, extras, and the home's ability to meet the person's needs directly with the provider.

Need help with a different decision?

Checking one home

I am considering one particular home

Care Home Check

£49

1 hr · No subscription

Need a recommendation

I do not know which homes would suit us

Care Home Matching Report

£119

24 hrs · No subscription

Costs and funding

I need to understand costs and support

Care Home Funding Report

£69

Personalised · No subscription

Practical reading after you have checked the home

Use these guides to prepare for the visit, understand the evidence, and ask the provider more specific questions.

What Care Home Reviews Actually Tell You: A Pattern-Reading Guide

How to read care home reviews properly. 7 patterns that reveal real quality — from aspect ratings and long-term trends to who writes reviews and why.

Read the guide

What CQC Ratings Actually Mean: 5 Critical Gaps Families Miss

What do CQC ratings really mean? Based on analysis of 14,599 care homes — how ratings work, what inspectors check and 5 things CQC doesn't assess.

Read the guide

Care Home Red Flags: 47 Warning Signs and What to Do

Use this care home red flags checklist to spot safety, staffing, review, CQC, fee and financial warning signs before committing.

Read the guide

Check the home before fees and paperwork move forward.

Choose one home. Receive a clear recommendation, the evidence behind it, and questions for your next call or visit — usually within 1 hour.
  • Paid by families, not care homes
  • 30-day refund window if it does not help
  • The home is not notified
Choose a care home to check — £49See sample report

Help us improve Care Home Check

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We’re speaking with families who are currently considering a care home. Tell Alex what decision you’re trying to make, what has been difficult, and what information you have been unable to find or trust.

You can reply by WhatsApp messages or voice notes, or choose a short 10–15 minute call. If Care Home Check is relevant to your situation, we’ll prepare your report free as a thank-you.

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