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Quality
Good CQC · inspected Aug 2021
Costs
From £7,609 / month (estimate)
Availability
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Orchard Lea is a residential care home in Cullompton, South West, operated by Orchard Homes Private Limited since 2018. The home has 37 beds and is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. The home specialises in dementia care, including support for Alzheimer's.
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Safety & Quality
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Expected August 2023, now 55 months past due.
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Costs & Funding
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Typical weekly care cost
From £1,750 per week
≈ £7,609 per month
Estimate based on 52 weeks / 12 months.
You may pay less if eligible for Local Authority or NHS CHC funding.
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Family Feedback
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Next Steps
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Home Intelligence
This page helps you shortlist. The Home Intelligence report helps you verify Orchard Lea across regulation, staffing, reviews, food hygiene, finances and local context.
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Public signals already visible on this page
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Ownership structure, overdue accounts, director changes and insolvency markers.
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Independent staff sentiment, hiring pressure and continuity clues that affect day-to-day care.
Helps you judge whether continuity of care may be affected.
Repeated complaints, worsening themes over time and gaps a star rating can hide.
Shows what a headline rating or review average cannot explain.
Inspection pattern, sub-scores and context behind the current hygiene badge.
More useful than a single food hygiene score on its own.
Rating age, domain-level weaknesses, enforcement history and quality trajectory.
Tells you whether a reassuring rating still deserves confidence.
The report turns findings into practical questions to ask the manager during your visit.
Turns analysis into a better visit and a better decision.
What directory pages usually show
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What the report verifies
Examples of the extra context and decision checks the report adds before your visit.
CQC rating and a quick quality summary
How old the rating is, whether the trend is changing, and which domains deserve extra scrutiny.
Star ratings and a handful of review snippets
Repeated complaints, recent shifts in sentiment, and whether family feedback is thinning out or getting worse.
Headline fees and basic provider information
Whether costs look high for the area and whether the operator shows signs of financial strain.
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CQC standing
Good
Nearby avg: Good
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