Sowerby House
Front Street, Thirsk, YO7 1JP · North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and The Humber
CQC’s records also hold a deregistered registration with this name at this postcode: Sowerby House, Larchwood Care Homes (North) Limited, deregistered 6 Aug 2021.
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but 3 of this operator's 4 rated homes are below Good.
- This operator's rated services
- Of Ultimate Care Limited's 4 rated homes, 3 are below Good — not this one. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 51
- Registered with CQC
- 5 Aug 2021
- Run by
- Ultimate Care Limited
- Part of
- We Care Group · 35 services
- Phone
- 01845525986
- Website
- www.wecaregroup.co.uk
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home without nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Effective | Good | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Well-led | Good | 3 Dec 2025 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 3 other locations
Other active services registered to Ultimate Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Barton Brook Care Home | Requires improvement, published 15 Dec 2025 | Salford |
| Bilton Hall Nursing Home | Requires improvement, published 30 Aug 2024 | North Yorkshire |
| Saltshouse Haven Care Home | Requires improvement, published 28 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Kingston upon Hull, City of |
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
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- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
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- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes registered for care without nursing within 10 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Ruby Lodge Care Homeabout 0.7 miles · Thirsk · 70 bedsNot yet rated
- Hambleton Grangeabout 1.1 miles · Thirsk · 50 bedsGood, published 16 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Northfield Houseabout 4.6 miles · Thirsk · 8 bedsGood, published 17 Jun 2025
- Valley Road - Resource Centreabout 8.5 miles · Northallerton · 6 bedsGood, published 26 Feb 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-11217112979
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.