St Matthews Limited - The Avenue
2 The Avenue, Northampton, NN3 6BA · West Northamptonshire · East Midlands
32 beds · operated by St. Matthews Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Safe is Requires improvement (6 Mar 2026), and 4 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement6 Mar 2026
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 4 of 7 of St. Matthews Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Effective | Good | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Caring | Good | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Responsive | Good | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Well-led | Good | 6 Mar 2026 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 6 other locations
Other active services registered to St. Matthews Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Althorp Grange | Requires improvement11 Dec 2025 | West Northamptonshire |
| Hawthorne House | Requires improvement6 Sep 2024 | Coventry |
| Kingsthorpe Grange | Good9 Sep 2025 | West Northamptonshire |
| Maple Leaf House | Good20 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Coventry |
| St Matthews Unit | Requires improvement2 Sep 2023 | West Northamptonshire |
| Willow Brook House | Requires improvement17 Feb 2024 | North Northamptonshire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 24 Jan 2011
- Beds
- 32
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-116950746
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.