Saxon Close
2 Saxon Close, Flitwick, MK45 1UT · Central Bedfordshire · East of England
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but 2 of this operator's 20 rated services are below Good.
- This operator's rated services
- Of MacIntyre Care's 20 rated services, 2 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
- 6
- Registered with CQC
- 23 Mar 2011
- Run by
- MacIntyre Care
- Part of
- MacIntyre Care · 21 services
- Phone
- 01525720170
- Website
- www.macintyrecharity.org
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 | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Effective | Good | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Caring | Good | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Responsive | Good | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Well-led | Good | 20 Dec 2024 |
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 — 20 other locations
Other active services registered to MacIntyre Care. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| 42a Haddon | Good, published 15 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Anvil Close | Good, published 14 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Wandsworth |
| Ceely Road | Good, published 10 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Crosby Close | Good, published 23 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Daubeney Gate | Good, published 25 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Hubbard Close | Good, published 17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Central Bedfordshire |
| MacIntyre Ampthill Support | Good, published 13 Jan 2026supported living service | Central Bedfordshire |
| MacIntyre Central Hub | Good, published 2 Dec 2023 | Milton Keynes |
| MacIntyre Hertfordshire | Requires improvement, published 17 Oct 2023 | Hertfordshire |
| MacIntyre Leicester | Outstanding, published 11 Jun 2026supported living service | Leicestershire |
| MacIntyre North West Hub | Not yet rated | Warrington |
| Marley Grove | Good, published 17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
…and 8 more. See the full group view.
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 5 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.
- Hubbard Closeabout 0.8 miles · Flitwick · 5 bedsGood, published 17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Pine Houseabout 0.8 miles · Bedford · 5 bedsNot yet rated
- Pine Lodgeabout 0.8 miles · Bedford · 6 bedsNot yet rated
- The Grove -2about 1.9 miles · Bedford · 7 bedsGood, published 21 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-119126390
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.