Spring Lodge
23 Vicarage Gardens, Clacton On Sea, CO15 1BU · Essex · East of England
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 7 years old.
- Age of rating
- 7 years old — published 29 Jan 2019. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 22 of Black Swan International Limited's rated homes are Good or better.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 20
- Registered with CQC
- 18 Jan 2011
- Run by
- Black Swan International Limited
- Phone
- 01255420045
- Website
- www.blackswan.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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Jan 2019 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Jan 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Jan 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Jan 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Jan 2019 |
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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 22 other locations
Other active services registered to Black Swan International Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Beccles Care Home | Good, published 25 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Belamacanda | Good, published 23 Sep 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Chiswick House | Outstanding, published 21 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Drummonds | Good, published 22 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Heathcote | Good, published 29 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Kings Lynn Residential Home | Good, published 11 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Laurel Lodge Care Home | Good, published 12 Sep 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Lodge Care Home | Good, published 30 Nov 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Maitland House | Good, published 5 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Mid Meadows | Good, published 18 Oct 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Nightingale Lodge | Outstanding, published 21 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Park House | Good, published 4 Sep 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
…and 10 more.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 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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Other services in Clacton On Searegistered for at least one of the same groups this service supports, listed with the strongest CQC ratings first. A place to look around — not a recommendation, and not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- BelamacandaClacton On Sea · 22 bedsGood, published 23 Sep 2017rating 3+ yrs old
- Brooklyn HouseClacton On Sea · 18 bedsGood, published 1 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Cavendish HouseClacton On Sea · 6 bedsGood, published 20 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Cherry Leas Care HomeClacton On Sea · 16 bedsGood, published 19 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old
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- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-121489610
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.