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Lukestone Dementia Nursing Home

7 St Michaels Road, Maidstone, ME16 8BS · Kent · South East

44 beds · operated by Nellsar Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement2 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 3 of this operator's 13 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement2 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement2 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
4 years old — published 2 Dec 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
3 of 13 of Nellsar 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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old2 Dec 2021
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Jun 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Jun 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Jun 2018
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old2 Dec 2021

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 — 12 other locations

Other active services registered to Nellsar Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Abbotsleigh Dementia Nursing and Residential Care HomeGood14 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Bromley Park Dementia Nursing HomeGood5 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs oldBromley
Hengist Field Care CentreGood23 Dec 2024Kent
Loose Valley Nursing HomeGood23 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Lulworth House Dementia Residential Care HomeGood6 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Meyer House Nursing and Residential Care HomeGood9 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs oldBexley
Princess Christian Residential and Nursing Care HomeGood11 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs oldSurrey
Silverpoint Court Residential Care HomeRequires improvement14 Apr 2025Essex
Sonya Lodge Dementia Residential Care HomeGood12 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs oldKent
St Winifreds Care CentreGood14 Jan 2021rating 3+ yrs oldKent
The Old Downs Care CentreGood5 Nov 2024Kent
Woodstock Care CentreRequires improvement18 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs oldKent

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
18 Jan 2011
Beds
44
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-122186239

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.