Spire (Preston) Ltd
Ground Floor, West Wing, Derby House, Preston, PR2 8JE · Lancashire · North West
Community based adult social care services · operated by Link-Ability
CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 8 years old.
- Age of rating
- 8 years old — published 16 May 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 5 of Link-Ability's rated homes are Good or better.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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 at home (visits) · Supported living
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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 | 16 May 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
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 — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to Link-Ability. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Link-Ability | Good28 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
| Link-Ability (West Lancs) | Good24 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
| Link-Ability Office Rochdale/Heywood | Good3 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Rochdale |
| St Mary's Gate Euxton | Good26 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-13135929646
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.