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Frank Foster House

Loughton Lane, Theydon Bois, CM16 7LD · Essex · East of England

80 beds · operated by Runwood Homes Limited, part of Runwood

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement19 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 10 of this operator's 58 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement19 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old
CaringRequires improvement19 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement19 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 19 Apr 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
10 of 58 of Runwood Homes Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old19 Apr 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old15 May 2018
CaringRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old19 Apr 2023
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old15 May 2018
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old19 Apr 2023

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 — 57 other locations

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

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Alexandra House - HarlowGood15 Jul 2023Essex
Ashwood - WareGood25 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire
Bennett LodgeGood15 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs oldThurrock
BlackthornsRequires improvement27 Mar 2025Essex
Bracebridge CourtGood2 Jan 2026Warwickshire
BramwellGood9 Apr 2026Nottinghamshire
Braywood GardensGood14 Feb 2025Nottinghamshire
Brewster HouseRequires improvement27 Jun 2024Essex
BroomhillsGood3 May 2018rating 3+ yrs oldEssex
Caldwell GrangeGood25 May 2019rating 3+ yrs oldWarwickshire
Carolyne HouseGood15 Oct 2025Thurrock
Chelmunds CourtGood5 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs oldSolihull

…and 45 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
16 Dec 2010
Beds
80
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-131472098

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.