DCA Essex
The Snug, The Gore, Braintree, CM77 6RL · Essex · East of England
Community based adult social care services · operated by Achieve Together Limited, part of Achieve Together
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Effective is Requires improvement (30 Jan 2025), and 30 of this operator's 182 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- EffectiveRequires improvement30 Jan 2025
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 30 of 182 of Achieve Together 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 question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Effective | Requires improvement | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 30 Jan 2025 |
| Well-led | Good | 30 Jan 2025 |
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 — 188 other locations
Other active services registered to Achieve Together Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Charmandean Road | Requires improvement24 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| 1 Fengates Road | Good5 Mar 2026 | Surrey |
| 100 Goldstone Crescent | Good25 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Brighton and Hove |
| 101 Cheam Road | Good16 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Sutton |
| 16 Hawthorn Crescent | Good1 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| 17 Heathcote Road | Good12 Mar 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| 179 Green Lane | Good5 Apr 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Merton |
| 18 Hawthorn Crescent | Good4 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| 21a Victoria Road | Good26 Jan 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| 23 Pierrepoint Road | Requires improvement6 Apr 2026 | Ealing |
| 23 Valley Road | Good23 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| 231 Brook Lane | Good14 Jan 2025 | Hampshire |
…and 176 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 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/1-13376077811
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.