Horkesley Manor
Nayland Road, Colchester, CO6 4ET · Essex · East of England
73 beds · operated by Stow Healthcare Group Limited
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 Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 1 of this operator's 8 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement30 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs oldEffectiveRequires improvement30 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement30 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 30 Sep 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 8 of Stow Healthcare Group 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 question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 30 Sep 2022 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 30 Sep 2022 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 17 Oct 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 17 Oct 2019 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 30 Sep 2022 |
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 — 7 other locations
Other active services registered to Stow Healthcare Group Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Park Residential and Nursing Home | Outstanding26 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Ford Place Nursing Home | Outstanding28 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Halstead Hall Care Home | Good25 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Manson House | Good6 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Melford Court Care Home | Good7 May 2026 | Suffolk |
| Stowlangtoft Hall Nursing Home | Outstanding5 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Weavers Grange | Good10 Nov 2025 | Essex |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 12 Oct 2022
- Beds
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- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-13725020178
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.