The Barn
Heath Farm, Heath Road, Lincoln, LN4 3JD · Lincolnshire · East Midlands
10 beds · operated by Autism Care (UK) Limited, part of Lifeways Community Care
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (5 Jun 2024), and the rating is 2 years old.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement5 Jun 2024
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 5 Jun 2024. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 9 of Autism Care (UK) Limited's rated homes are Good or better. 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 | 5 Jun 2024 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 25 Jul 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 25 Jul 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 25 Jul 2018 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 5 Jun 2024 |
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 — 9 other locations
Other active services registered to Autism Care (UK) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Autism Care (Grantham) | Good16 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Autism Care (Lincoln) | Good11 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Autism Care Community Services (Lincolnshire) | Not Rated | Lincolnshire |
| Autism Care Community Services (Milton Keynes) | Good21 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| The Cottage | Good18 Jan 2024 | Lincolnshire |
| The Croft | Good4 Jan 2024 | Lincolnshire |
| The Farmhouse | Good13 Nov 2025 | Lincolnshire |
| The Holt | Good30 Jan 2025 | Lincolnshire |
| The Paddocks | Good18 Oct 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 23 Dec 2010
- Beds
- 10
- Sector
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- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-145212044
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.