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Kensington Lodge

53 Broadmark Lane, Littlehampton, BN16 2HJ · West Sussex · South East

18 beds · operated by Mrs K Kalkat and Mr GS Nijjar

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement20 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 2 of this operator's 3 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement20 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement20 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 20 Apr 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 3 of Mrs K Kalkat and Mr GS Nijjar'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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old20 Apr 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Aug 2019
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Aug 2019
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Aug 2019
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old20 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 — 2 other locations

Other active services registered to Mrs K Kalkat and Mr GS Nijjar. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Lobswood HouseRequires improvement24 May 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWest Sussex
Sea Bank HouseGood5 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldLancashire

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
26 Jan 2011
Beds
18
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-160828100

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.