County Homes
40 New Hey Road, Wirral, CH49 5LE · Wirral · North West
81 beds · operated by Bondcare Willington Limited, part of Bondcare
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 4 years old, and 3 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeInadequate24 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement24 Jun 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 24 Jun 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 3 of 7 of Bondcare Willington 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 | Inadequaterating 3+ yrs old | 24 Jun 2022 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 15 Sep 2018 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Jun 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 — 6 other locations
Other active services registered to Bondcare Willington Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Allington House | Good12 Sep 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Birch Tree Manor | Requires improvement15 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Wirral |
| Brancepeth Court | Good21 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Lumley Residential Home | Good21 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Portland Domiciliary Service | Requires improvement27 Jan 2024 | County Durham |
| Richmond Court | Good15 Jan 2026 | County Durham |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 13 May 2024
- Beds
- 81
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-18796995635
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.