The Limes 1
5 Church Lane, Ely, CB6 1PS · Cambridgeshire · East of England
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.
CQC’s records also hold a deregistered registration with this name at this postcode: The Limes 1, Making Space, deregistered 1 Jul 2024.
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 8 years old, and 1 of this operator's 3 rated homes is below Good.
- Age of rating
- 8 years old — published 16 May 2018, and no newer rating had been published by 1 Sep 2026. A re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- This operator's rated services
- Of Suffolk Serenity Living Limited's 3 rated homes, 1 is below Good — not this one.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 19
- Registered with CQC
- 1 Jul 2024
- Run by
- Suffolk Serenity Living Limited
- Phone
- 01925571680
- Website
- www.makingspace.co.uk
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home with nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 May 2018 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to Suffolk Serenity Living Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Burlingham House | Good, published 6 Jul 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Feltwell Lodge | Requires improvement, published 14 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
| Lark View | Not yet rated | Suffolk |
| Orwell Care Home | Not yet rated | Suffolk |
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
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- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
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- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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See a sample and order →Similar services nearby
Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes with nursing within 25 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Townsend Manorabout 7.7 miles · Ely · 70 bedsRequires improvement, published 20 Apr 2026
- Soham Lodgeabout 8.1 miles · Ely · 49 bedsGood, published 16 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Swan Houseabout 10.6 miles · Chatteris · 42 bedsGood, published 2 May 2019rating 3+ yrs oldinherited from a previous registration
- Aria Courtabout 10.8 miles · March · 92 bedsGood, published 10 Jun 2026
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-18969112615
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.