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Care home

The Boat House

24-28 Lichfield Street, Tamworth, B78 3QN · Staffordshire · West Midlands

8 beds · operated by Pharos Care Limited, part of City and County Healthcare Group

CQC overall rating
Good18 Aug 2023

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old, and 4 of this operator's 6 rated homes are below Good.

Age of rating
2 years old — published 18 Aug 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
4 of 6 of Pharos Care 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 questionRatingPublished
SafeGood18 Aug 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old3 Sep 2019
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old3 Sep 2019
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old3 Sep 2019
Well-ledGood18 Aug 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 — 9 other locations

Other active services registered to Pharos Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Ash HouseRequires improvement18 Jun 2026Walsall
Highfield HouseRequires improvement16 Jun 2026Walsall
Katherine HouseRequires improvement3 Aug 2023Birmingham
Pharos Black CountryNot RatedBirmingham
Pharos East MidlandsNot yet ratedStaffordshire
Pharos Supported Services CentralNot yet ratedBirmingham
Pharos Supported Services WarwickshireNot yet ratedWarwickshire
Sutton HouseRequires improvement28 Oct 2023Birmingham
The LodgeGood12 Jun 2026Sandwell

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
31 May 2015
Beds
8
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-1955247362

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.