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Buckingham Lodge

Culpepper Close, Aylesbury, HP19 9DU · Buckinghamshire · South East

64 beds · operated by Anchor Hanover Group, part of Anchor

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement25 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 19 of this operator's 130 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement25 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old
EffectiveRequires improvement13 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old
CaringRequires improvement13 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old
ResponsiveRequires improvement13 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement25 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
4 years old — published 25 May 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
19 of 130 of Anchor Hanover Group'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
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old25 May 2022
EffectiveRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old13 Jul 2019
CaringRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old13 Jul 2019
ResponsiveRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old13 Jul 2019
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old25 May 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 — 131 other locations

Other active services registered to Anchor Hanover Group. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Anchor Integrated Care & Housing Village - Denham Garden VillageGood21 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs oldBuckinghamshire
Anchor Trust (The Laureates)Good26 Mar 2026Leeds
AshcroftGood12 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs oldBradford
Augusta CourtGood4 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs oldWest Sussex
Austin PlaceGood11 May 2026Surrey
Beech HallOutstanding26 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs oldLeeds
Beechfield LodgeGood22 Dec 2023Salford
Berkeley CourtGood16 Jul 2025Leeds
Bethune CourtGood3 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs oldEast Sussex
Bilton CourtGood20 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
Birkenhead CourtGood12 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs oldWirral
Bishopstoke ParkRequires improvement8 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs oldHampshire

…and 119 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
5 Apr 2015
Beds
64
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-2015673748

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.