The Acorns
Parkside, Wigan, WN2 3LJ · Wigan · North West
39 beds · operated by Franklin Care Group Limited
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 Good overall, but the rating is 4 years old, and 2 of this operator's 9 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 20 Oct 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 9 of Franklin Care Group Limited'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 question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Oct 2021 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Oct 2021 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Oct 2021 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Oct 2021 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Oct 2021 |
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 — 8 other locations
Other active services registered to Franklin Care Group Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Ashbourne Nursing Home | Good5 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Rochdale |
| Ecclesholme | Good22 Dec 2023 | Salford |
| Fieldhouse Care Home | Good17 Jul 2025 | Rochdale |
| Franklin House Limited | Good2 Mar 2026 | Oldham |
| Hulton Care Home | Requires improvement5 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Rochdale |
| Lakeside Residential Care Home | Requires improvement11 Aug 2025 | Rochdale |
| The Dell | Good24 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Manchester |
| Tithebarn | Good9 Nov 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Sefton |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Beds
- 39
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-22162189427
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.