Friends Place
The Chase, Reading, RG31 7DW · West Berkshire · South East
66 beds · operated by Friends of the Elderly, part of Friends of the Elderly
“Not yet rated” means CQC has not published a rating for this service — usual for recently registered services, which can wait months or years for a first inspection. It is not a judgement either way.
Diligence verdict
CQC has not yet published an overall rating for this service — a common position for a recently registered home, and not a judgement either way. Across this operator's wider portfolio, 1 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 7 of Friends of the Elderly'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
No key-question ratings published. CQC rates services on five questions — safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led — once it has inspected; this service has no published inspection ratings yet.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 7 other locations
Other active services registered to Friends of the Elderly. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Elderly Malvern | Good18 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Worcestershire |
| Little Bramingham Farm Residential Care Home | Outstanding31 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Luton |
| New Copford Place Residential Care Home | Good14 Jul 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
| Orford House Residential Care Home | Good7 Oct 2025 | Sutton |
| Redcot Residential Care Home | Good5 Nov 2025 | Surrey |
| The Bernard Sunley Nursing and Dementia Care Home | Good16 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| The Lawn Residential Care Home | Requires improvement22 Jan 2026 | Hampshire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 1 Aug 2025
- Beds
- 66
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-23606612598
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.