Sycamore Cottage Residential Home
14 Harborough Road, Leicester, LE2 4LA · Leicestershire · East Midlands
14 beds · operated by Allag Care Limited
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Safe is Requires improvement (1 Mar 2023), and the rating is 3 years old.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement1 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 1 Mar 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 3 of Allag Care Limited's rated homes are Good or better.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Who this service supports
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Mar 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 11 Oct 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 11 Oct 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 11 Oct 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Mar 2023 |
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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 3 other locations
Other active services registered to Allag Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Brand Care | Not yet rated | Leicester |
| Gwendolen Road Care Home | Good14 Nov 2024 | Leicester |
| Oak House | Good22 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Leicester |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 13 May 2016
- Beds
- 14
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-2506568059
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.