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Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court

Stisted Hall, Braintree, CM77 8AG · Essex · East of England

50 beds · operated by The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company, part of Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution

CQC overall rating
Good16 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old.

Age of rating
6 years old — published 16 Apr 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 14 of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old16 Apr 2020
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old16 Apr 2020
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old16 Apr 2020
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old16 Apr 2020
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old16 Apr 2020

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 — 13 other locations

Other active services registered to The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Barford CourtGood10 Jul 2018rating 3+ yrs oldBrighton and Hove
Cadogan CourtGood28 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldDevon
Connaught CourtOutstanding31 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldYork
Cornwallis CourtOutstanding25 Aug 2023Suffolk
Devonshire CourtOutstanding26 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs oldLeicestershire
Harry Priestley HouseGood21 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs oldDoncaster
James Terry CourtGood15 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs oldCroydon
Prince George Duke of Kent CourtGood15 Nov 2017rating 3+ yrs oldBromley
Prince Michael of Kent CourtGood20 Mar 2025Hertfordshire
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh CourtGood21 Nov 2017rating 3+ yrs oldWokingham
Scarbrough CourtGood29 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs oldNorthumberland
Shannon CourtGood26 Mar 2025Surrey

…and 1 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
18 Mar 2016
Beds
50
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-2506628801

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.