Lime Tree House
2 Lime Tree House, London, SE15 2DL · Southwark · London
Community based adult social care services · operated by Thames Homecare Service Ltd
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 Responsive is Requires improvement (7 Dec 2019), and the rating is 5 years old.
- Below Good on
- ResponsiveRequires improvement7 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 5 years old — published 13 Mar 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 5 of Thames Homecare Service Ltd'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 | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 13 Mar 2021 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 7 Dec 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 7 Dec 2019 |
| Responsive | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 7 Dec 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 13 Mar 2021 |
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 — 6 other locations
Other active services registered to Thames Homecare Service Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Thames Homecare Service Ltd | Good25 Sep 2025 | Sheffield |
| Thames Homecare Service Ltd | Good16 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Ealing |
| Thames Homecare Service Ltd - Southwark | Good23 Jul 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Southwark |
| Thames Homecare Services | Not yet rated | Southwark |
| Thames Homecare Services Greenwich Branch | Not yet rated | Greenwich |
| Thames Homecare- Barnet | Good27 Jan 2026 | Brent |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 18 Dec 2025
- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-25245688313
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.