Smithy Bridge Court
4 Barke Street, Littleborough, OL15 8QN · Rochdale · North West
51 beds · operated by Dale Topco Limited, part of Grosvenor Health and Social Care
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 2 years old, and 2 of this operator's 5 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 3 Aug 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 5 of Dale Topco Limited'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
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 3 Aug 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jun 2022 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jun 2022 |
| Responsive | Good | 3 Aug 2023 |
| Well-led | Good | 3 Aug 2023 |
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 — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to Dale Topco Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Burton, Bridge and Trent Court Care Centre | Good19 Jun 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Staffordshire |
| Haythorne Place | Requires improvement27 Mar 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Sheffield |
| Loxley Court | Good18 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Sheffield |
| Veronica House | Requires improvement5 Jan 2024 | Sandwell |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 23 Mar 2026
- Beds
- 51
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-27295438235
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.