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Care home

Marlborough House

54 Kirkley Cliff Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0BF · Suffolk · East of England

12 beds · operated by Amber Care (East Anglia) Ltd

CQC overall rating
Good10 Mar 2018rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 8 years old, and 1 of this operator's 4 rated homes are below Good.

Age of rating
8 years old — published 10 Mar 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 4 of Amber Care (East Anglia) Ltd's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

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

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old10 Mar 2018
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old10 Mar 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old10 Mar 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old10 Mar 2018
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old10 Mar 2018

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 — 3 other locations

Other active services registered to Amber Care (East Anglia) Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Amber Lodge - LowestoftGood28 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldSuffolk
The GroveGood15 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldSuffolk
Woody PointRequires improvement23 Aug 2023Suffolk

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
5 Dec 2016
Beds
12
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-3071662571

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.