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Care home

Cheney House

Rectory Lane, Banbury, OX17 2NZ · West Northamptonshire · East Midlands

34 beds · operated by Regal Care Trading Ltd, part of Nicholas James and Regal Care Trading Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement17 Nov 2020rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 5 years old, and 6 of this operator's 15 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement17 Nov 2020rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement17 Nov 2020rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
5 years old — published 17 Nov 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
6 of 15 of Regal Care Trading Ltd'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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old17 Nov 2020
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old5 Dec 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old5 Dec 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old5 Dec 2018
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old17 Nov 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 — 14 other locations

Other active services registered to Regal Care Trading Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Alpine Care HomeGood21 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Ashcroft Nursing HomeGood31 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Ashley Court Care HomeRequires improvement1 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
Blair HouseGood17 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs oldEast Sussex
Blenheim Care HomeRequires improvement21 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs oldEssex
Brenalwood Care HomeGood19 Nov 2025Essex
Hawthorn Lodge Care HomeRequires improvement24 Dec 2024Nottingham
Linden ManorRequires improvement16 Oct 2024North Northamptonshire
Loose CourtGood19 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Moorlands Care HomeGood30 Sep 2025Nottinghamshire
St Catherines Nursing HomeGood5 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs oldSheffield
The Hollies Rest HomeGood21 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs oldKent

…and 2 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
21 Aug 2012
Beds
34
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-462823850

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.