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Care home

Saffron House

2A High Street, Leicester, LE9 8DQ · Leicestershire · East Midlands

48 beds · operated by Minster Care Management Limited, part of Minster Care Group

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement3 Dec 2024

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and 7 of this operator's 25 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement3 Dec 2024
EffectiveRequires improvement3 Dec 2024
CaringRequires improvement18 Nov 2023
ResponsiveRequires improvement18 Nov 2023
Well-ledRequires improvement3 Dec 2024
Operator's wider portfolio
7 of 25 of Minster Care Management 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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvement3 Dec 2024
EffectiveRequires improvement3 Dec 2024
CaringRequires improvement18 Nov 2023
ResponsiveRequires improvement18 Nov 2023
Well-ledRequires improvement3 Dec 2024

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 — 26 other locations

Other active services registered to Minster Care Management Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Abbeywell CourtGood4 Nov 2024Staffordshire
Amberley House Care HomeRequires improvement8 Jun 2026Cornwall
Broadgate Care HomeGood20 Nov 2025Nottinghamshire
Chestnut LodgeGood9 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs oldEaling
Diamond HouseRequires improvement11 May 2023rating 3+ yrs oldLeicester
Duncote Hall Nursing HomeRequires improvement12 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs oldWest Northamptonshire
Elm House Residential Care HomeNot yet ratedCheshire East
Elm LodgeGood9 Apr 2024Ealing
Falcon House Care HomeRequires improvement25 Mar 2026Nottinghamshire
Freeland House Nursing HomeGood31 May 2024Oxfordshire
Grays CourtGood27 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs oldThurrock
Hillcrest HouseRequires improvement15 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs oldCornwall

…and 14 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
18 Jan 2018
Beds
48
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-4757120870

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.