The Gables
13 St Marys Road, Southampton, SO31 5AT · Hampshire · South East
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, with every key question Good.
- On the record
- No key question is below Good and the rating is current. This is what a clean CQC record looks like — the checks we can make from the published data raise nothing.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 24
- Registered with CQC
- 1 Oct 2013
- Run by
- Sonrisa Care Limited
- Phone
- 02380452324
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home without nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 6 May 2026 |
| Effective | Good | 17 Jun 2025 |
| Caring | Good | 17 Jun 2025 |
| Responsive | Good | 17 Jun 2025 |
| Well-led | Good | 6 May 2026 |
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
- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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- Brook Lane Rest HomeSouthampton · 28 bedsOutstanding, published 6 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- HilltopSouthampton · 6 bedsOutstanding, published 29 May 2026
- Knights' Grove Care HomeSouthampton · 56 bedsOutstanding, published 27 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Speedwell CourtSouthampton · 80 bedsOutstanding, published 19 Feb 2026
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-986285854
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.