SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Abbeygate Retirement Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 27 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Abbeygate Retirement Home
Abbeygate Retirement Home is one of 279 care homes in Lincolnshire: a 27-bed residential care home in Spalding, run by Abbeygate Rest Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2019, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from February 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Lincolnshire, 36% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
It is one of 2 homes run by Abbeygate Rest Homes Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Holbeach Meadows Care Home (Outstanding), 4.6 km away. In Lincolnshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire.
