Residential care home · Luton

Ambassador House

31 Lansdowne Road, Luton, LU3 1EE

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 18 December 2019 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • 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?Requires improvement

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2016Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2015GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Luton

Ambassador House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 1 other home in Luton. 75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 2 (6%)
  • Good 20 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 2 (6%)
  • Requires improvement 7 (21%)
  • Inadequate 1 (3%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (6%)

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About Ambassador House

Run by BC&G Care Homes Limited, Ambassador House is a residential care home in Luton with 25 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 91% of homes in Luton also score 5. In Luton, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

CQC's latest rating, from December 2019, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in December 2018. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 44% of homes in Luton. Here is how rating age varies by council.