Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from GoodNo registered managerNew owner since December 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
The home changed owner in December 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Blueberry Close is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 9 other homes in Redbridge.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Certitude Trading Limited runs Blueberry Close, a residential care home in Woodford Green, Redbridge with room for 5 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in November 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped.
The home changed owner in December 2025. About 0.2 km away, 83 Glengall Road is rated Good. 11 of Certitude Trading Limited’s 14 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Across Redbridge, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from January 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Redbridge.
