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. ?
Borrage House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in North Yorkshire.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Anchor Hanover Group, Borrage House is a residential care home in Ripon, North Yorkshire with 40 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
101 of Anchor Hanover Group’s 118 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. 94% of homes in North Yorkshire also score 5. In North Yorkshire, 86% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in February 2020, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in June 2017, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 49% of ratings in North Yorkshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
