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?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. ?
Box Tree Cottage Residential Home is in the Good tier ?, with 89 other homes in Cambridgeshire.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Box Tree Cottage Residential Home is a 14-bed residential care home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, run by Box Tree Cottage Cambridge Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is smaller than most homes in Cambridgeshire, where the typical home has 35 beds.
Fitzwilliam House Care Home, 5.0 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. 89 other homes in Cambridgeshire share its tier, “Good”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire also score 5.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in January 2020. Its rating before that, in July 2017, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Cambridgeshire, 64% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
