SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?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. ?
Charles Lodge is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 13 other homes in Brighton and Hove.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd, Charles Lodge is a residential care home in Hove, Brighton and Hove with 27 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia.
About 0.4 km away, Fairdene Lodge is rated Outstanding. 6 of Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 13 other homes in Brighton and Hove share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2025. 92% of homes in Brighton and Hove also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in January 2019, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Effective was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in July 2018, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 36% of ratings in Brighton and Hove are as old (how rating age varies by council).
