Residential care home · South Gloucestershire

Edgecumbe Lodge Care Home

35 Overnhill Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 5DS

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 8 months ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 February 2026 Rated 8 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 5 below good
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 7 below good
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 7 below good
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2024Requires improvementSECRW
  • April 2023Requires improvementSECRW
  • April 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • August 2021GoodSECRW
  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
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  • November 2018GoodSECRW
  • October 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • September 2016Requires improvementSECRW

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 South Gloucestershire

Edgecumbe Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 2 other homes in South Gloucestershire. 96% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 11 (14%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (6%)
  • Good 54 (68%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 2 (3%)
  • Requires improvement 3 (4%)
  • Not yet rated 4 (5%)

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Edgecumbe Lodge Care Home in brief

Run by Serenity Homes Limited, Edgecumbe Lodge Care Home is a residential care home in Bristol, South Gloucestershire with 19 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. 86% of homes in South Gloucestershire also score 5. 2 other homes in South Gloucestershire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Penleigh House (Good), 0.0 km away.

CQC last rated the home in February 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from February 2024. That is more recent than most ratings in South Gloucestershire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.