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?★Outstanding
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. ?
Handsworth is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 1 other home in Trafford.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Handsworth is a 43-bed residential care home in Altrincham, Trafford, run by Methodist Homes. It is registered to care for older people. That is larger than most homes in Trafford, where the typical home has 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2019. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. That is up from Requires improvement in February 2018. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 32% of ratings in Trafford are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Trafford. 1 other home in Trafford share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 60 of Methodist Homes’s 69 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
