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. ?
Penny Pot Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Integrity Care Services Limited, Penny Pot Care Home is a residential care home in Clacton On Sea, Essex with 38 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2018. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in July 2015, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from June 2026. 89% of homes in Essex score the top mark of 5. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
