Residential care home · Bolton

Spennymoor Care Home Limited

Ivy Road, Church Road, Bolton, BL1 6EE

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 months ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 7 August 2026 Rated 2 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?63%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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    • Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • 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 ?

  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2019GoodSECRW
  • January 2017GoodSECRW
  • September 2015Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Bolton

Spennymoor Care Home Limited is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 2 other homes in Bolton. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (5%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (2%)
  • Good 41 (69%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 3 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 9 (15%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (3%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Ropers Barn
    Bolton · BL1 6DY · Nursing home · 8 beds0.2 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Church Road
    Bolton · BL1 6HJ · Residential care home · 6 beds0.4 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 4 years ago
  • Chorley House
    Bolton · BL1 5LL · Residential care home · 6 beds1.1 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Hartington House
    Bolton · BL1 4DP · Nursing home · 6 beds1.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Somerset House
    Bolton · BL1 4NE · Nursing home · 6 beds1.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 months ago
  • Shrewsbury Road - Max Potential
    Bolton · BL1 4NW · Residential care home · 4 beds1.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago

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About Spennymoor Care Home Limited

Spennymoor Care Home Limited is a 19-bed residential care home in Bolton. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people.

The nearest home with a higher rating is Church Road (Outstanding), 0.4 km away. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. 84% of homes in Bolton also score 5. 2 other homes in Bolton share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.

CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in August 2019, was the same. The typical rating in Bolton is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “assessing needs” (some shortfalls).