Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
St Fillans Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Fillans Care Home is a 71-bed nursing home in Colchester, Essex, run by St. Fillan Healthcare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
Milton Lodge Retirement Home, 0.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2022. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in April 2018, it was rated Good.
