Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 7 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since October 2025
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. ?
The home changed owner in October 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
The Chestnuts is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Agincare (Southwark) Limited, The Chestnuts is a residential care home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire with 64 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Buckinghamshire are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2019, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in October 2016. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 54% of homes in Buckinghamshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
The home changed owner in October 2025. 7 of Agincare (Southwark) Limited’s 12 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.8 km away, Ceely Road is rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
