Friarn House Residential Home
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🍏 Food Hygiene Rating (FSA)
📞 Contact Information
| Street Address | 35 Friarn Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3LJ |
| Phone Number | 01278445115 |
| Official Website | 🔗 Visit Site |
🏢 Parent Operator Group
| CRN Number | 05753476 |
| HQ Postcode | SM14LA |
| Insolvency Risk | insolvent |
✨ AI Executive Quality Summary
As a social care intelligence analyst reviewing the historical inspection timeline and regulatory context for this provision, the available data is drawn primarily from recurring Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection reports published between 2011 and 2022. Due to the limitations of the provided dataset, specific sub-evaluation metrics regarding contemporary 2026 Ofsted SCCIF domains—such as lived experience, safeguarding effectiveness, and leadership governance—cannot be explicitly quantified from the headline-only text.
- Regulatory Oversight History: The provision has undergone regular cyclical monitoring and inspection by the CQC spanning over a decade, indicating a long-standing operational history within the regulated health and social care sector.
- Scope of Available Data: The raw data consists solely of historic publication dates and headlines from CQC reports (ranging from April 2011 to October 2022), lacking qualitative narrative depth on individual service user outcomes or internal governance structures during those specific periods.
Placement Stability Narrative:
Based on the provided intelligence extract, there is an absence of granular case-level data or incident reporting required to formally evaluate patterns of placement disruptions, emergency notice behaviors, or proactive de-escalation actions. In the absence of specific incident logs, disruption metrics, or placement trajectory records within the historical dataset, a definitive assessment of placement stability cannot be reliably formulated at this time. Further cross-referencing with detailed local authority monitoring data and comprehensive inspection sub-text is recommended to establish current operational stability and risk management efficacy.
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🔑 Official Registries
| Ofsted URN | N/A |
| CQC Location ID | 1-124509161 |
| Last Synced | Never |
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👥 Staff Sentiment & Operational Realities
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🔮 Predictive Ofsted Risk Profile
Critical operational instability index. Elevated probability of regulatory inspection downgrade. Immediate sufficiency review recommended.
- Current CQC judgement is Inadequate.
- No inspection recorded for 46 months - the published judgement may no longer reflect current practice.
- Parent operator WESTCARE (SOMERSET) carries an insolvency status of "insolvent".
- No open statutory requirements on the most recent inspection report.
7 signals could not be assessed
- Rating trajectory - fewer than two graded inspections on the timeline.
- Sub-domain judgements - not published, or not yet parsed from the report.
- Manager tenure - not recorded.
- Manager turnover - changes have only been tracked since July 30, 2026; no earlier history exists.
- Registration status - not recorded.
- Staff sentiment - fewer than 3 verified reviews in the last six months.
- Area deprivation - this postcode has not been geocoded yet.
Derived from published Ofsted and CQC judgements, statutory requirements listed on inspection reports, and verified staff reviews. This is a directory-generated indicator, not a regulator judgement. Recalculated 1 second ago.
⚠️ Area Risk Analysis
Neighbourhood contextArea crime data has not been retrieved for this postcode yet.
Sources: police.uk street-level crime API and MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation. Crime is recorded at the neighbourhood level and does not describe the provision itself.
🌊 Flood Risk Intelligence
Environment Agency flood zone monitoring probability rating.
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🌐 Wikipedia Insights
Somerset
County in South West England
Somerset, archaically Somersetshire, is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Bristol, and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. The largest settlement is the city of Bath.
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SEND Tribunal Appeals
| Appeal Rate | 2.92% |
| Decisions Upheld | 88% |
| Mediation Rate | 31% |
OHID Fingertips Public Health
| Life Expectancy | 79.8 years |
| Depression Rate | 13.1% |
| Childhood Obesity | 20% |
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Care Leaver Transition & Statutory Support Portal
Connecting care leavers directly to post-18 statutory support, setting-up home grants, local council offers, and independent living preparation tools.
🏛️ Statutory Local Offer: somerset
Statutory SupportLeaving Care Grant (Setting-up Home Allowance)
£2,000Statutory grant to buy furniture and essentials for your first home.
Council Tax Exemption
Statutory Council Tax exemption applies up to age 21 (varies to 25 depending on local council guidelines).
Higher Education Bursary
Statutory £2,000 Higher Education bursary plus vacation housing support assistance.
PA / Leaving Care Support Team
somerset Council Leaving Care Services - Please contact the local council directly for team details.
📋 Transition & Rights Checklist (Post-18 Planning)
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🔍 Corporate Ownership & Financial Transparency Tracker
Companies House CRN: 05753476 | Operator: WESTCARE (SOMERSET) LTD
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Risk & Insolvency Flags
The legal entity is not listed as active. This indicates severe structural or operational risk.
This operator has active insolvency history, winding-up petitions, or receivership filings.
