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Aveley Lodge

Aveley, Colchester CO5 7AS — 28 beds, run by Parmenter Care LLP.

Dementia care 28 beds Registered 14 years

Essex Council pays £770 a week for a residential place here. A family paying for itself is almost always quoted more than that, for the same room.

Council, residential£770per week, 2026/27
Council, nursing£949before NHS FNC
What this home chargesAsk themnot published anywhere
This is a floor, not a typical rate. Essex sets prices district by district and negotiates each placement. The figure above is the minimum its framework allows — the rate agreed for a particular home is usually higher, and we do not publish a number we cannot source.

Source: Essex County Council Provider Hub, Rate Uplifts: minimum Integrated Residential and Nursing framework rates from 6 April 2026. Essex sets district-level price points; any placement below these minimums is raised to them, so treat these as the floor rather than a typical rate, effective 6 April 2026; we last checked it on 11 August 2026. We do not print an estimate of what Aveley Lodge charges a self-funding family, because no such figure has been published and we will not invent one. The council rate is the firm number to negotiate against.

How the inspectors rated it

Good

The Care Quality Commission rated Aveley Lodge Good when it last published an assessment, in September 2018.

Among the least current in EnglandThe national middle is 4.3 years. How we measure this.

That was 7.9 years ago. Managers move on, owners sell up, staff turn over. A rating this old describes the home as it was in 2018 — not as it is this month. Three questions worth asking on the phone: who is the manager now, how long have they been in post, and how many of the care staff have been there more than a year?
Safe — Good Effective — Good Caring — Good Responsive — Good Well-led — Good

Read the full CQC report · what these ratings mean · register retrieved 4 August 2026

The paperwork, plainly

Beds registered
28
Typical size in Essex
37 beds
Registered with the CQC
14 years
Manager on the register
Philbrick, Stephanie
Who owns it
Parmenter Care LLP
Companies House
OC367378
Their own website
www.aveleylodge.com

Every line comes from the CQC register, not from the home. If something is wrong, tell us and we will check it against the register.

Other homes close by

Distances are straight-line from the registered address — useful for working out who could visit easily, which matters more than most things on this page.

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Nearby homes rated Good or better, inspected in the last two years

The list above is by distance alone. This one keeps only homes whose rating is both good and recent — the two things a rating needs to be worth much.

Ask them what a room costs today

Published fees go stale within months. Tell us what care is needed and we will ask Aveley Lodge directly, then send you the reply. We are paid nothing if you move in, so we have no reason to push you here or anywhere else.

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Would the council pay towards this?

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Where to get advice

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