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Beldham Gardens, West Molesey KT8 1TF — 61 beds, run by Anchor Hanover Group under the Anchor brand.

Dementia care 61 beds Registered 15.7 years

Surrey does not set a standard rate for care home placements, so there is no council figure to compare this home against.

Surrey publishes guide rates only inside its provider contract, not publicly. We have asked for them under the Freedom of Information Act.

This is worth knowing before you negotiate. Where a council has no published rate, the price for a council-funded placement is agreed case by case — so what one family is charged and what the council pays for the room next door can differ, and neither figure is public.

Source: Surrey County Council provider information; we last checked it on 11 August 2026. We publish this as a finding rather than a gap: the absence of a rate is itself information, and most comparison sites show a modelled number here instead.

How the inspectors rated it

Requires improvement

The Care Quality Commission rated Thameside Requires improvement when it last published an assessment, in August 2023.

Inspected in the last three yearsThe national middle is 4.3 years. How we measure this.

That was 3 years ago. Managers move on, owners sell up, staff turn over. A rating this old describes the home as it was in 2023 — 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 — Requires improvement Effective — Good Caring — Good Responsive — Good Well-led — Requires improvement

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

What the same operator runs elsewhere

Anchor Hanover Group runs 41 care homes for older people in England. Of the 41 carrying a published CQC rating, 35 are rated Good or Outstanding, 6 require improvement.

A pattern across an operator’s homes tells you something a single inspection cannot. It is a fair question to put to the manager: what has changed across the group since those inspections?

The paperwork, plainly

Beds registered
61
Typical size in Surrey
40 beds
Registered with the CQC
15.7 years
Manager on the register
Baker, Gary
Who owns it
Anchor Hanover Group
Companies House
RS007843
Their own website
www.anchor.org.uk

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 Thameside 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

We publish prices and register data, not advice. For the decisions that follow, these are free and impartial.

Age UK — paying for a care home · MoneyHelper · Care Quality Commission · our guides to costs and funding

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