Capability Scotland (Riccarton)
Home care in Edinburgh, registered for 25 people. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Excellent |
| Care and support planning | Very good |
| Setting | Excellent |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Very good |
Details
- Type of care
- Home care
- Registered places
- 25
- Address
- Mercury House, Heriot Watt Research Park, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP
- Telephone
- 0131 347 1078
- Registered provider
- Capability Scotland
- Registered manager
- Elizabeth Gold
- Registered since
- 2002-04-01
- Local authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 10 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 20.4
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 25 beds it is larger than 68% of the 63 home care agencies in City of Edinburgh.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
sCS2003011113- Regulator location ID
CS2003011113- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-02-13
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Care at Home
The operator’s wider record
Capability Scotland runs 25 services in the UK with 320 beds. Across the estate:
- 10 excellent
- 9 good
- 3 need improvement
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Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by Care Inspectorate and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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