Northwood House Care Home
Care home in Helensburgh, registered for 20 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Very good |
| Setting | Good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Very good |
Details
- Type of care
- Care home
- Registered places
- 20
- Address
- 114 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh, G84 9QF
- Telephone
- 01436 676 300
- Registered provider
- Third Life Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Annette Gillies
- Registered since
- 2002-04-01
- Local authority
- Argyll & Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 10 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 10.06
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 20 beds it is smaller than 35% of the 17 care homes in Argyll & Bute.
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
sCS2003000436- Regulator location ID
CS2003000436- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-03-12
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
- Older People
- Hearing impairment
- Older people - dementia
- Older people - frailty
- Palliative and end of life care
- Physical disability or illness
- Visual impairment
The operator’s wider record
Third Life Care Limited runs 3 services in the UK with 140 beds. Across the estate:
- 1 excellent
- 2 good
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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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