Penumbra Aberdeen Mental Health Service
Supported living in Aberdeen, registered for 160 beds. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Adequate |
| Care and support planning | Very good |
| Staff team | Weak |
| Leadership | Weak |
Details
- Type of care
- Supported living
- Registered places
- 160
- Address
- The Mackenzie Building, 168 Skene Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1PE
- Telephone
- 01224 640 351
- Registered provider
- Penumbra
- Registered manager
- Rachel Canavan
- Registered since
- 2014-09-01
- Local authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen North
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 10 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 26.9
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 160 beds it is larger than 71% of the 14 supported living services in Aberdeen City.
Evidence and freshness
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- CareFacts record ID
sCS2014329157- Regulator location ID
CS2014329157- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-08-10
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.
Complaints and enforcement
The Care Inspectorate publishes complaint and enforcement counts for the last three reporting years. For this service: 1 complaint upheld and 0 enforcements issued.
The operator’s wider record
Penumbra runs 25 services in the UK with 284 beds. Across the estate:
- 15 excellent
- 8 good
- 2 need improvement
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17 Westerton Crescent
Run by Aberdeen Association of Social Service, a company limited by guarantee, trading as VSA
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Very good Inspected within the last year
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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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