Little Smugglers

Little Smugglers is a residential care home in Crawley Down, in the West Sussex council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission for up to 9 residents. It provides care for younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is run by Consensus Support Services, which operates 59 care homes in England. The home has been registered since August 2011.

At its latest inspection, published April 2023, the CQC rated Little Smugglers Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so check the CQC report before you visit.

Little Smugglers has not published its fees and has not yet confirmed them to us. Care homes in West Sussex with a fee on record typically charge about £1,479 a week for residential care and £1,950 for nursing care, so expect a figure in that range and ask the home for a written quote.

There are 339 registered care homes in West Sussex. The nearest to Little Smugglers include Greenways, Heatherley - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities and Brownrigg, 1 of which has a fee on record. A live-in carer at home, an alternative many families compare, costs from about £1,120 a week.