Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

RICHMOND UPON THAMES CROSSROADS CARE SCHEME

Classification: 103 Medical/Health/Sickness 104 DisabilityWe provide respite care for Carers of all ages, our highly qualified staff offer person-centred services to meet the needs of the carers and the cared for. We run a 'Caring Cafe' for people living with Dementia and their carers, a Saturday club for children with learning difficulties, a carers drop incorporating digital tablet training
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£756£677£79£72£291£1793.23211
31/03/22£778£730£48£63£237£1482.43215
31/03/21£740£707£32£59£190£11823122
31/03/20£664£644£20£65£157£971.82516
31/03/19£564£555£8£0£138£861.92711
31/03/18£539£553£-14£62£129£821.8270
31/03/17£531£539£-8£21£144£1032.3370
31/03/16£535£558£-23£13£154£1242.7350
31/03/15£516£561£-44£53£134£1302.8350
31/03/14£534£588£-54£65£178£1563.2350
31/03/13£517£543£-26£59£232£2114.7350
31/03/12£547£548£0£53£258£2575.6410
31/03/11£454£507£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£474£484£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£489£456£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£510£484£26£71£289£3007.4470
31/03/07*£531£455£76£48£262£2185.7350
31/03/06*£415£403£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£422£332£90n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£265£257£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 56%
Liabilities/Income: 49%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 62%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.crossroadscarerk.org

info@crossroadscarerk.org.uk

02089439421

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£190,000
National Lottery Community Fund£90,000
BBC Children in Need£33,500
DCMS£12,792
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Crossroads Care Richmond and Kingston upon Thames
£185,000 26/04/2023
60
£185,000 over five years (£50,000, £45,000, £40,000, £30,000, £20,000) for expansion of provision for Older Carers (0.5FTE), 800 hours/year of respite breaks and a recruitment drive for new carers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Richmond Upon Thames Crossroads Care
£10,000 14/09/2021
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilities carers in Surrey
National Lottery Community Fund - CROSSROADS CARE EMERGENCY SERVICE; reduce negative impact on Older Carers
£90,000 27/08/2021
The funding will support services to support older carers (those aged over 65 years) who live in the London Borough of Richmond. Many of these carers have multiple health conditions often chronic in nature but despite their own failing mobility ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,792 23/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund a Key Case Worker to support disabled children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their physical and emotional health.
CAF - Grant to Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care Scheme
£10,000 28/05/2020
3
Grant to Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care Scheme to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Crossroads Care Richmond and Kingston upon Thames
£5,000 13/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care
£30,000 20/03/2020
36
This project will provide regular Saturday Club sessions for learning disabled children and those with special needs. The sessions will help them to build positive relationships, improve their physical health and build their self-confidence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 28/05/2019
Regular Grants Programme, Revenue/Core Costs (Welfare): respite support for older Carers with multiple, often chronic health conditions
National Lottery Community Fund - The Transitions Project
£9,568 23/05/2019
12
The project will use the funding to run workshops for young people with disabilities and special needs to equip them with helpful life skills.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 03/11/2017
Core Costs Support
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care
£29,795 09/03/2017
36
This project will offer activity sessions, such as karate, football and healthy eating, to young people with special educational needs. Young people will benefit through improved physical health, better emotional well being and reduced social ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Crossroads - Richmond & Kingston upon Thames
£29,400 27/04/2012
the salary costs of the Clubs Leader and the Schools Liaison Worker/Project Administrator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-85
  • ANN FERGUSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • DEBORAH RAMSAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • GEOFF LANE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • JANE VINES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Human Resources
  • MARGARET DANGOOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • PETER ADCOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Financial Advisor
  • TARA FERGUSON-JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/02/1996, number: 1053224
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/12/1994, number: 03004206
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 14 days late, AR04: 27 days late,
Main office

Richmond Crossroads Care Unit 1
Beverley Court
26 Elmtree Road
Teddington
TW11 8ST

Objectives

(A)TO RELIEVE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE CARE NEEDS, AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILLNESS, OR AGE BY OFFERING A RESPITE SERVICE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED SUPPORT WORKERS.THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE THE BOROUGH OF RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES AND THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON -UPON-THAMES AS AGREED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CROSSROADS ASSOCIATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGHS OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES AND KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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