Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

CROSSROADS BRAINTREE AND CHELMSFORD LTD

Our main activity is to provide short breaks to unpaid carers who care for adults and children with care needs as a result of disability, illness or age. In doing so we aim to relieve some of the stress felt by being a carer whilst helping them to maintaintain their own health and well-being.We are committed to providing practical support in the home in order to enable carers to have a break.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£222	£213	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£184	£186	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£281	£179	£102	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£197	£226	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£217	£243	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£231	£252	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£213	£261	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£217	£277	£-60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£262	£277	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£282	£264	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£250	£255	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	£288	£226	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	£267	£197	£70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	£232	£200	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	£182	£179	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	£154	£146	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	£142	£133	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	£138	£139	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£130	£135	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£134	£134	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

Www.crossroadsbraintreechelmsford.Co.uk

braintreexroads@btconnect.com

01376529985

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

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

Essex Community Foundation	£50,273
National Lottery Community Fund	£14,880
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£5,000	26/10/2023	to continue to fund a 4 hour per week ‘sitting’ service, providing carers across the Braintree and Chelmsford districts with respite
National Lottery Community Fund - Day Centre
£9,840	15/09/2023	The funding will be used to continue running a day centre offering activities and cooked lunches for people living with disabilities. The project aims to improve and maintain wellbeing and independence while providing respite for carers.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£7,000	23/09/2022	to help Crossroads continue to provide a weekly respite sitting service for carers
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£4,000	14/04/2022	towards the development of a new website for an organisation supporting people with disabilities and their carers in Braintree and Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£6,273	07/04/2022	towards the core costs of an organisation supporting adults with disbailities and their carers in Braintree and Chelmsford
National Lottery Community Fund - Day Centre
£5,040	22/12/2021	The funding will be used for running costs for a day centre service provided by this care provider. The project aims to reduce isolation and loneliness for people in receipt of care and support.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£1,000	08/07/2021	towards the mandatory training of staff supporting cares in the Braintree district
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£12,000	10/12/2020 24	to provide respite support for carers in the Braintree district over two years
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000	29/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Essex Community Foundation - Day Centre
£10,000	20/08/2020	to help sustain and increase the opening hours of the Day Centre post Covid19 lockdown
Essex Community Foundation - Early Intervention Scheme for Carers
£5,000	09/12/2019 23	To help continue an early intervention scheme for carers throughout mid Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Early Intervention Scheme for Carers
£8,000	15/03/2019 11	To continue to provide a short term free respite service for carers in the mid Essex area
National Lottery Community Fund - Early Intervention
£3,000	21/03/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to set up an early intervention scheme to provide respite for carers.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd
£3,000	09/01/2018	To set up an early intervention scheme for emergency respite for carers in Braintree District, Chelmsford and Maldon
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	18/07/2017	Continuing to support carers in the community

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76

JENNIFER MCFAULL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Photographer

MALCOLM RICHARDSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

MATTHEW NEIL BARKER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Director

STEPHEN TATE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Head Of Finance

WENDY DOVE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/1996, number: 1059393
Registered at Companies House on 01/10/1996, number: 03257547

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investment
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; all on time

Main office

Crossroads Care
Unit 8
Park Farm
Witham Road
Black Notley
BRAINTRE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND BENEFICIARIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRAINTREE DISTRICT AND CHELMSFORD

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