Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 4
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CROSSROADS CARE KENT

Crossroads Care Kent provides regular, home based respite, care and support for carers and beneficiaries
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£3,818£4,113£-295£6£2,496£2,3106.7190150
31/03/22£3,811£3,832£-21£0£2,790£2,6558.3181145
31/03/21£3,859£3,515£344£0£2,811£2,6809.1177145
31/03/20£3,733£3,705£28£0£2,468£2,3607.6186156
31/03/19£3,721£3,589£132£0£2,440£2,3007.7189142
31/03/18£3,682£3,701£-19£0£2,308£2,0396.62010
31/03/17£3,774£3,730£44£6£2,327£1,9766.42070
31/03/16£3,924£3,692£232£0£2,283£1,8806.12100
31/03/15£1,835£1,709£126£28£1,225£1,0447.31020
31/03/14£1,503£1,428£76£14£1,098£8427.1960
31/03/13£1,252£1,217£36£10£1,023£8598.5530
31/03/12£1,380£1,057£323£57£987£8239.3420
31/03/11£1,193£1,088£105£53£663£5726.3440
31/03/10£937£892£45£38£559£4466520
31/03/09£761£540£221£16£514£2746.1520
31/03/08£496£431£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£447£409£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£396£421£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£405£433£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£422£362£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 7.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.crossroadskent.org

enquiries@crossroadskent.org

03450956701

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
BBC Children in Need£102,500
DCMS£28,000
Masonic Trust£11,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Crossroads Care Kent
£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’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 22/07/2022
Young Carers Project - Thanet
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£10,000 08/03/2021
Grant to contribute to the End of Life project across Kent,through the provision of replacement care for the person cared for whilst unpaid carers access counselling. In addition, physical, practical and emotional care is provided in the last days ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£1,000 02/02/2021
Funding towards PPE.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Crossroads Care Kent
£99,000 19/12/2020
This project will deliver support, respite activities and trips for young carers in Maidstone. The activities will result in reduced social isolation, improved emotional wellbeing and improved skills. This request is for £99,000 over 3 years.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,000 08/07/2020
"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 Crossroads Care Kent
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund 200 activity packs for young carers who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them to have fun and manage their emotions.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 26/05/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Crossroads Care Kent
£93,577 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide regular clubs, trips and one to one support for Young Carers in Kent. The activity will reduce isolation, increase emotional wellbeing and offer new experiences.
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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: 62-79
  • CHRISTOPHER PARKINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • DEBORAH FRANCES WARD Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Director
  • DAVID KINGSLEY HALL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • LYNNE TINDLE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Nurse Manager
  • PATRICIA HUGHES Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired
  • RICHARD WILLIAM PARSONS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed
  • ROSEMARY CHRISTINE GREEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/02/1999, number: 1073896
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/01/1999, number: 03694575
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 21 days late,
Main office

The Oast
170 Tonbridge Road
Wateringbury
KENT
ME18 5NS

Objectives

The Company’s Objects are specifically restricted to the following:- To relieve the stresses experienced by unpaid carers and beneficiaries who live within the geographical areas covered by the Kent County Council and by the Medway Unitary Authority, England, United Kingdom.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST KENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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