Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Volatile income: -3

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

CROSSROADS IN EAST LANCASHIRE LIMITED

The charity's objective and principal activity is to provide care and support to carers

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently

Established: 27 years

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£738	£752	£-14	£0	£254	£243	3.9	38	15
31/03/22		£759	£737	£22	£0	£268	£259	4.2	58	6
31/03/21		£991	£814	£177	£0	£246	£236	3.5	63	16
31/03/20		£875	£868	£6	£0	£69	£49	0.7	67	0
31/03/19		£893	£849	£43	£0	£62	£24	0.3	61	0
31/03/18		£930	£917	£13	£0	£19	£-10	-0.1	66	0
31/03/17		£848	£871	£-23	£0	£6	£-3	-0	66	0
31/03/16		£849	£882	£-33	£0	£29	£7	0.1	65	0
31/03/15		£801	£853	£-52	£7	£71	£50	0.7	64	0
31/03/14		£858	£856	£2	£11	£123	£82	1.2	60	0
31/03/13		£789	£933	£-144	£10	£121	£78	1	56	0
31/03/12		£795	£651	£144	£14	£264	£127	2.3	40	0
31/03/11		£554	£561	£-7	£23	£121	£111	2.4	30	0
31/03/10		£587	£546	£41	£20	£128	£128	2.8	31	0
31/03/09		£530	£569	£-39	£55	£86	£86	1.8	34	0
31/03/08		£425	£391	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£347	£325	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£326	£303	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£289	£259	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£200	£193	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

38 employees
15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£29,676	03/07/2020	"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 ....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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Remote Companion Service
£9,798	15/05/2020 3	The funding will be used to allow carers to adjust the way they work to offer a remote companion service during the current pandemic. The project aims to provide remote support to reduce isolation ....more The funding will be used to allow carers to adjust the way they work to offer a remote companion service during the current pandemic. The project aims to provide remote support to reduce isolation and build stronger networks.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Crossroads Care East Lancashire - 2
£67,599	05/10/2017 36	Funding specialist dementia care training, train the trainer and co-ordinator to oversee the development of a dementia respite service.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Crossroads - East Lancashire
£24,400	30/06/2011	the Getting Together Project including the salary of a Care Support Worker, activity costs, administration, marketing & advertising, overheads & staff travel expenses
National Lottery Community Fund - A Proper Break.
£361,981	13/04/2011 36	This project will build on an existing small pilot project and will deliver a specialist respite service for carers living across all areas of East Lancashire who care for relatives with dementia in ....more This project will build on an existing small pilot project and will deliver a specialist respite service for carers living across all areas of East Lancashire who care for relatives with dementia in their own homes. The group will offer bespoke respite support in the community, increasing the amount of respite breaks and minimising the risk of crisis situations in the home. It will also develop a model of peer support.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 60-83

DAVID PRESTON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

DR PAMELA RUSSO, Occupation: Retired

JEAN MARGARET LISTER (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

JOHN THOMPSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

KAREN MORGAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Assessor

KERRY HOLT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired Teacher And Councillor

SANDRA THOMPSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired Carer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/09/1997, number: 1064511
Registered at Companies House on 07/05/1997, number: 03366688

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 9 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

BURNLEY BUSINESS CENTRE
LIVERPOOL ROAD
BURNLEY
LANCASHIRE
BB12 6HH

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY OR HOME BY OFFERING A RESPITE SERVICE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED CARE ATTENDANTS AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE SUCH CARE ATTENDANTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING ALONE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST LANCASHIRE

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