Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Poor Liquidity: -1
Volatile income: -3

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

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

FOREST OF DEAN CROSSROADS CARING FOR CARERS

Forest of Dean Crossroads provides respite breaks for Carers in the form of daycare services, social groups and community respite. We also work in partnership with Adult and Social Care Directorate by providing care workers to work in a day centre setting as well as in the community. We also support Carers and cared for who hold Direct Payments and those who pay for their support privately.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Income has been volatile recently

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	£1,859	£2,043	£-184	£0	£294	£289	1.7	96	10
31/03/22	£2,579	£2,653	£-73	£0	£478	£466	2.1	131	10
31/03/21	£2,701	£2,659	£42	£0	£552	£535	2.4	148	10
31/03/20	£2,484	£2,438	£46	£0	£510	£485	2.4	145	17
31/03/19	£2,309	£2,307	£2	£0	£464	£462	2.4	145	24
31/03/18	£2,247	£2,263	£-17	£0	£462	£453	2.4	152	0
31/03/17	£2,035	£2,029	£6	£0	£479	£417	2.5	136	0
31/03/16	£1,892	£1,789	£102	£0	£473	£379	2.5	129	0
31/03/15	£1,834	£1,771	£63	£8	£370	£239	1.6	123	0
31/03/14	£1,765	£1,721	£44	£9	£307	£235	1.6	111	0
31/03/13	£1,564	£1,658	£-95	£7	£263	£213	1.5	146	0
31/03/12	£1,553	£1,539	£14	£4	£358	£289	2.3	114	0
31/03/11	£1,355	£1,281	£73	£4	£344	£252	2.4	74	0
31/03/10	£975	£944	£31	£6	£271	£181	2.3	54	0
31/03/09	£578	£580	£-2	£4	£240	£167	3.4	46	0
31/03/08	£256	£328	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	£214	£287	£-73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	£359	£249	£110	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£247	£174	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£247	£172	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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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: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 23 years

www.crossroadsglos.org.uk

admin@crossroadsglos.org.uk

01594823414

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Care for carers

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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

Masonic Trust	£25,000
DCMS	£19,968
National Lottery Community Fund	£16,336
Barnwood Trust	£14,968

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Living
£8,336	07/10/2022	The funding will be used to run a series of community-based activities for people with care needs and their carers and people living in social isolation. The project aims to build community relationships and support networks and improve their ....more The funding will be used to run a series of community-based activities for people with care needs and their carers and people living in social isolation. The project aims to build community relationships and support networks and improve their wellbeing post-lockdown.
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£14,968	25/03/2022	Active Living service
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£19,968	19/08/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating an inclusive community for the elderly and people with a disability
£8,000	23/03/2020 11	The organisation will purchase a Gert Suit which is an age simulation suit used to provide people with the knowledge and awareness of age related and other disabilities and health conditions. It will be used to pilot training sessions with community ....more The organisation will purchase a Gert Suit which is an age simulation suit used to provide people with the knowledge and awareness of age related and other disabilities and health conditions. It will be used to pilot training sessions with community groups, including the Co-op, local colleges and Adult Social Care. This will empower people to become more aware and supportive of the needs and challenges people with health conditions face.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£25,000	10/02/2020	Grant to fund a minibus to transport older unpaid carers and older people with a disability to improve their wellbeing and reduce isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Out and about in the forest of dean
£9,100	29/11/2017 12	This group will purchase a wheelchair adapted minibus, giving children with disabilities and older people with dementia the chance to take part in more social and cultural activities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-71

HOLLY BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Quality Engineer

JAN MARRIOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nurse

NICHOLAS MICHAEL EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

PATRICK WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

PIERRE DE CARTERET (Chair) Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2001, number: 1086841
Registered at Companies House on 13/03/2001, number: 04178148

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
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; all on time

Main office

ST ANNALS HOUSE
BELLE VUE RD
CINDERFORD
GL14 2AB

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE FOREST OF DEAN.

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