Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

CROSSROADS CARE GLOUCESTERSHIRE 

Promoting, supporting and delivering high quality services for Carers and people with care needs
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 19 years
(21 years as a company)

www.crossroadscareglos.org.uk

helen@crossroadscareglos.org.uk

01452302542

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UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

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£893£1,025£-132£13£339£520.6363
31/03/22£864£925£-61£13£471£3344.3320
31/03/21£1,219£866£354£31£532£4165.8330
31/03/20£908£1,034£-126£0£178£1782.1400
31/03/19£1,084£1,120£-35£0£305£3053.3470
31/03/18£1,115£1,057£58£0£340£3403.9600
31/03/17£1,026£1,098£-72£0£282£2823.1600
31/03/16£902£986£-83£0£354£3524.3600
31/03/15£1,040£1,104£-64£11£437£4374.8660
31/03/14£844£987£-143£12£501£5016.1660
31/03/13£847£986£-140£10£644£6447.8690
31/03/12*£422£316£106£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£233£286£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£268£288£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£259£241£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£201£200£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£203£186£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 15%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire,

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 - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 02/10/2020
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 ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 25/08/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Azalea Day Club Service Extension
£10,000 14/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to expand the caring service available for people with varied physical health conditions and their carers. The project aims to reduce isolation and improve health and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/08/2005, number: 1111055
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/12/2002, number: 04608163
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
18 returns made; AR12: 168 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 154 days late, AR06: 518 days late,
Main office

Crossroads Care
10 Sabre Close
Quedgeley
GLOUCESTER
Gloucestershire
GL2 4NZ

Objectives

THE BRANCH SCHEME’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND BENEFICIARIES. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE FIVE LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, NAMELY: GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL, CHELTENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL, COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCIL, STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL, AND TEWKESBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL, AND THEIR ENVIRONS, AS AGREED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CROSSROADS ASSOCIATION. IN THIS DOCUMENT “BENEFICIARIES” MEANS ANY PERSON OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARE NEEDS AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILLNESS OR AGE; “CARERS” MEANS ANY PERSON OR INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF CARE FOR A PERSON OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARE NEEDS AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILLNESS OR AGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FIVE LOCAL AUTHORITY DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, NAMELY: GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL, CHELTENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL, COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCIL, STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL, AND TEWKESBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL, AND THEIR ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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