THE SANDWELL CROSSROADS CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME LIMITED
Registered charity 1040679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROSSROADS CARING FOR CARERS
We provide services throughout the whole of the Black Country and Birmingham, to promote the wellbeing of carers and the person they care for. This includes CQC regulated services of domiciliary care and support, along with information, advice, guidance and training for carers, helping to improve lives, carer breakdown, resulting in admittance to hospital or longer term residential care.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £112,061 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,813,152 against expenditure of £1,701,091. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £596,536, which they confirm meets their stated policy target of retaining six months of reserves. While the charity is currently financially stable, the trustees note concerns regarding future funding streams and increasing overheads, and are pursuing a strategic merger to enhance financial security.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months (held: £597k)
“It is the intended policy of the trustees to retain sufficient financial reserves to enable the company to maintain its’ charitable activities for a period of six months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by RD Accounting Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- COTTERILL, Luke Dean — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
- DUNKLEY, Richard David — director, appointed 22/04/2026on trustee list
- HEPBURN, Brian — director, appointed 29/11/2023on trustee list
- DAVIES, Sonia Merle — director, appointed 23/02/2023on trustee list
- HEPBURN, Karen — director, appointed 29/09/2022on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £480k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Sandwell Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 09/04/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- Crossroads Home Care: Good (14/05/2019) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/08/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Brian Hepburn
- Christopher Evans
- Karen Hepburn
- Luke Cotterill · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Dunkley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE SANDWELL CROSSROADS CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £112,061 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,813,152 against expenditure of £1,701,091. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £596,536, which they confirm meets their stated policy target of retaining six months of reserves. While the charity is currently financially stable, the trustees note concerns regarding future funding streams and increasing overheads, and are pursuing a strategic merger to enhance financial security. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RD Accounting Limited.
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