CARERS TRUST HEART OF ENGLAND
Registered charity 1057024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COVENTRY CROSSROADS, CROSSROADS, COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE, RUGBY CROSSROADS, WARWICK & DISTRICT CROSSROADS
To provide information, advice and support services to carers of adults and children with care needs to enable them to continue in their caring role and by providing practical replacement care by recruiting, training and employing staff to take the place of the carer, thereby giving them a "break" or "time out" from their caring responsibilities.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £31,260 and total reserves of £2,856,886. Per the trustees' report, the actual free reserves equate to £2,463,641, which accounts for 5 months of running costs. The charity relies heavily on statutory funding, with state bodies providing 81% of total income.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Statutory Authorities (81% of income)
“These state bodies provided 81% (2024: 83%) of our total income.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months of annual expenditure (held: £2.5m)
“The baseline requirement is to have reserves equating to between three and six months of annual expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by LDP Luckmans. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
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- BELLAMY, Nigel Robert — director, appointed 06/12/2024on trustee list
- MILLS, Christopher Jon — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
- BACON, Nigel Douglas — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
- WATKINS, Angela Jane — director, appointed 19/04/2023on trustee list
- TRACE, Jonathan Neil — director, appointed 19/04/2023on trustee list
- COBB, Stephen — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
- VILLETTE, Robert Stephen — director, appointed 30/07/2020on trustee list
- VAGDIA, Dhiran — director, appointed 15/07/2009on trustee list
- DALE, Claire Louise — secretary, appointed 04/01/2022
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Carers Trust, Heart Of England — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 27/11/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£62k
Reported reserves equal ~12.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
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- Coventry Crossroads: Good (08/11/2018) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (30/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Angela Jane Watkins
- Christopher Jon Mills
- DHIRAN VAGDIA · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jonathan Neil Trace
- Nigel Bellamy · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nigel Douglas Bacon
- Robert Villette
- Stephen Cobb
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CARERS TRUST HEART OF ENGLAND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £31,260 and total reserves of £2,856,886. Per the trustees' report, the actual free reserves equate to £2,463,641, which accounts for 5 months of running costs. The charity relies heavily on statutory funding, with state bodies providing 81% of total income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by LDP Luckmans.
Who funds CARERS TRUST HEART OF ENGLAND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CARERS TRUST HEART OF ENGLAND as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES, EMERTON-CHRISTIE CHARITY, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST.
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