CROSSROADS BRAINTREE AND CHELMSFORD LTD

Registered charity 1059393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRAINTREE AND DISTICT CROSSROADS CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME, CROSSROADS CARE BRAINTREE DISTRICT AND CHELMSFORD

Our main activity is to provide short breaks to unpaid carers who care for adults and children with care needs as a result of disability, illness or age. In doing so we aim to relieve some of the stress felt by being a carer whilst helping them to maintaintain their own health and well-being.We are committed to providing practical support in the home in order to enable carers to have a break.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: BRAINTREE DISTRICT AND CHELMSFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: 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 reported a deficit of £14,207 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £162,855. The trustees note that financial reserves stood at just under £163,000, with £70,000 held in a general fund of which all but £500 is unrestricted. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains focused on expanding services despite challenges in recruiting staff and securing consistent funding from local councils.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03257547 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• PAGE, Caroline Susan — director, appointed 17/07/2026on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Stephen Charles — director, appointed 05/11/2025on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Sharyn — director, appointed 13/03/2025on trustee list
• MCFAULL, Jennifer — director, appointed 17/03/2021on trustee list
• TATE, Stephen — director, appointed 01/07/2011on trustee list
• TATE, Stephen — secretary, appointed 12/07/2019

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 17/09/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Crossroads Braintree & Chelmsford: Good (27/09/2018) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Susan Page
• Jennifer McFaull
• STEPHEN TATE
• Sharyn Griffiths
• Stephen Charles Griffiths

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST MIDLANDS CROSSROADS-CARING FOR CARERS.

• EAST MIDLANDS CROSSROADS-CARING FOR CARERS income £12.3m
• EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED income £492k
• Crossroads Caring For Life Ltd income £2.0m
• CROSSROADS CARING FOR CARERS WORCESTERSHIRE income £342k
• SURREY CROSSROADS income £3.9m
• CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k

Side by side with its peers

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