CROSSROADS CARE KENT

Registered charity 1073896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANTERBURY AND THANET CROSSROADS, CROSSROADS CARE EAST KENT, EAST KENT CROSSROADS, VOLCARE, VOLCARE – CANTERBURY & THANET

Crossroads Care Kent supports Carers to make a life of their own outside caring, by providing quality services offering peace of mind, whilst enabling them to take time for themselves. Our services include respite care, urgent care, overnight care, counselling and cover for Carers healt appointments and volunteer support. We provide clubs and activities for Young Carers.

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Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £510,306 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £2,915,913. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial challenges due to rising costs without corresponding funding increases, necessitating a planned reduction in service provision and headcount to ensure long-term sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £130,001 - £140,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £130,001 - £140,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Crossroads Care Kent (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Kent County CouncilCarers Assessment and Support - Carers Short Breaks——

CQC provider record: Crossroads Care Kent — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/01/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£3.8m
Cost of raising funds
£300
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
156

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.3m£3.8m
31/03/2024£4.0m£4.1m
31/03/2023£3.8m£4.1m
31/03/2022£3.8m£3.8m
31/03/2021£3.9m£3.5m

Common questions

Is CROSSROADS CARE KENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £510,306 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £2,915,913. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial challenges due to rising costs without corresponding funding increases, necessitating a planned reduction in service provision and headcount to ensure long-term sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of CROSSROADS CARE KENT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £130,001 - £140,000 band.

Who funds CROSSROADS CARE KENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CROSSROADS CARE KENT as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2025£4k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Crossroads Caring For Life Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CROSSROADS CARE KENT£4.3m£130,001 - £140,000—unclear—no doubt
Crossroads Caring For Life Ltd FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales FY2025£3.1m—0above—no doubt
Crossroads Care Gloucestershire FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
CROSSROADS IN EAST LANCASHIRE LIMITED FY2025£633k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE CROSSROADS FY2025£2.1m£60,000 or more1below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.