Carers Choices
Registered charity 1093483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARERS CHOICES LTD, CASTLE POINT CROSSROADS LIMITED, CROSSROADS CARE CASTLE POINT, CROSSROADS CARE ESSEX, CROSSROADS CARE MALDON, CROSSROADS CARE SOUTHEND
Carers Choices is a specialist charity supporting unpaid carers and the people they care for. We provide practical and emotional support through our advocacy, groups and services including respite breaks and day centre.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £71,330 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,843,712 against expenditure of £1,772,380. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £530,465, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure (£437,278). The auditors confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operating expenditure (held: £530k)
“The Trustees have determined that, in line with good practice, 3 month’s operating expenditure should be held as reserves. This equates to £437,278” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Carers Choices Trading Company Limited
“The trading subsidiary, Carers Choices Trading Company Limited ceased trading during the period.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Maynard Heady LLP. Discloses 4 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.
- ROBERTS, Carley Marie — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
- SALTER, Robert Antony Keith — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
- SIMPSON, Colin Ormond — director, appointed 27/02/2024on trustee list
- PITTS, Clive Anthony — director, appointed 26/04/2022on trustee list
- OLADOSU, Toluwase Victoria — director, appointed 06/04/2022on trustee list
- SMALE, Robert Raymond — director, appointed 01/12/2016on trustee list
- HAYES, Michael Paul — director, appointed 04/10/2013on trustee list
- MCKEOGH, Lawrence Harry — director, appointed 01/07/2013on trustee list
- TERRY, Brian Richard — director, appointed 25/01/2011on trustee list
- RAMSDEN, Paul — secretary, appointed 19/10/2009
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Carers Choices — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 19/07/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- BRIAN RICHARD TERRYchair
- Carley Roberts
- Clive Anthony Pitts
- Colin Simpson
- LAWRENCE HARRY MCKEOGH
- Michael Paul Hayes
- Robert Raymond Smale
- Robert Salter
- Toluwase Victoria Oladosu
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Carers Choices financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £71,330 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,843,712 against expenditure of £1,772,380. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £530,465, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure (£437,278). The auditors confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Maynard Heady LLP.
Who funds Carers Choices?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Carers Choices as a grant recipient include CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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