Crossroads Caring For Life Ltd
Registered charity 1121629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROSSROADS IN HERTFORDSHIRE (NORTH AND NORTHEAST) CARING FOR CARERS, Crossroads Caring for Life
To relieve stresses experienced by unpaid Carers and adults or children who have care needs as a result of disability, illness or age. We do this through the provision of community-based support and associated activities including day centres and other activities that reduce isolation and build carer-friendly communities. Our principal area of benefit is Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas.
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 achieved an overall surplus of £21,419 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £330,171. The trustees report a continuing stable long-term financial position, although they note that recruitment difficulties have resulted in slower growth than anticipated. The charity maintains an excellent debtor ratio and retains sufficient reserves to meet all obligations in the event of an orderly wind-up.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meets all its obligations in the event of an orderly wind up (held: £330k)
“The organisation's reserves policy is to retain sufficient reserves to meets all its obligations in the event of an orderly wind up. Our reserves position is £330,171. This equates to 9 weeks of running costs and is above the level required to meet all our obligations.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bradshaw Johnson Chartered Accountants. 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.
- RAWSON, Mark John — director, appointed 07/11/2025on trustee list
- MACHADO ARAUJO, Sonia Maria — director, appointed 01/11/2024not on trustee list
- FISKE, Kim Laura — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
- COLMAN, Jeremy Paul — director, appointed 30/07/2019on trustee list
- HORNE, Graham Richard — director, appointed 29/11/2018on trustee list
- HILL, Fraser Howard — director, appointed 01/05/2016on trustee list
- JEWITT, Justin Allan Spaven — director, appointed 09/06/2014on trustee list
- ANDERSON, Alison Jane — secretary, appointed 17/02/2023
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Crossroads Caring for Life Ltd — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 03/07/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 Caring For Life: Good (25/07/2019) · CQC record
- Fraser Hill
- Graham Horne
- Jeremy Colman
- Justin Jewitt
- Kim Laura Fiske
- Mark John Rawson
- Sonia Maria Machado Araujo
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bedford · Essex · Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Crossroads Caring For Life Ltd financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £21,419 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £330,171. The trustees report a continuing stable long-term financial position, although they note that recruitment difficulties have resulted in slower growth than anticipated. The charity maintains an excellent debtor ratio and retains sufficient reserves to meet all obligations in the event of an orderly wind-up. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bradshaw Johnson Chartered Accountants.
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