CROSSROADS FUN AND FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Registered charity 1175834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Crossroads Fun and Friendship Centre provides a wide variety of recreational, leisure and educational activities for Adults with Mental Health Support Needs in the City of Plymouth and is based at Morice Baptist Church, Ham Drive, Ham, PL2 2NJ. Open Monday - Friday. Crossroads has been supported by Morice Baptist Church and funded by Plymouth City Council for 31 years on September 15th 2025 .

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATE MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES IN THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH BY: OPERATING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A CENTRE WITH FACILITIES TAILORED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PEOPLE ENABLING THEM TO RELAX, LEARN SOCIAL SKILLS AND DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE IN A POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING ENVIRONMENT THAT ACCEPTS AND WELCOMES THEM ALL AS INDIVIDUALS IN LINE WITH OUR ETHOS STATEMENT. PROVIDING SUCH PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF THERAPEUTIC AND SKILLS-BASED ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY. FOSTERING LINKS WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, OTHER CHARITIES AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND/OR FUNDS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,325 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £1,070 in the prior year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £58,876, which the Trustees consider to be broadly at the required level of six months' running costs. The Trustees acknowledge that funding remains an issue in a competitive market but assert the charity remains in a strong financial position.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALLAN JONESchair
• CHRISTINE SOMERTON SALVAGE
• DAVID LIBBY
• Jayne Hicks
• John Tregaskis
• Kate Jean Taylor
• Michael John Taylor

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

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