## **Registration Number1189275** ## **Trustees Annual report for Year 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2022** ## **Aim and purposes** As a Charity, we are seeking to transform lives through the provision of temporary accommodation and services for those who are homeless and at risk of homelessness through a night shelter, supported housing, and other projects ## **Objectives and Activities** We are a supported housing scheme with a Christian Ethos but open and inclusive of anyone needing support. We work holistically with each individual through work-related projects, counselling, support for tenancy management, and the removal of barriers to independent living and recovery. We aim that through our work we will demonstrate and share the Love of God in action to bring change and hope for a better future with those we serve As a Trust, we have continued to support the Mansfield District council offering to open an emergency night shelter between December 2021- and March 2022. This would only operate under the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol ( SWEP) when triggered by the council funded by the central Government. But the main focus of our activities has been the development of supported housing opening our first house on 4[th] May 2021. We have developed good working relationships with other agencies including alcohol and drug services (CGL), other projects in this sector including Framework, YMCA, and the Statutory agencies. We have been developing our core values which include A Clear Christian Ethos with love and care for our residents, with whom we grow as a strong supportive community together with, staff, volunteers, and trustees offering a Holistic approach through physical, Spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being, and providing education and training to prepare for access into work. ## **Our aims for this period were** 1. Complete Implementation of operational Policies 2. Design Pathways with clear milestones and support plans. - Phase 1-Do you want to be well? - Phase 2- Moving towards wholeness - Phase 3- Move on and support. 3. Find more Trustees, some suggested roles we need are Business Development, Communications, and media, Properties & health and safety, 4. Recruit a Fundraiser a Bookkeeper 5. Increase Volunteer Base 6. Find more work experience, training/and or education for each resident, find businesses, organisations willing to work with us. 7. Consider opening our own income-generating activities. ## **Our aims for this period (continued)** 8. Open a second house (for men) 9. Continue to develop a vision for recovery from addictions 10. Continue to develop existing work, Allotment, Genesis, ## **Achievements and Performance** We have continued to develop the supported house we started in May 2021, finding the first 3 residents’ work opportunities in retail and catering with a local charity shop and church café respectively. Residents have complex needs and are in addiction which has been challenging but has enabled us to gain valuable experience managing the processes and procedures needed to help our residents find a better future. We have continued to train and see our support worker develop more into this role, being able to support each resident in every area where support has been required, including supporting one of the residents towards accessing a drug Rehabilitation unit. The support worker has received Training via the Exaireo Trust with whom we have a formal partnership, through becoming their managing agent in Mansfield for rented properties, whilst maintaining our charitable independence. We have also developed an Allotment project, with volunteers and other men and women connected through local churches and Teen Challenge who have been struggling with addiction and other life issues. Many of our development aims, have been achieved in the current period and othres will be detailed in the 2022/23 annual report. ## **Financial Review** Our total income of £27,888 is drawn mainly from housing benefit income. With £5,290 in individual donations, £544 in tenant contributions, and a loan of £2500 from the Exaireo Trust. The majority of our costs of £22.356 are directly related to the housing and wages for the support worker. ## **Reserves policy** It is anticipated that we need a reserve policy of £5000 in place to cover all liabilities during the 2022/23 period. Our current bank balance of £10849 covers this reserve leaving £5849 of working capital at the end of the current period. ## **Staff and Volunteers** We continue to have a small team of volunteers and staff which is appropriate for this stage of our development with 1 house occupied by 2 residents. We thank all of those volunteers and staff for their commitment and time given to this rewarding and challenging work. ## **Structure, governance, and management** We continue with our simple structure of a small Trustee Team, Sadly Tim Cooper one of our trustees has had to step down due to ill health, and another Janet Hobbs has stepped down due to Family matters. We thank them both for their hard work to establish Crossroads Trust as a new charity. We anticipate new trustees to be in place by the end of 2022 and continue to recruit others in the next stage of our development. The current Trustees are: - Revd Mark Herd-Chair & Safeguarding - Mrs. Julia Terry Operations and Admin - Mr. Rod Hobbs-Finances ## **Thank you** We also would like to thank the Exaireo Trust based in Loughborough who have given us access to their professional experience and expertise in this charitable sector and who continue to closely support us to develop this work in Mansfield. ## **Vision for 2022/23** We are working towards opening a second house and continuing to offer a different supported housing project in Mansfield. We will explore opening a recovery house which may involve an office in the second house, and possibly night staff enabling us to provide a structured environment with a strong sense of community to help men with addiction and other issues find a better future. We also aim to develop our own work project making Pallet furniture. We will seek to raise additional funds through individual donations and grant funding. **Rev’d Mark Herd-Chair of Trustees** 6*8'ak spunj usvJ 5PUIII swnj pouad eui Jo pua aui IE sa!i!l!qE!I PUP SI8SSP JO WaiUalEIS S UO!1g 6V8'0 LLrg SPBt pua￿￿{￿￿ spunj us Sg'9 I8￿￿0a$1'$1s￿4 t*1£ QL¥S rpJ¢Z qns JOJ all•trJU! SSOJg)pw qn. 5pW￿ Papu￿0jun siuawApd pup sid!aga¥ v u013? oi swnoJaE swawAEd PUE gd!wJa gLZ68lk ieAoAdt ZIOL I￿0￿4￿)anP ￿p)ur osn UW&O s,A¥ (Fuoodtsl sIFpa spuw spunj Crossroads Trust Inde ndent Examinerf5 re ort to the Trustees of Crossroads Trust I report on the Recefftpts and Paymenls and Staternent of Assets and Liabilities of the Trust for the yeaT ended 31st March 2022, which are set out on pages l and 2. Res tive res onsibilities of irustees and inde ndent examiner The chartty's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under seclion 42(2) of the Charilies Act I9￿ {the Act)) and that an independent examination 15 needed. It is my responsibility Eo.. - examine the accounts (under sertton 43 of the Act) to follow the Pr￿edureS laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act). and to state whether particular matters have come io my attention. Basis of inde endent examÉnerfs statement My examiTEation was carried out in acc0Tdan￿ with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It aIso include5 consideration of any unusual iteTns or disclosures in the accounts. and ￿kIng explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audi( and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Inde endent examinerfs statement In the course of ￿Y exafftinatioffj no matter has come to my aitentÉon which gives me reasonable cause to iElieve that in. any material respect the trustees have not met the requxrements to ensuTe thatr. proper accounting recoTds aTe kept (in accordance with sectton 41 of the Act); and accounts aTr prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounling requirements of the Act.. or 2. To whxch, in my opinion, attention should Er drdwn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. MR. M. SEAtS F.C.C.A CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANr SEAJS KING & CO. LIMrrED 17 BRuwrs srREEr MANSFIELD NG18 IAX Dated: 24th January 2023 CHARITY COMMISSION ' FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Crossroads Trust 1189275 Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 01A)4r2021 31h)3J2022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcte lunds Rèstriet•d lund8 Endowment fund8 Total funds Last year th• Th•we￿£ tOlh• 112ar￿tE toth? mearESt£ t￿ I￿re￿I£ A1 ReeÈi Donatlor Tenant Aent Housing Benefit 529) 19￿54 19,S54 Sub total (Gross i￿ome for AR) A2 Assel and Investment sales. Isee table). Loan Sub total Total recelpts 27,888 A3Pa ents Wag£s Aenl 4.424 3297 5,570 3,297 5.57Q Repaiis Insurance siaff Train￿￿￿81 AnfiU￿ G051 StoiageNan Hire 174 314 174 314 Sub total 22256 A4 A¥set and Investment ur¢hases, see table) Sub total Net ofreceipts/(p8yments) A5 Transf•rs between lund8 A6 Cash fund8 last year end Cash funds this year end 5,632 5217 10.849 5,217 10.849 CCXX A1 acujunts ISSI 2410112023 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢ted fund$ to nèarest £ Restricled funds Endowment funds to n8$rtat £ Catègoriè$ Detall8 81 Ca$h funds 10,585 PetyLth (Hdd ty Le5* Lllth8s1 Total cash lunds 10.849 Unr•strided fund¥ to nearestE Restricted funds Endowmenl funds to noarest £ D•tai18 tr+ noar¢8t £ Fund to*Nch Current value tlona Dttai18 Colt loptkn•ll FurMI lo whkh as8Ot b Curr?nt valug tlot)a Detalls Cost (option￿) 84 Assets retalnod for the charity's own use Fund to whlch rqlales 1012 When due tior Detasls WAGES IW8yJ 85 Liabiliti8$ 1012 SbJned ty ono or Irust888 on behalf of all th8 tr￿tee8 S￿￿n￿l￿re Pmt Name Datg of roval CCXX A2 acco￿￿ Issi 2410112023