Registration Number1189275
Trustees Annual Report for Year 01/04/2022 - 31/03/2023
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 distinctive 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 removal of barriers to independent living and recovery, through creating a positive community. 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 Mansfield District Council in its obligations to this sector to deliver high-quality services that deliver good value for money outcomes. We do this by working with other agencies in our locality with whom we have developed good working relationships these include alcohol and drug services (CGL), including Framework, YMCA, and Statutory agencies such as the probation service, these relationships have been beneficial, both for the current residents who have accessed services such as CGL, and for us as a Charity. Although we are still in an early development phase, we have become more widely known in this sector and have received more referrals in this period, particularly for our holistic provision support and ethos.
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 alongside our, staff, volunteers, and trustees offering a holistic program covering residents physical, Spiritual, emotional, social and well-being needed with a well-structured program which includes providing education and training to prepare for access into the workplace.
Our aims for this period were
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To open a second property
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Reviewing the Implementation of operational Policies and Partnership Audit from Exaireo
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Recruitment of additional Trustees, Business Development, Communications, and media, Properties & health and safety,
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Recruitment of a project Fundraising volunteer
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Develop a woodworking workshop to provide skills and meaningful work experience for residents
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Continue to develop clear, effective processes for transformational change
Achievements and Performance
We have had a stable year with one of the female residents moving on to a substance rehabilitation centre in Wales. We then took the decision based on the referrals to accept men into the house. This brought a period of stability in which we have been able to invest time, and skills into the residents and fine-tune our working practices and processes as both the residents have been very keen to engage with our program and services being offered at other agencies. The result of this has been to meet our objective of transformational change enabling us to gain valuable experience of the value of structure in the recovery process. Both residents have become part of a local church community have found positive peer friendships and enjoyed all the opportunities for work experience and community offered. This has had a significant impact on the well-being of the residents who have flourished in this environment.
We have continued to train and see our support worker develop more into this role, being able to support each resident with an individual support plan, and also develop the pathways where the progress of each resident can be monitored, and amended as needed. The support worker has received Training via the Exaireo with whom we have a formal partnership Trust, and online professional development courses. We have started to look at further investment into the support worker to be able to supervise new staff, in our future development plans.
We have continued to develop the allotment project with all residents taking a keen interest in this project with a few volunteers. We have been in negotiation with Ashfield Voluntary Action who have been running a woodworking and recycling centre workshop. We anticipate being able to start in 2022/23 an initial day per week to teach residents basic woodwork skills and produce saleable products to help support the continuation of the workshop, and also to provide meaningful work experience and skills development for residents and others who would like to be involved. Our long-term aims would be to increase the number of days and formalise the skills training to provide certification through a local college, or NVQ provider.
In February 2023 we signed a long-term lease with a local Landlord to open a second property which would provide 4 bed spaces, and would also provide an office for our support worker. We expect completion in April 2023.
Financial Review
Our total income of £ 37,129 is drawn mainly from housing benefit income. With £ 5,711 in individual donations, £ 1,131 in tenant contributions, the loan of £2500 from the Exaireo Trust was repaid in this period. The majority of our costs of £ 39,857 are directly related to the housing and wages for the support worker. The Trust has made a loss this year of £5,228. This leaves the Trust with a small amount of working capital and which we anticipate will be increased once the new property is operational.
Reserves policy
Our current bank balance of £ 5,621 covers our reserve policy leaving £621 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. This will increase in 2022/23 1.5 full time staff. 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.
We anticipate new trustees to be in place by June 2023, as we are in consultation with a new potential trustee to cover Safeguarding and Therapeutic services. We continue to recruit others for the next stage of our development. The current Trustees are:
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Revd Mark Herd-Chair & Safeguarding
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Mrs. Julia Terry Operations and Admin
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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. We also would like to thank you our support worker and volunteer team for their continued generous giving of time and skills.
Vision for 2022/23
We are working towards opening a second house and continuing to offer a different supported housing project in Mansfield. This will need a period of stability in 2023, to further development of resident pathways with auditable progression and to recover working capital and reserves.
Rev’d Mark Herd-Chair of Trustees
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from To 0110412023 3110312024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to the nearest Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Donations Tenant Rent Housing Benefit 255 6,801 3,793 61.618 5.711 1,131 30,287 3,793 61.618 Sub total (GrDSS income for AR) 71,957 255 72.212 37.129 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). 2,500 Sub total 71.957 72.212 34,629 A3 Payments Wages Rent Utilities Repairs Insuran Staff Traininglsoa'al Annual Costs StorageNanHire Proffessional Fees 21,292 13,288 6.308 19,961 580 2,050 1,506 1,774 406 67.165 21.292 13,288 6,308 19,961 580 2.050 1.506 1.774 406 67.165 9,564 7.107 2.556 15,232 293 1,979 735 1.919 472 39.857 Sub total A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Sub total 67.165 67.165 39,857 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 4.792 255 5,047 5.228 92 5,047 5,228 CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 0410212025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ ategories Details B1 Cash funds 10.336 332 Total cash funds 10,336 332 (agree balarKXS wlth reIpts and paynxfrts ac(xxml(s)) Unrestrlcted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Details Fund to which asset belon Details Cost (optional) Current value B3 Investment assets Fund to which asset belon Details Cost (optional) Current value tional B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund to which relates Amount due tional When due tional Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Date of roval Signature Print Name 1510112025 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 0410212025
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Fleport Report to the trusteesl CROSSROADS TRUST members of m .- On accounls for the year 3110W2024 ended Charty no {if any) 1189275 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of th8 accounts of the above charity fthe Trusf) for the y8ar ended Responsibilities and As Ihe charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation ba818 of report ol the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111Ihe Acr). I report in respect d my examination of the Trust's acCntS carri8d out under seclion 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have fdlowed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under se(Xion 145{5)(b) of the Act. I have compleled my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below "l in connection with the examination vthich gNes m8 cause to believe thal in. any material respecl: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independenl examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection witt) the examination to which attèntion should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding ol the a¢UnIS to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brad(ets il they do not apply. Signed: 17 /a/25 Name= ELAINE C TOWNSEND Relevant proleGslonal qualification{s) or body (if any): Associat8 ol the Chartèred Institute of Managarnent Acc¢Juntants Address: 52 Chartwell Road Kirkby in Ashfield Notts IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, IndeperKlent examination of tharity accounts". directions and guidance for exarninersl. Give here briel detalls of any ilems that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER octob 2018