Crossroads Care Nl TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT for the finandal year ended 31 Marth 2023 The Iruslees pre$enl Iheir Trustees, Annual Report, combining Ihe Directors, Report and Truslees, Report, and Ihe audiled financial slalemenls for Ihe financial year ended 31 March 2023. The financial statements are prepared in accordance wilh the Companies Acl 21J06. FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland" and Accounllng and Reporting by Charllies,. Slalemont of Recommended Practlce applicable lo charities preparing Ih81r financial stalemenls In accordance wllh the Financlal R8POrtlng Slandard applicable In the UK and Reput4iG of Ireland {FRS 102>, The Trustees, Report ¢onlains the information required lo be provid8d In the Trusteas. Annual Report under the Statement ol Racommended Practice (SORP) guldelines. The trustees of Ihe company are also charily trustees for Ihe purpose of char51y law and under Ihe company's conslilution are known a$ members of the board of trustees. In thls reporl Ihe Iruslees ol Crossroads Care Nl pre$enl a summary of Ils purpo80, govemance. actlvllles. achlevements and l]nances for the financral financ181 year 31 March 2023. The charlty Is a rogistered charfty and hence tho report and results are pres8nted In 8 form whlch eomplles wllh the r6quSrém8nls of the Companies Act 2006 and, 8llhough not obliged lo comply with the Slat8menl ol Recommended Pracllce appllcable in Ihe UK and Republlc of Ireland FRS 102, Ihe organlsallon has Impl8manted Its recommendallons wher8 18levant In Ihe8e f￿andal statemen18. M188lon, ObJectlve8 and Strategy ObJectlve• The oblecl8 of the Company are, for Ihe public benefll, lo relleve Ihe 81resses experlenced by carer8 and pèople with physlcal, manlal or sensory Impalrmenl wlhln the famlly or home by offering a r8splle servlce through the provision of communlty based care attendants and. al Ihe dlscrellon of Ihe board and in excepllonal clrcumstances, to provlde such care attendanls lor dl$8bled peopl8 alone. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE R8cov8rlng from the Pandemlc and the growkng challenges of th8 current economlc cllmale we conllnue wllh the most extremely challenglng IlmeB we have ever seen for the Domiclliary Care sector. Communlly Care hours hpve 81eadled somewhat allhough generally. onty essenlSal domicillary Services are readily avallable. Thankfully wilh the flnanclal help from the Departmenl of Health durlng the year. Crossroads shows a sleady recovery In Ihis flnanclal year. Our Young Carers pr¢le￿ has conllnued wlth steady progress dur5ng Ihe year wllh Qullngs and events now fully restored after Ihe Pandemlc. We hav8 been exlremely happy ￿th the funding and spedfic granl ald recelved for the Young Carers Project durlng the year. The In Your Prlme project conllnues lo provide support through the prolect, allhough funding during Ihls year has been down. The new year looks more promising with addilional advertisin9 for volunteers and active management In place to bulld on our volunleer portlolio whlch In lurn will Increase Ihe help for vulnerable Isolated older people. The Aclivlty 8nd Sensory Room projed has recovered significantly over the past year posl pandemlc. Imlh Increased $eNlces due to funding, we have Introduced a Holiday Prolecl Scheme funded by the LFT Trust. We conllnue lo actlvely seek to secure future fundlng for the Actlvily and Sensory Room to update equipment for the Chlldren. Crossroads Care Nl TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT for the financial year ended 31 March 2023 Structure, Govèrnance and Managelnent structure GOVERNING DOCUMENT The charity Is a company limited by guaranlee and Is governed by118 Memorandum and Articies of Assodallon dated 1998. The Iruslees of Crossroads ensure that Ihe ¢hatily complies with the governing document Trustèès also make sure Ihal chaAly law Fequlremenls and olher law$ that appty to Ihè charity 8re Complied with. Crossroads governlng document dedare that-. al the chaiily exlsls to do (ils purpose as explalned In Ihe obiects clause) Is adhered to. lthal powers it has lo further 515 objects How many trustees there should be and how Ihey are appointed and removed Rules about Iruslees, meetings, how they are arranged and conducled and recorded How to close down the ¢h8r6ty The dlreclors who Served durfng tha year vKre.' B Paller8on- Chaiiman E Stewart - Treasurer M Traynor- Vl¢e Chalrman L Marlin - Secretary D Barday S McQuald A Gallagher R Klncade (Reslgned 1413123) P Bryans A Campbell M 88nnelt The OTganl8allon Is governèd by the direclors who ale $elecled by nomlnatlon lo the board. All major dedglons are made by the d￿eCtorS who are responslblè for the ov&r&lghl and good governance of lh& charity. Oay lo day operatlonal declsions are delegated lo the Chlef Executive Officer. APPPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES Trustees arg appolnled In Ilne wllh th8 Memorandum & Artld8s of Crossroads. Four Iruslees are elecled annually by Ihe other trustees of Ihe charlty attending Ihe Annual General Meeting to hokl positions of Chairman, Vice-chair, Treasurer and Secretary. The trustees have powers lo co-opl up lo Iwo further membeis to fill speci81isl roles. Crossroads Care Nl TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT lor the financial year ended 31 March 2023 Governance TRUSTEE INDUCTION AND TRAINING New tFUStees undergo an orientation day lo brief them on: Their legal obligations under charity and company law Informing Ihe new Irustee on the conlenl of the Memorandum and Artldes ofAssoclatlon The committee and th@ decision making processes The recent financlal perfonnance of Iho charity DuAng the Induction day Ihey will me61 k8y employees and other tru$l8eS Truslees are encouraged lo attend appropriate external Iiaining 8venls to help wllh Iheir role a$ Iruslee ORGANISATION AND COMMirrTEES Crossroad3 trustees meet quarterty. bul 11 a particular subj￿1 n8ed$ further work then an extraordinary meeting is called. At certaln Ilmes a sub