Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales
What it does
A specialist carers' organisation providing support to care in their own home. We work across all ages and disabilities providing care from childhood into adult care. The service can be regular or occasional and is provided by trained carer support workers who will continue the caring role while carers have a break.
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE CARE NEEDS, AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILLNESS OR AGE BY OFFERING A RESPITE SERVICE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED SUPPORT WORKERS
Causes
- What it works on
- Disability
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice. Carmarthenshire
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £3,149,896 and spent £3,139,793.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,149,896 | £3,139,793 | 141 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £3,124,084 | £3,127,518 | 146 | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £3,258,326 | £3,376,019 | 154 | 1 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,343,614 | £3,334,348 | 167 | 1 |
| 31 March 2021 | £3,414,878 | £3,255,754 | 160 | 8 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 8%, from £3,414,878 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £3,149,896 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
- Money from government
- 80% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025 came from government grants and contracts (£2,513,393).
- Largest funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund gave £163,674 in the year to 31 March 2025, 5% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £188,212 from 4 grants. Government contracts: £2,325,181 from 13 contracts.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £188,212 from 4 grants | £2,325,181 from 13 contracts |
| 31 March 2024 | £522,813 from 7 grants | £2,127,470 from 8 contracts |
| 31 March 2023 | £702,249 from 14 grants | £2,068,291 from 11 contracts |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,132,730 from 30 grants | £2,098,972 from 11 contracts |
| 31 March 2021 | £843,743 from 16 grants | £1,805,057 from 10 contracts |
Where its income came from in the year ending 31 March 2025
- Donations and legacies£1,072
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£3,144,617
- Investments£4,207
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity named 10 funders who gave £688,131 between them. £184,673 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | National Lottery | £163,674 | £166,260 | £126,667 |
| Carers Support Fund | Trust, company or other | £120,775 | ||
| Amser | Trust, company or other | £105,003 | ||
| Co-production & engagement Officer | Trust, company or other | £102,516 | ||
| Catch up | Trust, company or other | £84,717 | ||
| Money Matters Project | Trust, company or other | £50,400 | ||
| Young Adult Carers | Trust, company or other | £21,750 | ||
| Pembrokeshire County Council | Council | £20,999 | ||
| GCC Money Matters | Trust, company or other | £14,297 | ||
| Time out for Carers Fund | Trust, company or other | £4,000 | ||
| Hywel Dda Adult Spot | Trust, company or other | £591,393 | ||
| Welsh Government | Welsh Government | £90,450 | ||
| Waterloo | Trust, company or other | £60,000 | £22,612 | |
| Ceredigion County Council | Council | £77,351 | ||
| Hywel Dda Childrens Continuing Care | Trust, company or other | £57,563 | ||
| BBC Children in Need | Trust, company or other | £10,440 | £42,234 | |
| Moondance Foundation | Trust, company or other | £34,937 | ||
| Adferiad | Trust, company or other | £20,000 | ||
| Carers Trust grants | Trust, company or other | £6,067 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 8 grants to this charity since 2016, worth at least £1,174,803.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£1,034,888, 6 grants
- BBC Children in Need£119,915, 1 grant
- Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2026 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £500,000 |
| 18 Mar 2020 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £10,000 |
| 27 Sept 2019 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £499,906 |
| 24 Jan 2019 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £10,000 |
| 6 Feb 2018 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £20,000 |
| 12 Dec 2017 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,982 |
| 14 Jun 2017 | BBC Children in Need | £119,915 |
| 28 Aug 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £5,000 |
In the Senedd and Welsh Government
Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.
4 December 2025
Named by Elektra Thomas in the Senedd
…and gone, 'Oh my days'. I've shut myself off from people, and I've gone, 'No, I can't talk to people—I don't have time.' Being with Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales now has helped me a lot, to realise that when I've got guilt about leaving my brother and sister alone, it's okay. It's okay to have…
6 June 2023
Named by Mark Drakeford in the Senedd
…e scheme will be launched here in the Norwegian church, and, as far as organisations on the ground in Altaf Hussain’s part of Wales, Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales, Swansea Carers Centre and Bridgend Carers Centre have all been successful in securing funding through this grant scheme to allow th…
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Rev HELEN NICHOLLSChair
- Dr Wynford Neil Lodwick
- Helen Powell
- Janet Knott
- Jennifer Thomas
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 30 January 2026, 1 day early | Received 30 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 29 February 2024, 29 days late | Received 29 February 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 8 February 2023, 8 days late | Received 8 February 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 30 March 2022, 58 days late | Received 30 March 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1121666
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 22 November 2007
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 APRIL 2007 as amended on 17 Mar 2021
- Company number
- 06199277This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.ctcww.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Carmarthenshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 1 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.