THE GREAT CROSS TRUST

Registered charity 1098276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Great Cross Trust owns and manages the letting of eleven houses in the village of Grasmere, Cumbria.

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RENT IN THE VILLAGE OF GRASMERE TO PEOPLE WHO BY REASON OF LIMITED INCOME, AGE OR DISABILITY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT(B) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE HISTORICAL MEMORIAL COTTAGES WHICH COMPRISE THE PROPERTY, AND THEIR SETTING AND, IF IT PROVES DESIRABLE OR POSSIBLE TO DO SO, TO ADD TO THEIR NUMBER;(C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LANDSCAPE AND FEATURES OF THAT PART OF THE VILLAGE OF GRASMERE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK IN WHICH THE PROPERTY (AND ANY OTHER PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED BY THE TRUSTEES) IS SITUATED

Area of benefit: GRASMERE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £48,401 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by charitable activity surpluses and investment gains. Total unrestricted funds increased to £342,155, while restricted funds remained stable at £1,084,082. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan James Catterall
• Diane Louise Dixon
• Dr David Dodgson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Paul Alan Hetherington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Hardisty
• Stephen Dixon

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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