THE CROSS TRUST

Registered charity 1127046 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance any religious or other charitable object, including the support of any religious or charitable institution or work for the furtherance of religious or secular education, to advance the Christian faith in the United Kingdom or overseas, the relief of the poor and needy and comfort of the sick and aged.

Objects

TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF ANY RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR WORK FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR EDUCATION: TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OVERSEAS; THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY AND THE HELP AND COMFORT OF THE SICK AND AGED.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £133,306 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £623,762 to £490,456. The trustees consider the reserves policy target to be three to six months of governance and support costs, and the current free reserves of £490,456 are stated without explicit comparison to a specific monetary target derived from that policy. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SKS Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lord Michael Stahel Farmerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Antonia Rose Rochefort Richards
• DOUGLAS JAMES OLSEN
• JENNY DOROTHY ROCHEFORT FARMER
• Melanie Sara Beckham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Michael Robert John Neville

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

Operates in: Japan · New Zealand · Scotland · South Africa

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Antonia Rose Rochefort Richards — trustee here and at THE CROSS TRUST
• DOUGLAS JAMES OLSEN — trustee here and at THE CROSS TRUST
• JENNY DOROTHY ROCHEFORT FARMER — trustee here and at THE CROSS TRUST
• Lord Michael Stahel Farmer — trustee here and at THE CROSS TRUST
• Melanie Sara Beckham — trustee here and at THE CROSS TRUST
• Rev Michael Robert John Neville — trustee here and at THE CROSS TRUST

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS.

• COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS income £408k
• THE PROCLAMATION TRUST income £1.6m
• THE CHARIS TRUST income £591k
• THE TERRYS CROSS TRUST income £446k
• SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CROSS (ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIETAS SANCTAE CRUCIS) income £37k
• THE PRESENCE CHARITABLE TRUST income £191k

Side by side with its peers

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