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THE CRUSADERS' UNION

Registered charity 1144923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CRUSADER'S UNION, URBAN SAINTS

Since 1906 the charity has been reaching out to children and young people with the good news of Jesus Christ. We are passionate about working with children and young people, helping them to realise their full God-given potential as theyjourney from childhood to adulthood, encouraging them to develop a personal faith in Christ and an effective Christian life of service.

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Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £320,417 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing to £3,640,217. Per the trustees' report, general reserves stood at £1,126,994, which is equivalent to seven months of budgeted expenditure, exceeding the policy target of three months. The trustees and auditors confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income from charitable activities totalled £1,006,071” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months’ budgeted expenditure (held: £1.1m)
“The target for general reserves is the equivalent of three months’ budgeted expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to Vox Caritas Ltd, controlled by CEO Mark Markiewicz
“During the year, payments of £468 were made to Vox Caritas Ltd of which our CEO, Mark Markiewicz has significant control. These were all incurred after he joined Urban Saints as CEO.” — page 36
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Urban Saints Limited
“The Crusaders’ Union is the sole shareholder of Urban Saints Limited, a dormant company registration 05816338.” — page 36
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

URBAN SAINTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company holds 2 ordinary shares, indicating ownership structure within the group, though no specific intra-group transaction balances are disclosed in the provided text.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£195k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
40

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.0m£2.4m
31/12/2023£2.7m£2.5m
31/12/2022£2.3m£2.8m
31/12/2021£1.8m£2.0m
31/12/2020£2.0m£2.0m

Common questions

Is THE CRUSADERS' UNION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £320,417 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing to £3,640,217. Per the trustees' report, general reserves stood at £1,126,994, which is equivalent to seven months of budgeted expenditure, exceeding the policy target of three months. The trustees and auditors confirmed that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LECHLADE1—
GREAT LAKES OUTREACH1£474k
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD1£126k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST1£110k
FIELDSDENE TRUST1£62k
THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST1£58k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK1£35k
THE ALMOND TRUST1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCRIPTURE UNION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CRUSADERS' UNION£2.0m—0above—no doubt
SCRIPTURE UNION FY2025£4.7m£80,001 - £90,0006unclear—no doubt
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025£11.1m—2unclear—no doubt
BURY ST EDMUNDS AND DISTRICT CHRISTIAN YOUTH FY2025£103k—0above—no doubt
UNION FOUNDATION FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£111k—0below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.