COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS

Registered charity 223807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To serve God, promote the spread of the Christian religion, by teaching, publications and acts of mercy. To provide accommodation, food and rest for those in mental, physical or spiritual distress. By giving of grants to various institutions, for the Promotion of Religion, Medical, Relief of Poverty etc., both in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY IS TO SERVE GOD, AND TO THIS END TO PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, PERFECTION, AND SPREAD OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE, BY PERFORMING THE DIVINE OFFICE, BY THE EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE OF ITS CORPORATE LIFE, AS ALSO BY TEACHING AND PUBLICATIONS, AND, BY ACTS OF MERCY, TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS, TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND REST, AND TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL DISTRESS; TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND AGED IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AND GENERALLY TO USE ANY OPPORTUNITY, BOTH ALONE AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS, TO GIVE HELP WHERE IT IS NEEDED.

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,693,816, which the trustees describe as general reserves for working capital and continuity. However, the charity reported a net expenditure of £752,652 for the year, driven largely by a net loss on investments of £457,282. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the next 12 months and maintain a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Reverend Mother JOY ROSE GOUGHchair
• Janet Patricia Collins
• Rev Giles Anthony Christoper Orton
• Rev Jeffery Stewart Hopewell
• Sister Cherry Mae Wise
• The Right Rev'd Roger Alan Jupp · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Middleton

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CROSS (ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIETAS SANCTAE CRUCIS).

• SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CROSS (ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIETAS SANCTAE CRUCIS) income £37k
• THE CROSS TRUST income £707k
• HOLY CROSS CHURCH INTERNATIONAL(HCCI) income £50k
• SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO income £1.6m
• THE SONS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS income £1.1m
• SOCIETY OF THE SACRED CROSS income £336k

Side by side with its peers

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