The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Great Cross Trust

Registered charity 1098276 Registered since 2003

Operates: Cumbria

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4.5y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6General Charitable Purposes 2

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£59k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01539435373
Address1 Tanner Croft, Grasmere, AMBLESIDE, Cumbria, LA22 9QA

Finances

£58,973 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£51,600£28,489
2022£50,262£58,352
2023£50,129£26,635
2024£50,751£30,194
2025£58,973£29,821

What it does

What

Accommodation/housingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable 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

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17 MAY 2003

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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