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The Cross Trust

The Cross Trust is a registered charity (number 1127046) based in Buckinghamshire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Lord Michael Stahel Farmer. Latest income £707k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £707k (2025)

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland
Linked company
The Cross Trust
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£707k£846k
  • 2024£95k£1.4m
  • 2023£183k£721k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.7m£4.5m
  • 2021£82k£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable 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.

Board analysis

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.

2.7y median 0y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.6y
average years in governance
6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6Religious Activities 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 7Other services 4Education 3

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£707k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1127046
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 APRIL 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 11 NOVEMBER 2008
Companies House
Company number 06555982 · Active
Contact on the register
01494765428 · mailto@cansdales.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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