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Registered charity · Abingdon

The Order of the Cross

The Order of the Cross is a registered charity (number 247761) based in Abingdon, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £643k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £643k (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
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, New Zealand, United States and more
Website
www.orderofthecross.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£643k£545k
  • 2024£2.9m£406k
  • 2023£287k£339k
Earlier years
  • 2022£158k£262k
  • 2021£179k£318k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOUNDERS VISION AND INTERPRETATION. 2. THE HOLDING OF REGULAR SERVICES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. 3. THE GIVING OF INSTRUCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS INTERPRETED BY THE FOUNDER TO THE YOUNG. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE SCHEDULE OF DEED OF 13TH NOVEMBER 1972).

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.

9 trustees on the board

6.1y median 2y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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£643k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

18.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.6 in 2021

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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
247761
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 13TH DECEMBER 1928, DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 31ST AUGUST 1944, TRUST DEED DATED 13TH NOVEMBER 1972
Contact on the register
02074195958 · light@orderofthecross.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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